Self Portrait – Day 6 of 7

Self Portrait - Day 6 of 7 Back to the straight on image, shot down "length" of the office, but getting a little tighter (unflattering). Instead of going back to the flash and modifier, the plan here was to stick with the natural light (as it was actually during the morning), using a (smaller than yesterday) reflector to bounce the light back from the window to fill in the shadow.

Self Portrait – Day 5 of 7

Friday and I had a little more time today, I also had left the lights out from the day before as the plan was to build on that. (In case you have not noticed, I decided after the first 2 days to also show the way a portrait can be built in the same location with easy changes to the lighting).

Self Portrait – Day 2 of 7

Gosh this camera is unforgiving, especially if you dont have the time to set up the lights.

Challenging myself to reset.

I was recently reading a post by Don Giannatti (someone I have been reading on and off for years). The post extoled the virtues of going back to basics, reseting, giving yourself (as a photographer) some challenges to shoot in a way you are not at the moment.

2025 Monochrome moments

Maybe not the best, definitely not the most commercial, but the following are MY favorites of all the monochrome images that I created this year...... I hope you like them...