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Self Portrait - 3 (of sorts)

This was a part of a series of pictures I did. I got out of doing another round of self-portraits by substituting the coke bottle for me and placed in situations I would normally be found in. I thought it was pretty clever since I really did not want to have to take pictures of myself yet again. One of my favorite past-times is reading. It's very unusual when I do not have something that I am currently reading and about five books waiting in line to be read. In the background here is my Harry Potter collection which always sits on the corner of my desk stacked just as they are in this photo (although at the moment they are a little hard to see because they are behind the piles of older photographs and negatives that I am trying to sort through).

Self Portrait - 2

The eyes say it all - or so I've heard. Again, for a Self-Portrait assignment several years ago. Although, not much has changed since then, I have still have green eyes (or whatever color they are), except when I am mad then they turn brown (or so I've heard). And I still have the same black hair, just much longer now.

Self Portraits - 1

Something I really hate to do & hate to share even more, but I do kinda enjoy this shot and the one that I will post tomorrow. I had to Self Portraits for more than one photo class - my least favorite assigment. Anway, these pictures are a little older but I wanted to share them anyway.

It was a cold dark night . . .

The night was a very strange color one evening - it was almost orange. It was really overcast and really cold. I wanted to get some pictures of the full moon that night. But wouldn't you know it, as soon as I got my tripod all set up, the clouds rolled in and covered the moon for the rest of the night. UGH! So, I turned my camera around and shot some trees in the backyard. I decided to turn this one black and white to get a little more of the tree detail to come out.

The Rest of the Family

And here are the other two members of the family. The first shot is one that they set up the pose. I picked the location so they had never been here before. When they saw the rocks they started climbing. I'm not sure who started climbing first - dad or the kids. I don't normally shoot pulled back so far, I like to get in real close so you can really see the faces. I was pleasantly surprised with this one, there is something about it I just like.

Family Portraits

Just before Christmas, I had the privilege of taking family portraits of a friend's family. I had a great time - and hope that they did too! Their daughter really enjoyed having her picture taken and kept telling me different poses she wanted to try. It was great. I will take that over the usual hate having my picture taken - trust me I know all about that feeling - that's why I take the pictures. Anyway, it was a lot of fun. I couldn't resist sharing these pics of their two kids and watching the progression of the personality that comes out in each child. Absolutely beautiful kids!!!