Something New!

Guess what I did?! I've only been talking about wanting to update my self portraits since I did my last one a year and a half ago. And I finally did it!

I still haven't gotten past how vain it is to take so many pictures of myself! It's weird. But this time around, I felt a little psychotic trying to get different (genuine) facial expressions. I tried to think of things that make me laugh for a while, but it was harder than I thought it would be to think of funny things on command!

I wanted to change the lens on my camera to get a little more variety, but my battery was dying and it was SO HOT. And I already had a ton of photos, so maybe next time? Ha! But I really wanted to do it outside because I didn't even want to attempt lighting inside. And I also really didn't feel like bringing out my background/trying to come up with something cute to put on the background! So I opted for greenery and natural lighting.

Of course my hair eventually went up. I almost didn't bother straightening it for this at all, but I did, so I held out as long as I could! I didn't so too many more after the hair went up. By that time, I was over it. It was so humid. I love the time of year where all you have to do is walk outside and you start sweating. It's the best 😑I think I edited out a bead of sweat out of the last few photos.

I got a bunch of good photos, though. So I had to narrow it down to just a few that I wanted to post. But that's a good problem to have, right?!

I think if I ever do this again, I think I should listen to a comedian or something so I'm REALLY smiling and laughing. Maybe?

Resting Bitch Face: a person, usually a girl, who naturally looks mean when her face is expressionless, without meaning to.
My face just defaults to "annoyed" most of the time.

This must have been the one where I tried to think of something funny.

I was only thinking bout putting up my hair at this point...

Ohhh there it goes!

And here is my usual hair "style!" 😂

XOXO, Ness

Selfie Portraits

The art of the self portrait. I'm still working on it.

I don't know why I kept fidding with my hair, but it gave me something to do.

This is oddly my favorite. I don't know why, but I really like it for some reason!

I'm not a huge fan of self portraits. Mostly because it's hard to take a good one. For me at least. I'm just not very good at it! Not that I care that much, I'd much rather be photographing other people instead, but it's nice to know how to do sometimes. Selfies get old...

Anyways, I had my backdrop up, so I figured why not give it a try? My mom and I (and I guess Connor helped a little) worked hard at getting that thing up and looking good for Christmas pictures. And it really did look cool! But it's such a pain to get all set up, so I wanted to get all the use out of it I could!

There were a surprising amount of pictures that I actually wound up liking.

I used all three of my lenses, and once again, the 50mm prevailed! That one has been my tried and true from day one. I'd love to upgrade it, but that probably won't be happening any time soon... 50mm f/1.2, you are on my list!

My zoom lens and my 18-55mm were so hard to focus... My camera has autofocus, but it really only works when someone is actually pushing the button to take a picture, so I had to guess, and I was wrong a lot. Ha!

 A lot of the photos turned out blurry or grainy. Which was a bummer when I uploaded them because most of them looked good on my tiny camera screen! But I had a bunch that did turn out so I can't really complain.

That said, when you take 400 photos, some of them better turn out or you're doing something very wrong!

I doubt I'll be doing it again for a while. I feel so vain taking self portraits! But they look so much better than selfies! Til next time! And let me know if you have any tips!

XOXO, Ness