Self portraits were very hard to do. It's difficult for me to pose in front of a camera; even when other people are taking pictures, I prefer not to be in them. Because of this, this assignment was a definite challenge for me. Once I got an idea of what some of my weaknesses are, those being making expressions, figuring out how to hold myself, etc., I tried to get creative and find ways to work around that. Because I had so much trouble figuring out what to do with my face (plus, most of my pictures were pretty boring), I decided to use light painting. Light painting is very fun to do, plus it makes for an interesting picture. Even better, if I do it correctly, my expression doesn't impact the overall quality of the photo as much. Once I got pictures using light painting, I still wanted to get some that were more portrait-y, so I decided to use a mirror. This assignment was hard, but I tried to get creative to work around the things that were holding me back, and I'm overall very happy with my work.
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