Self Portraits

A Haircut, all of them even..
Originally uploaded by :shawn:

Over the past year, every once in a while I would take what is known as an 'SP'. 'SP' stands for SELF-PORTRAIT.

Some may think this is an 'odd' thing to do, flipping the camera backwards and taking a picture of yourself. Actually I would have a hard time doing it in public, that's for sure, but I have reasoned that there are several reasons why it is not such a bad idea.

For starters, if you want to get good at taking pictures of people, you need practice. And I don't think you are going to have a subject readily available to sit still long enough and often enough for you to get the type of practice you need to take a good portrait.

Second, who better to take, critique and edit a photo of YOU, than YOU?

Finally, in my family, I am the ONLY one who takes pictures. Who is going to take a picture of me?

So, although I have not really done 'sp's regularly, I am going to attempt to do one a little bit more frequently.

The reason? well it is quite personal, but to be honest, I really could use the extra practice. :)