Self Portrait Project- Day 1

ISO: 160
APERTURE: 13.0
SHUTTER SPEED: 1/200

Ruth Arnold and I decided we would do a self portrait project together each week. So, one photo a week, for eight weeks. This is my first. Technically the first week begins Sunday, but I needed a blog. I like the idea of this project because not only am I self disciplining myself, I'm learning new techniques and building my creativity. I go the idea of this photo from the flickr photo above. This is my representation and recreation. There are some choppy parts. I had red in the face of my watch which was a flaw and no hair under my far left head, so I had to do some work with the clone stamp tool in order to fix that. I wish I would have fixed the blemish on my cheek by my mouth, but that is just a minor detail, not in the actual photography. I had to make sure my heads and hands were proportional because the closer something is to the lens, the larger it appears in the picture. 

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