ok, this is my take on a self portrait. i remember this phase, when i was obsessed with taking self photoraphs, but didnt like clicking from just an arm's distance. That, somehow made something look wrong with the face, something or the other got distorted. Also the fact that, from that distance you could only capture your face, made it a little disturbing for me. I am a tad uncomfortable (maybe conscious is the word) with only my face being in focus. So choosing this photograph was natural in that sense. Does the presense of the camera take something away from the photograph, or does it add to it, i can't figure.
A little blurry, but that i something that i wanted to ask Ajay, why is it that when the Flash is turned off, the camera becomes more senstitive to movements? maybe i'll get the answer tomorrow in class. And yes, bad framing, i know!
2 comments:
Mugdha:
Good! What makes capturing just your face "a little disturbing"? DId you try taking other photographs of yourself? Does the presence of the camera "take something away from the photograph" or from you or the subject being photographed. And what is that being taken away? And lastly, why does one get motion blur without a flash? - Ajay
PS: Are you happy with this self-portrait?
i dont know, however theatrical it may sound, i think the eyes do give away the soul. Me being a private person who does not like to share a lot of things with a lot of people, feel uncomfortable with a close up shot.
yes i did try taking other photographs, but most of them made me look funny.
the presence of the camera is distracting.
P.S. i am not happy with this self portrait, but let me put it this way, this was the portrait i was least sad with.
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