SELF PORTRAITS

hey peoples first post hurr.


So first a little a background info, I'm a freshman at the U of Delaware and an art major. In our foundations Digital Media class we were assigned to go out and snap 3 pro self portraits that could visually communicate your personality, thoughts, dreams and fears through a camera lens. Being an amateur photographer myself I had no idea how to work this ridiculous 500 dollhair camera we all had to buy over the summer, yet I persevered. I got an 8/10 so it wasn't crash and burn.

The first is my favorite shot, it was taken in the afternoon by the Amy duPont Music building after spending 5 hours roaming campus trying to find the right spot and trying not to look like a freak taking pictures of himself, so I just sat down here frustrated then looked up and figured I might as well. Metaphorically it could stand for whats to come in the future and the challenges that come with it.

In the second picture I wanted to do something neat with light and shadow and took a shot of my silhouette on the balcony of some rando building near Purnell Hall. It might be Purnell. Here it could possibly stand for my past and things I choose to leave behind or not.

The third was a silly shot I took with my friend Annie who wore my BAMF aviators that are pretty lame. But it still was neat shot that was a tribute to the uber famous wedding photographer Bryan Caporicci's own self portrait, but I don't know the dude's work. Jon Cox said he liked how the distortion made my hands look huge and the camera small. I actually have big hands. MLIA.