Self Portrait Experiment

[daq7]

Ultimately I think this one is a failure, but it is a learning experience. I am reading "When it Clicks" by Joe McNally, and he has this picture where he froze a business man in a limo with a flash outside the driver window and then let a long exposure blur the background.

I didn't realize you could do that but it makes sense. At the time I shot this last night I did not know what rear curtain on the flash even was. I wish I had shot some of these with rear curtain as I could have gotten what I wanted which was more dramatic blurring on the head but still with a sharp focus on the final face position.

While I don't consider this a great photo, I think it is a technique I may make use of in the future, and I partially post it here to inform other n00bs like me about the technique. Of course I would like to know if there are obvious issues you can spot that may have helped. I ended up taking this shot in our apartment in Denver, because I forgot to bring my tripod. So I decided to try to work with the blur rather than fighting it after I read about the technique.

Feel free to rip it to shreds....

[draymorton]

Very cool.

TMIC is a book I refer to often. That shot of Larry Tisch is a good one. (Funny story, too.)

[GB1]

I think it's pretty cool too. There's a lot happening but you got your eyes clear and sharp and that's the most important thing. I like the composition, etc. It works.

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[jetrim]

I love this shot, it may not be what you intended, but what I take away from it is that the lights are a visual manifestation of the music playing in the headphones. The look on your face reinforces the idea that this may not be the most soothing music you've ever heard :lol: