Villenadecorte---started just for you

I LOVE self portraits...so Come on everyone it's time for your best face foward

Speed and Walterick---your limited to 10 shots each ;) :D

will get one up soon....

If someone tells me how to soften my skin in Photoshop and even out the skin tone, getting rid of pores, freckles and an uneven red cast, while still maintaining sharpness, I might post one.

I've got a shot of me taken just after I woke up in the morning, and it reveals all. :( But if I could do some "Hodgy" stuff to it, I'd like it.

doesn't have to be straight out of camera... do and be what YOU want to be...just as long as there's no cutting and pasting off of other people's faces (although it has been an appealing thought to me at times....) self portraist are about how you see yourself....

Hmm, maybe the one I took last week after being away from a shower and a razor for five days would be a good one... Too bad the film isn't developed yet :D . OK, I'll see if I can find something less frightening.

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Originally Posted by natatbeach

doesn't have to be straight out of camera... do and be what YOU want to be...just as long as there's no cutting and pasting off of other people's faces (although it has been an appealing thought to me at times....) self portraist are about how you see yourself....

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OK, fine, let's see how this one looks.

This is how I see myself...a small, blurry watercolor ;)

I'm a bit of a dog...

<img src="http://www.ambiencemedia.com/pics/d.jpg" style="border:5px solid black">

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Originally Posted by Todd Patten

I'm a bit of a dog...

<img src="http://www.ambiencemedia.com/pics/d.jpg" style="border:5px solid black">

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but you have such fine coloring... :D

Ahhh. Gracias!

The real me on one of my first hikes ever (just getting into it).

<img src="http://www.ambiencemedia.com/pics/me.jpg" style="border: 5px solid black">

this one has such fine coloring ...too ;)

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Originally Posted by natatbeach

I LOVE self portraits...so Come on everyone it's time for your best face foward

Speed and Walterick---your limited to 10 shots each ;) :D

will get one up soon....

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What the...?!!!!

Limited to 10 shots each?!!!

You make it sound like we're egomaniacs!!

Next you'll be demanding only new photo's! Geez.

At least she didn't say... "no nude shots" :D

Here's my usual arsenal of selfs (I've been busy on the other side of the lens recently. Amazingly!)

You've seen em, you've loved 'em...

ALL OF MY SELF PORTRAITS!!! :D :D

That was only 8 :)

from a family reunion a couple of years ago. My lovely wife and myself.

<img src="http://comp.uark.edu/~cbates/candids/Bates_reunion/969713-R1-11.jpg">

This is it... I've never done a self portrait before... not as easy as it looks! Don't think that there will be any more either... ;)

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Originally Posted by natatbeach

I LOVE self portraits...so Come on everyone it's time for your best face foward

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ugghh....I'm not one for self-portraiture but if you insist...here's the schrackman at his sloppy desk. But at least he's got a new eMac on that sloppy desk! :)

Ah, and I found another self-portrait of the wife and myself in Santa Barbara. Thought I had lost this one.

Ray

What! Why me?? Was it my shower pic of my kiddo???
Alrighty... I'll find one I did....an elusive one,
then I'll post a better one.


VD

im noticing a slight trend in my pics... i hide my eyes. hmmm.
oh well. dare i welcome a comment or critique?

Me and two of my boys. My third doesnt let me kiss him much these days, being 7 and all. ewwww kisses are gross! ;)

The last one I played around with in PS, dont like the way it came out. Contours on the face are all off.

vd....

Oh and the mechanics cute too! haha :)

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Originally Posted by walterick

At least she didn't say... "no nude shots" :D

Here's my usual arsenal of selfs (I've been busy on the other side of the lens recently. Amazingly!)

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Originally Posted by villenadecorte

im noticing a slight trend in my pics... i hide my eyes. hmmm.
oh well. dare i welcome a comment or critique?

Me and two of my boys. My third doesnt let me kiss him much these days, being 7 and all. ewwww kisses are gross! ;)

The last one I played around with in PS, dont like the way it came out. Contours on the face are all off.

vd....

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GREAT IMAGES, but we want to see your eyes ;)

ok..... NOT REALLY a self portrait ;)

BUT I set up everything and said" frame and shoot", so Michelle was my "tripod/shutter release" :D

btw.... I am the UGLY ONE, the other guy is my middle brotha :) This may very well be the ONLY image of me that I LIKE.


yeah yeah yeah, I know.... the shadow ;)

Rick, I love number six!

So she didn't say no nude shots, does that mean we can do nude self portraits?

That A Girl :)

My Fellow Canon Bird Nerd :d

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Originally Posted by paulnj

ok..... NOT REALLY a self portrait ;)

BUT I set up everything and said" frame and shoot", so Michelle was my "tripod/shutter release" :D

btw.... I am the UGLY ONE, the other guy is my middle brotha :) This may very well be the ONLY image of me that I LIKE.


yeah yeah yeah, I know.... the shadow ;)

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Which one is the ugly guy? They're both good looking to me!

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Originally Posted by paulnj

ok..... NOT REALLY a self portrait ;)

BUT I set up everything and said" frame and shoot", so Michelle was my "tripod/shutter release" :D

btw.... I am the UGLY ONE, the other guy is my middle brotha :) This may very well be the ONLY image of me that I LIKE.


yeah yeah yeah, I know.... the shadow ;)

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Look at you, all snazzy!

(can you give us a right or a left?)

so this will have to do.

adina

I've always loved those photos where the skin is almost white, I think Asylum Steve posted some in color a while back, and I am going to try some out on my sister in law.

First attempt...

IT'S ALL SMOKE-N-MIRRORS ;)

I'm on the LEFT.

my usual appearance is FAR from this look!!!

give me jeans and a tee shirt w/ muddy boots ANY DAY (and a shave once a week ???)

DAMB GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

(can you give us a right or a left?)

WELL.....I'm left handed :rolleyes:

Great great picture... :)
I like your first one better than the second... you get to see more of your skins natural-ness and thats good.

VD

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Originally Posted by adina

so this will have to do.

adina

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send it to me! I only see a red x.

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Originally Posted by Todd Patten

I'm a bit of a dog...

<img src="http://www.ambiencemedia.com/pics/d.jpg" style="border:5px solid black">

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Hmm I didnt upload the other one of my son and I.
Ok, so here are three more- with eyes. Taken today.
This is the most I've been on cam in about 10 years. Sheesh.
You actually learn quite a bit when trying to shoot yourself (wait... that didnt sound right!?)
You know what I mean.

So in these I played with the lighting in one of my non-windowed bathrooms, and then in the family room, and the one I tried to post earlier of me and my littlest ape.

OK 6 is good. too much. Back to shooting everything else. (again, that sounds bad!)

VD
HEY NAT!!!!!!! WHERES YOURS??????????

:)

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Originally Posted by villenadecorte

im noticing a slight trend in my pics... i hide my eyes. hmmm.
oh well. dare i welcome a comment or critique?

Me and two of my boys. My third doesnt let me kiss him much these days, being 7 and all. ewwww kisses are gross! ;)

The last one I played around with in PS, dont like the way it came out. Contours on the face are all off.

vd....

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now that's what i'm talkin about :)

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Originally Posted by kellybean

OK, fine, let's see how this one looks.

This is how I see myself...a small, blurry watercolor ;)

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Awww, c'mon kellybean. I (we) want to see you unobscured. Just let your light shine, and I'm sure the camera will capture it just fine. Hey...that's a rhyme. So is that! :)

By the way, didn't ANYBODY catch my 'special' effect?

Ray

I love your avitar and all, but I would much rather see you! :)
VD

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Originally Posted by schrackman

Awww, c'mon kellybean. I (we) want to see you unobscured. Just let your light shine, and I'm sure the camera will capture it just fine. Hey...that's a rhyme. So is that! :)

By the way, didn't ANYBODY catch my 'special' effect?

Ray

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Mine are coming...I'm tracking them down....they're scattered over a few cds...

you and Adina look beautiful in those shots...you have a nack fro this portraiture thing...kelly where's the poic I'm waiting I was thrilled to see a none Opus shot...I think you're very pretty blurry but pretty.

and Paul...awww...you look sweet. I like the one of you and your brothers and the one of you with the hairy girlfrfiend(tarantula)
Ray, your cute as usual....and I loved the special effect.


Be patient...I
am long overdue for a new self portrait....

Rick opened the door to nudity....if nude is how you see you then do what you must---I ain't looking...I wanna be able to look you in the eye if I make it to chicago.... ;)

no outing you made a refrence somewher about posting a self portrait and so I just started the thread for ya... ;)

Awww thanks. Im feeling so "naked" now! haha. No nudes here.
Thanks for pushin that thread along... I probably would not have gotten around to it, conveniently of course. ;)
We need to see some more shots of Paul! I am diggin that Creme silk formal piece! hee hee.
I can't wait to see yours!

VD

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Originally Posted by natatbeach

no outing you made a refrence somewher about posting a self portrait and so I just started the thread for ya... ;)

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So where is the usual appearance?! :)

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Originally Posted by paulnj

IT'S ALL SMOKE-N-MIRRORS ;)

I'm on the LEFT.

my usual appearance is FAR from this look!!!

give me jeans and a tee shirt w/ muddy boots ANY DAY (and a shave once a week ???)

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