JADYBATES PHOTOGRAPHER [DARKROOM BLOGGER]
  • Home
  • News
  • My Work
    • Runnin' Hot
    • The Exhausting Side of Passion
    • ALL SEEING EYES
    • ADORNED
    • Drying Out Dying Out
    • Musicians
    • Not A Feast
    • MENTAL: Stigma & Violent Stories
    • BULKO concepts
    • Smatterings
  • Blog
  • About
  • Jady Bates Photographer - My Story
  • Current Mood
  • Home
  • News
  • My Work
    • Runnin' Hot
    • The Exhausting Side of Passion
    • ALL SEEING EYES
    • ADORNED
    • Drying Out Dying Out
    • Musicians
    • Not A Feast
    • MENTAL: Stigma & Violent Stories
    • BULKO concepts
    • Smatterings
  • Blog
  • About
  • Jady Bates Photographer - My Story
  • Current Mood
Search

self-portrait challenge: day 11

11/25/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Shooting in shi**y light - FOR SURE!
This turned out to be the worst time of day to try and get a good self-portrait.
I was trying to capture myself in thin air, jumping and frozen in front of the black and yellow "Keep Portland Weird" sign. LOL - But I never got the timing with the remote quite right, and here I captured myself just looking tense (one split second before I leaped with all my might). And, of course, the direction of the sun was at its worst. I had pictured this wall facing West Burnside, which would have put the shot in North light (the very best). Alas, it was facing South.

I used every trick in the book in Lightroom to get anything interesting out of this image.
It works, I think. I like the story of the gentlemen behind me.
This was taken around 10am on a Saturday morning and there were lots of various groups of people showing up to take their photos in front of Dante's great wall painting here. (I love this so much.) I am not sure if they were tourists, or just happy Portlanders. I set up my tripod wherever I go now, and in so doing, I got a couple requests to take other people's photos. That was fun. I really am enjoying the unpredictable people moments I am experiencing. That is the joy - the unplanned, spontaneously captured moment!

Here are a couple more - WELL, BAM!
That last one especially is like an album cover - street photography at its most fun.
GREAT WISDOM FROM THE UNIVERSE: As my great mentor, Mike Riches says, "Gobble 'till ya wobble."  (The traffic's gonna be a bear out there. You all are terrible drivers! Everyone slow down and strap in your sense of humor. Happy Thanksgiving Eve!)
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Once in awhile, well, BAM!

    Archives

    March 2021
    August 2019
    June 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    January 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • News
  • My Work
    • Runnin' Hot
    • The Exhausting Side of Passion
    • ALL SEEING EYES
    • ADORNED
    • Drying Out Dying Out
    • Musicians
    • Not A Feast
    • MENTAL: Stigma & Violent Stories
    • BULKO concepts
    • Smatterings
  • Blog
  • About
  • Jady Bates Photographer - My Story
  • Current Mood