OptimusBri's self portrait 365

great end to the month briony.. 31 is fab, nice in colour too after all your B+W shots.. hope your feeling a little less stressed must be hard for you to fit all these in with uni

good luck for feb.. :)
 
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View here please :)

Oh and there are more photos here
 
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everything about 33 is good, i love the colour and light especially...
 
Some great photos here, especially 19 and 32. Interesting 'mood' from the lighting in the day 33 photos. I haven't really tried any self portraits myself, it must be quite a challenge doing one every day!
 
nice one briony.. great lighting and tones.. really like how you process your images
 
OptimusBri said:
Nope it's two :)

Well, technically I used one shot...
I opened it in Photoshop, and lowered the exposure so I got the nice sunset. Then I opened it again and changed the exposure until I was happy with the lighting on me, then put that photo on top of the first one, and used a layer mask to have me exposed correctly with the sunset.

Does that make sense? :thinking: (I spent ages trying to word that right haha :lol:)
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Ah I see, had a funny feeling something was going on :). All makes perfect sense, it's something I do a lot on landscapes.
 
Very good, great lighting. I have to keep reminding myself, you aren't even behind the camera taking the shots, you're doing great. :)
 
Excellent shot Bri - I would be tempted to tweak the WB to a colder colour to emphasize your 'cold outside' isolation. Seriously impressed with your perseverance! And each day coming up with something original. Keep it up!
 
Also impressed you're still going, and finding new inspiration. Must be tough!

I do like the atmospheric feelings you're invoking in your shots. Very nice under-running theme.

Ian.
 
nicely posed, lighting and contrast are perfect...
 
34 is perfect for me colourwise.. very nicely done!

great lighting and perfect in mono but not sure about the pose on 35. am very impressed that you are keeping each shot different and unique..
 
Hello again :)

Here are the photos from the last 3 days.

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Not a lot of effort/time went in to these photos. I was in Sheffield for the weekend visiting my best friend, and that was more important to me than thinking of decent ideas for photos, so they were all taken in a fairly short space of time.

However, I don't really care as I had an amazing weekend, and I have over 300 days of this project left so I have tons of time to improve and think of more creative ideas.

I'm also in the middle of my Final Major Project for my Uni course which is really hectic so I hardly have any free time at the moment...probably wasn't a good year to start my 365 :lol:

I will post today's photo up a bit later :)
 
i like the pose for 37, it conjours up feelings of desparation and stress, as does 38...

you must be doing ok if even the rushed ones are ok ;)
 
Wow. I can't quite remember the last time I was this miserable :(

I took my camera in to Jessops today as I have had focusing issues with it, and to cut a long story short I have to get it repaired. It will cost at least £155. The staff said it's probably worth getting a new camera because it's pretty old and if something goes wrong with it again and I have to get it repaired for a second time, I'll be spending so much money. I can still use manual focus on it, but I will drive myself insane if I have to do that for the rest of my life.

So it's a choice out of spending £155 and risk something going wrong with it again, or buy a new camera...

I know buying a new camera is a better and more sensible option so I am definitely going to do that. I just don't have £400+ to spend at the moment :( I don't have any spare money at all, and my parents can't afford to give me any money for it either.
 
that sucks, our uni photography society has a camera we lend, is there something similar for you?

Can you blag it to be necessary for your course and apply to the student hardship fund?
 
david1701 said:
that sucks, our uni photography society has a camera we lend, is there something similar for you?

Can you blag it to be necessary for your course and apply to the student hardship fund?
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Yeh I can rent cameras out, but I think I can only do it for a few days, or possibly a week at a time, which is a bit annoying as I would keep having to renew it.

I don't know if we have any kind of fund like that...I might look in to it because to be honest it is kind of necessary for my course, even more so for next year when I do a Photography & Video degree.
 
OptimusBri said:
Wow. I can't quite remember the last time I was this miserable :(
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And all that after you actually smiled in a picture :D

Sorry to hear the bad news, but are you sure Jessops know what they're talking about? Could well be something simple and they'd rather make a new sale than admit to not knowing what is wrong (I'm not really this cynical :lol:).

If you haven't already, have you posted details here on the forums for suggestions? Although you might get the same answer it might be best to get a second opinion.

Good luck.
 
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Well the member of staff I talked to in there was playing around with my camera for a while and told me what was wrong with it and said I'd definitely need it repaired. I will post up the details on the forum and will try any suggestions thrown my way as I know it's always good to get a second opinion. But I trust the people from Jessops opinions more, only for the pure fact that they have actually seen my camera and had a go with it to try and find out what is wrong...
 
oh no sorry to hear you are having camera problems.. thats not good either way! hope the guys on here can help..

great shots briony, love the lighting on 37.. you are doing fab fitting everything in!
 
Sorry to hear about the camera problems Bri :hug:

Your shots are still consistently imaginative and original - hard to do day in day out I would think. I would put money on each day someone logging on to your thread and thinking 'That SP definitely sums up how I feel right now' and is a great reflection of how you are reflecting emotion and life within the shots.

Keep it up Lady :thumbs:

ps - 38 really sums up how I am feeling recently.
 
HUGE thanks to Barry (wontolla) for helping me to fix my camera - it's working again and I am so relieved!

Thanks a lot Michelle and Smooth :) it is pretty hard doing it every day, especially if I leave it til late and all I want to do is sleep, or if I have tons of work to do, I know I have to set aside some time to take a photo. I'm determined to keep it up though :) am just going to take my photo for today and will post it up shortly!
 
:lol: Thinking 'Outside the Box' for todays were ya Bri?!

I like it! Especially upsidedown 'To Be Sorted'!

Cheers for the smile :thumbs:
 
:lol: love 39, a really funny one. good idea...:clap:
 
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