Selfie

Jeroen

This was still on my list for this year. To shoot a proper and very serious self portait.
To use it on LinkedIn and other very serious places. But mainly because I want to get a better understanding of portrait photography lighting. So last evening I spend quite some time studying at the masters

I improvised a studio in our shower with a daylight lamp taped to a fishing rod and a tripod. I used a packaging bag over the lamp to create some sort of soft box. There's a desk lamp behind me somewhere too

Canon 350D and a Canon 50mm f1.8 at f3.5 and ISO400.
I shot with a remote until I had my eyes properly in focus, put the focus to manual and fired away with the remote.

Jeroen

I edited this a bit more and removed the chair. I also made a bit tighter crop that moves my head a bit off center and my right eye at a third.

divamum

Like 'em both, but the rework is better. I possibly would brighten it up just a tad, but YMMV. Nice work!

kobistar

I actually liked the original more ... nicely done

Hackbone

Agree with Kobistar, like the first one better except for the chair. There seems to be an odd relationship between the head and body. Need more of a broad base to support the head by turning the shoulders a tad more toward the camera, just an opinion. Great color, exposure and mood.