self portrait

prity goldfish

hey look it's me! how did i do? it's always difficult for me to get a good shot of myself especially one in focus. and i think this one turned out pretty decent. . let me know what you think.

DRT-Maverick

You silly girl ^.^

Jamoke

I like the first one... The second one the eye looks a little bit big, and distracting. Cool artistic effect though - it's an interesting portrayal of yourself. i've always had difficulties with pictures of me - especially taking them, and fixing them up to portray myself (Hence - not a single good pic of me)... - I think these are pretty good though.

ryan_wedemeyer

evocative of clockwork orange......


however - oof - nice chain.

with that face, i'm sure you can do better.

the photoshop deal is meunchesque and extraterrestrial.

binghott

you should try focusing on your eyes, then tilting the camera down to get the angle you want. that first shot would be awesome if it was sharply focused on your eyes. the wierd edit doesnt do anything for me

DRT-Maverick

She's also got gorgeous green eyes. You should do some more photographs that show that off Kasey, it's a wonderful trait.

JimM

Very unique angle of a pretty lady. I like the shot. Not a fan of the PS version though.

Ironhorse

I like the photo, even without tack sharp eyes. You look good with an attitude.

kygarden

Sort of different...I like it

Photosbychuck

Hi, goldfish
Nice photo!
I would like to see one with your eyes in focus.

Take Care,
Chuck,
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marshall_fun

prity goldfish

seems like everyone agrees that i need to practice focusing...but it's hard to tell what's in focus when you're not looking through the view finder! know what i mean? thanks for your feedback!

Ginebra Alvarez

Intention
I do not agree about the 'eyes in focus' stuff. I think that there must be an intention behind every image. If the intention is conscious then the photographer must drive everything (composition, lighting, etc) towards it right from the beginning. If the intention is unconscious, then it is also the work of the photographer to reveal that intention (by remembering his mood when he took the pic for example) in postprocessing or by immersing the photograph into the right photographic discourse. Thus, if the intention is to sell eye cosmetics then the eyes must be in focus. If the intention is to say for example, "I am not here. There is a little mystery inside me", then eyes out of focus would contribute to accentuate the intention.

prity goldfish

i fiddled around in photoshop to see if i could get it more in focus. i succeed a bit. is it better?

Owen

Why don't you just reshoot?

Can't be that hard.. I mean, the model lives really close by.

prity goldfish

Owen wrote:

Why don't you just reshoot?

Can't be that hard.. I mean, the model lives really close by.

because the model isn't cooperative

kygarden

prity goldfish wrote:

i fiddled around in photoshop to see if i could get it more in focus. i succeed a bit. is it better?

If there's a way you can selectively sharpen the eyes and nothing else, that might work out pretty well. It looks like now your face is a little oversharpened...but not too bad.

oldbmw

I like it better with the eyes out of focus.

prity goldfish

lol make up you minds!

colourbox

In the redone version, the whole photo is sharper, so the eyes are still less sharp relative to the rest of the shot.

My suggestions (pick one):
a) If fixing the original, sharpen the eyes and Lens Blur the rest so that the eyes become the sharpest area of the shot.
b) If reshooting, set to manual focus and position camera so that eyes are at that focus distance, because the problem is that auto-focus is picking the wrong spot (center, not edge where the eyes are). Works better with a tripod, self-timer, and a few tries of moving back and forth but you'll get it.

mknphotos

The first one is better.
The second picture looks over sharpened to me. But, you have a beautiful model, so what does it really matter??

prity goldfish wrote:

lol make up you minds!

Photosbychuck

Hi, prity goldfish
Yes, a bit better I think.
I was thinking along the same lines a Owen just re-shoot!
I will do a shoot with you if, you can't find some one closer .
If I was only closer to you.
You might want to try your timer and a tripod.

Take Care,
Chuck,

Liza

I use the timer and tripod for my self portrait shots. Just leave a prop where you plan to position yourself and lock focus on it. Then when you depress the shutter and hurry into position, the image should be sharp. It takes a little trial and error, but once you figure it out it's a piece of cake!