Variety of pills: These pills are an assortment of pain killers including tylenol, naproxen, and ibuprofen. The pain killers represent my daily headaches that are now a big part of my life and I have to work around the pain.
Wet hair: My wet hair represents the chilling pain of my headaches that often stop me cold in my spot.
Black and white eyes: This represents sanity and the hope for future comfort.
The naked shoulders: This represents raw exposure to pain.
Old Brownie camera: This camera represents my love for vintage photography and the simplicity of old photos.
Makeup and nice clothes: This all represents the desired perfection in photographs.
My hairstyle: The straight and pulled back portion of my hair represents professionalism and cleanness while the single curl in the front represents naturalism and creativity.
Black and white against color: The black and white background behind a color self represents the past and the current.
Music notes: This represents the beautiful flow of music and simple yet complicated language that music is.
Out of focus flute: This represents passion and movement.
Embouchure: This represents the softness or harshness that music can vary between.
I have never been into self portraits much before because I had never thought about it as a good option for myself as well as I have always been afraid to be in front of the camera rather than behind it. These individual pictures do tell a story if you read into the picture enough, although there is no set story in these photographs, I have my own ideas and another person has their own and they both can be the story. My standards for this project were low because I had never before ventured into the experience of self portrait photography. I exceeded my standards highly because I do enjoy these photographs very much, some more than others of course, but I believe that I did quite well especially for never having done self portraits in the past. When people look at any of my photographs, I would like them to notice the focusing and what is in focus while what is not. If someone were to look at any of my photographs, they could learn that I often photograph up close and in detail rather than far and broad because I like getting close and personal while what is being photographed. One thing I would like to improve on is leading lines and how I could use those in future photographs to draw attention to a particular spot. If I were ever to create more self portraits in the future, I would like to find different angles for how I would pose in the pictures.
