Photo of the day: Self

I wanted to walk and shoot around Greenpoint last night, but didn’t feel like getting rained on. So instead I decided to stay in my apartment and flesh out a some portrait lighting ideas that have been kicking around in my head.

The one good thing about self portraits is that you always have a willing and patient model on hand. Other than that, it’s a total pain in the ass. Set up lights/camera – pose – shoot – chimp – adjust lights/camera – pose – shoot – chimp… Since I wanted a really thin depth of field for this shot, focusing was especially tricky. I ended up letting the camera autofocus *somewhere* on my face and then firing off a burst of 5/6 frames while slowly rocking my face toward from the camera, in hopes that one of the shots will have my eyes in focus.

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