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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Holga Blog: Self Portraits

I know I posted about self portraits awhile ago and I had every intention of pursing self portraits with zeal.... but that didn't so much happen. I did take a few, but none with the full intention that I wanted to out into the project. Holga Blog came out with the winners today on their blog: Self Portrait Challenge Winners. My photo was featured in the list, but not as a winner. It is the photo of me in a hammock that I blogged here. Check out the self portrait Flickr group and the blog. The winning photos are quite stunning. I especially enjoy the third place winner, the photo is really fun. It is neat to see what people have done for the challenge and gave me a lot of ideas.


I took these two photos while I was heading to Stratford in the evening. I like them ok, but they aren't really that well thought out and I just took them on a whim. I do like that they are black and white, but I did like most of the photos from this roll. I think because I never shoot b&w and I liked the change. I do drive a lot so, that part of the self portraiture says me. I suppose though that if I had thought them out they would be a lot more self conscious and awkward, and the only place I really felt comfortable photographing myself without feeling dorky was in the car.

I shot this as we were heading back to Wisconsin from Duluth and driving over the bridge into Superior. I didn't realize I was in the photo. I do like this, I just wish I was aware that I was in the photo and had moved the camera down a bit so more of the mirror was included. Oh well. It would have worked for the contest, but I didn't get the film back in time.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Holga Blog: Flickr Friday

My photo was featured on Holga Blog's Flickr Friday! The theme for the week of February 17 – 24, 2010 is Out in the Cold, where I frequently find myself.

This is the photo that was featured (I posted it last week too). It is of Dan looking out at Levis/Trow Mounds in Clark County after we went snowshoeing around on Valentine's Day. This was my first time going there in the winter and also my first time taking pictures. Usually we go there mountain biking and I am not a good enough biker to take pictures while I ride!



Here is the link on Holga Blog so you can check out all the other great Holga shots:
http://www.holgablog.com/2010/02/26/flickr-friday-2/