The most interesting behind the
scenes photo of mine is my self-portrait above which was also voted as my POW.
I received a lot of great feedback from everyone, so thank you! I found that I
was successful in relaying the emotion in this photo to its audience. Some of
you said that this photo spoke to you. I briefly described the technicalities
behind this photo in my self-evaluation but what I focused on more was the
emotional aspects. I want to describe the technical aspects here for those who
are interested in how this photo was done.
After I
came up with the idea to take a portrait like this (I sat on this concept for a
while), I started to think about how I would go about it. How do I attach my
camera to my ceiling? I guess I could tape it up there… but no… I have to be
able to access it easily for trial and error. Taping and unstrapping would be a
pain and how would I push the camera button? I ended up taking a popcorn box
and finagling it to work. I cut open the
box so that I could fit it on the ceiling, I also cut out a square that my
camera could look out of. I opened one end of the box to be able to reach in
and out of with my phone and then I put it on the ceiling directly above my bed
using tape to keep it.
I set my
phone in the box with the camera aimed out of the small square. I reached in
and pushed the camera button. I had used the self-timer app to give me enough
time to get into position. After getting up and back down a couple of times I
finally got what I was looking for. Lastly, I used the Afterlight App Version
2.6 on my iPhone iOS 7.1.2 to make fine tune adjustments. I turned down the
saturation almost all the way and then added vignette around the outside of the
frame and subject. These techniques helped give this photo a darker, emotional
flashback feel. I revealed a more guarded side of myself and I am glad I was
able to do this and that many of you were intrigued by the photo.
I drew a little diagram for how I used the popcorn box in
case anyone wanted to see how it was done. I know I am more of a visual learner
so I hope this helps give a clearer picture.
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