Self portraits

Self portraits

This image is my fantasy self portrait. It is meant to be like a scene from a superman movie where Clarke Kent is running through the street and is ripping clothes off to reveal his superman suit. Since early high school i have often had connections with superman purely because of the amount of superman clothing i have. I feel that this is quite i good fantasy image for myself. However i find a few things wrong with this image: My face, because of the slow shutter speed that was used while shooting, is out of focus. To get the correct pose that i wanted i was actually ripping my shirt off and i am not sure if i am happy with my face not being in focus. Also it is a little bit grainy because i put the ISO up to 1600 to try and get a faster shutter speed, it has created more grain in the image.

This is my 'real' self portrait. Outside of photography i work in a bar and absolutely love it, i plan on one day living in Ireland and working in a pub there and that is what i have tried to show through this image. I have also tried to convey the idea that bar tenders work late and are 'creatures of the night' as i often work past midnight and into early hours of the morning. To show this i have used a solitary light, which i placed to the left of the image.

This is another idea for my 'real' self portrait, having curly hair is a big part of my life and personality. One of the biggest things that annoys me about this image is the light reflection in the glasses.