Are you like me – rather the one behind the camera the in front of it? However, sooner or later you will need a picture of yourself, right? For your company, CV, website, book – whatever.
Well, I needed a couple of images for different occasions. So late tonight I took out the cameragear and gave it a try.
- A chair
- Two constructionlights (500W)
- Tripod
- Camera with m42-lens Asahi Auto-Takumar 85mm/1.8
- A piece of string
- Some Photoshopping
I tied the string to the tripod and stretched it to the chair. Sitting on the chair I focused on the tripod. Without touching the focus I put the camera back on the tripod. With the string I could tell where the focus in the image is.
I put selftimer on and ran back to the chair. Took the string to my eye (so it would be in focus). The lights were like I wanted them after several attempts. It’s a bit trial and error. I don’t have good flash or studiolights so I have to use whats available, but I think it turned out ok:
Selfportrait with Asahi Auto-Takumar 85mm/1.8
Well done, Mattias… and a great idea with the string too… clever indeed! :o) You could crop the photo to remove the fingers since they look a little “disembodied”. ;o)