Self Portrait Flip

This is something that I have been wanting to do for a while, it's a little freaky but after I got the idea I really couldn't get it out of my head. This morning when I took these I was a bit lazy, clearly my face isn't looking as straight on into the camera as I thought it was, and the lighting is not even.  I think that this would be best taken with strobes. It was really bright facing the sun, making it hard to keep a straight face. left side right side I really did think that my face was more symmetrical than this!

Don't mind my messy kitchen.  Now I need to take some time to clean that kitchen!

Self Portraits of the Week

me and gracie in the car

getting a little creative in the shop, wish the focus was more on my hair, but this is cool none the less

playing with filters while waiting to start work

This week has been nuts, my sister was here for a few days and I had fun spending lots of money at Lush that didn't need to be spent.   This week is all about getting back on track, I need to finish organizing my head and my life and most importantly my computer, haha.   I have a few blog posts planned for the week and my newest roll of film, so stay tuned!

Self Portraits the past few years

January 2011

winter 2012, while living in Tannerbrook

Spring 2010

Spring 2010

Summer 2013

This last one is day... 5? of the ABM Self Portrait challenge.  

I have always loved taking photos of myself. I would love to say that it's not out of vanity... but it kind of is, as all self portraits really must be.  It really is so much easier to take photos of yourself than it is of others.  Definite must haves are a tripod and a wireless remote (you could use self timer, but remotes are so cheap and so wonderful!) Try it out and link me to your blog!

Blog Changes

Hello all,
I'm making some big changes around here.  I've changed the title of my blog to MEO Imagery to match my website/business of the same name.  I'm really trying to inspire myself to be bigger than I am.  I want a reason to make beautiful things, and I'm hoping to gain the readers/viewers to help me along the way.

I have been thinking of starting a new blog for a while and I've settled to updating this one.  I am tired to not putting effort into meeting new people (the internet if full of them!) who share my passions, and making up excuses to not be creative.  I want this blog to be a place where people can share ideas about everything, that's why I'm going to start using the Disqus platform for blog commenting.  I don't want to have to approve of blog comments or have you type in cryptic messages to prove you are human.

I want my MEO Imagery blog to primarily focus on photography with some side posts on things like art and knitting/crafting.  Let's be real, what I'm really looking for is something to encourage me to shoot and develop at least two rolls of film per week, and somewhere that I can chat about knitting, of course!

Please leave me any and all feedback that you have, I want to hear it!

-Marissa O

PS- Day 4

30 day self portrait challenge

Day One: I love the details I can get with the 50mm on my Dx camera.  I love noticing the wrinkles in my shirt that I don't notice throughout the day.

Day Two: Gracie in my lap.  I took this while holding the camera way above my head with the focus all the way in.  This is the best one I got.

I am so excited to take more and work in my darkroom more.  I'm tired of excusing myself.