Show us your mug! Introduce yourself here.

[fish]

There's something special about taking your own portrait (self-portrait). Anybody can take a photo of you, but only you can do the hard bit about choosing how you want to be seen. It's not that we don't want to see your handsome visages taken by other people, but that we want YOU to shoot them and present them yourselves.

self-por·trait:
n. A pictorial or literary portrait of oneself, created by oneself.



Edit: I merged the two "show us your mug" threads. :)

:smile6

[Win38-55]

Here I am. http://win38-55.smugmug.com/photos/3038786-S.jpg

[Shakey]

Well I hope you all have digested your food well. I dont want you losing your meal's after I post a Pic of myself...
Self Portrait
http://shakey.smugmug.com/photos/2729763-S.jpg

Taken 3 weeks ago after a long shift at work and taken in the timeless classical ArmsLength method.:bad

Cheers
Tim

[Seamaiden]

Heh.. well, if you go look at my profile, you'll see one of my classic poses.. (my b-i-l caught my dear father digging for gold, so my sisters and I took the opportunity to poke some fun). Let's see here.. nothing exactly recent, but within a year.. (taken with an exceedingly poor camera, the Sony Mavica F73 - it uses floppies! ROFLE!)

[wxwax]

*Sigh*

OK, one last time... but that's it. No more.

http://www.agreatlink.com/agl/mel/images/pic5.jpg

[fish]

*Sigh*

OK, one last time... but that's it. No more.


nice try.

http://www.agreatlink.com/agl/mel/images/pic5.jpg

[fish]

This is me.

[TJAmy]

:lust *Sigh*

OK, one last time... but that's it. No more.

http://www.agreatlink.com/agl/mel/images/pic5.jpg

[fish]

:lust

show us your mug.

[DoctorIt]

http://doctorit.smugmug.com/photos/2529603-M.jpg

[TJAmy]

show us your mug.You First!:smile6

[wxwax]

Rats, I wish I were home. I have the perfect pic to show you what Fish looks like. I believe all of the skin blemishes have since cleared-up. :wink

[fish]

You First!:smile6

already did. your turn.

[fish]

Rats, I wish I were home. I have the perfect pic to show you what Fish looks like. I believe all of the skin blemishes have since cleared-up. :wink
Self-portrait: A pictorial or literary portrait of oneself, created by oneself.

[Shakey]

Bok Bok Bok Bok ... Dam we need a chicken smiley!!

[wxwax]

Self-portrait: A pictorial or literary portrait of oneself, created by oneself.


Watch your lip. Maybe an ointment will help.

[gus]

http://humongous.smugmug.com/photos/3079722-M.jpg

[wxwax]

Like I said, I'm never going to Oz.

[bikehiker]

Ok, it's not a SELF portrait but my my daughter took it a couple weeks ago.


http://digitalagephotography.net/mesmall.jpg

[fish]

yer whacked, waxy.

[wxwax]

What bugs me most about that shot is ya shaved off all my hair. I like the makeup, tho.

[Seamaiden]

Excuse me, fellers, but NO ONE said anything about it having to be a self portrait. We have this one character on our board, Bangbang, used to be a nurse at one of the state mental hospitals in Michigan, he shared with us once one of the most... moving, haunting self-portraits I have ever seen. He called the place The Big House (http://www.talktothehand.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=239). I just wanted to post this shot because it affects in a deeply personal manner.

http://www.talktothehand.org/modules/PNphpBB2/files/jackinthehole.jpg

[gus]

.

[fish]

Excuse me, fellers, but NO ONE said anything about it having to be a self portrait.

Read the thread starting post...

Let's see some fresh self-portraits. Who's first?

:smile6

[TJAmy]

Excuse me, fellers, but NO ONE said anything about it having to be a self portrait. We have this one character on our board, Bangbang, used to be a nurse at one of the state mental hospitals in Michigan, he shared with us once one of the most... moving, haunting self-portraits I have ever seen. He called the place The Big House (http://www.talktothehand.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=239). I just wanted to post this shot because it affects in a deeply personal manner.

http://www.talktothehand.org/modules/PNphpBB2/files/jackinthehole.jpgIt is very artistic picture. Thanks for sharing. So you lived in MI? Why did ya leave?

[Seamaiden]

Umm.. no, I've never been to Michigan. Actually only ever been to the midwest once, Kansas. This is a friend from online (I have many), he's in Michigan. I don't know if I would like it in Michigan... I hear the fishin's pretty good!

fish, the title and the starting thread don't jive! Clearly, mine is not a self-portrait. I only have a few of those.. and I look really goofy (hey, my arms are short!). <giggle>

[fish]

fish, the title and the starting thread don't jive! Clearly, mine is not a self-portrait. I only have a few of those.. and I look really goofy (hey, my arms are short!). <giggle>
no value judgements made. do it.

[wxwax]

fish, the title and the starting thread don't jive!

English as a foreign language? :scratch


:lol3

[fish]

fish, the title and the starting thread don't jive!
do so. :smooch

[SavannahMan]

Only because I'm trying to participate here....:hung
http://savannahman.smugmug.com/photos/3154708-M.jpg

[wxwax]

Me, last night.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3138781-M.jpg

[Seamaiden]

One of those "adult video" places, huh?

[wxwax]

And no waiting! Oh, that came out wrong. :huh

[FreeUps]

http://www.lantoka.net/remote/uploads/bklynbdge4.jpg
Me on left. Previouslly posted in 'Stroll across Brooklin Bridge' thread. Such deeeep thought processssss. :flush

[fish]

Me on left. Previouslly posted in 'Stroll across Brooklin Bridge' thread. Such deeeep thought processssss. :flush
Funnily, I wondered if that was a self-portrait when you posted it the first time. Did you do the self-timer thing?

[click]

What the bougainvillea must have seen:

http://www.gillcouto.com/webstuff/bugasview.jpg

[fish]

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3244341-L.jpg
Dual purpose image :D

[fish]

Only because I'm trying to participate here....:hung
http://savannahman.smugmug.com/photos/3154708-M.jpg
Nice job trimming your nosehairs :thumb

[AltPro]

This is me.
Fish:
I love the graininess and composition of the image!
Great self portrait!

[lynnma]

Nice job trimming your nosehairs :thumbIf I didn't know you better, you'd scare me...:scratch

[fish]

Fish:
I love the graininess and composition of the image!
Great self portrait!
Thanks altpro...it beats soft focus :D

[peachmaan]

That's funny ... I just found/looked through my yearbook yesterday.LOL:rofl
I was thinking of starting a thread like this only with them YB picts...
Well, how about a follow up..... yearbook picts...??

[peachmaan]

This one could have been also entered in the weekly assignment section...

[SavannahMan]

Nice job trimming your nosehairs :thumb
Appreciated...but they're a work in progress. Kinda like the lawn, every week they need trimming. Thinking about hiring a full time guy....

[fish]

Appreciated...but they're a work in progress. Kinda like the lawn, every week they need trimming. Thinking about hiring a full time guy....

My gardener does it once a week for five bucks. :dunno

[wxwax]

Dayum, we're all so self conscious!

[JohnR]

Me normally how I post myself on the web to protect my ID...
http://homepage.mac.com/rougeuxj/.Pictures/spongebob.jpg

And here I am without the protection!
http://homepage.mac.com/rougeuxj/.Pictures/DSC_0852.jpg :rofl

[wxwax]

Not a self portrait, this was shot by the photgrapher I was working with last weekekend. My camera, wide angle lens. I told him to keep the nose small. I shall now have to shoot him.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/3400594-M.jpg

[Seamaiden]

Heh.. you think that's funny? Take a gander at this one (shot with the Sony Mavica of 199X, pre-megapixel vintage)! Rarely have I ever looked like such a goof..

[MainFragger]

The reason I am on the other side of the camera!

In brightest day
In blackest night
No shootee shall escape my sight
beware my camera
its flash is bright!

[Seamaiden]

Why do you call yourself "MainFragger"? Anything to do with fragging? As in "fragging" of corals?

[wxwax]

I think it's what he does to unwary computers. :wink

[Stunt Clown]

Wasn't fragging a term from the Vietnam war?
referring to shooting your commanding officer. (going from memory, and probably movie memory at that)

[MainFragger]

Why do you call yourself "MainFragger"? Anything to do with fragging? As in "fragging" of corals?
Back in 1990, I got my first 1200 baud modem. At the time Lobo:The Mini-Series had just come out. It was a comedic re-rendition of an old Omega Men villain who was an intergalactic hitman. He used the term Frag! instead of F*** and referred to people as mother fraggers, but also used it to describe himself and others as killers. I liked the comic enough, that Fragger was my first handle.
Years later, Quake came out, and my handle was no longer sacred. For a while I got away with Fragger69, but soon you couldn't enter in Fragger on a new site without getting Fragger542021032982849. So since Lobo also referred to himself as The Main Man! I changed my handle to MainFragger.

Now that we got that out of the way..I got a question...

I uploaded my mug, saved right under where it asked me to do that, but my mug is not part of my message. What gives?

MainFragger

[MainFragger]

Wasn't fragging a term from the Vietnam war?
referring to shooting your commanding officer. (going from memory, and probably movie memory at that)
That is indeed the original meaning of it. But not the intended meaning in this case. Although, the use of it in the comicbook I got it from is only about 20 degrees off from that meaning in some cases. In other cases, it is merely used as an obscenity on a comic that needs to be Comic Authority approved.

MainFragger

[peachmaan]

Now that we got that out of the way..I got a question...

I uploaded my mug, saved right under where it asked me to do that, but my mug is not part of my message. What gives?

MainFragger

Hithere.... wxwax(y) has a link somewhere.... I couldn't find it ...
But uploaded picts are usually at the bottom.
If you are using smugmug or another internet site you can use the pict icon on top of the message window to link it to your message .
Otherwise let the others make it more clear to you .....

FriggYYFrigging Frigger :thumb welcome!

[MainFragger]

Hithere.... wxwax(y) has a link somewhere.... I couldn't find it ...
But uploaded picts are usually at the bottom.
If you are using smugmug or another internet site you can use the pict icon on top of the message window to link it to your message .
Otherwise let the others make it more clear to you .....

FriggYYFrigging Frigger :thumb welcome!
Yeah, well after about the 4th attempt, I noticed the error message telling me my images were to fraggin' big. The situation has been corrected.

MainFragger

[GREAPER]

That is indeed the original meaning of it. But not the intended meaning in this case. Although, the use of it in the comicbook I got it from is only about 20 degrees off from that meaning in some cases. In other cases, it is merely used as an obscenity on a comic that needs to be Comic Authority approved.

MainFragger

Fragging is also used in online action gamming. A frag is a kill, a fragfest is a big battle, etc. Score is counted in (often) frags.

[fish]

there are entirely too many posts without pics in this thread. get with the program, kids. :D

[gus]

/

[Richard Cabesa]

there are entirely too many posts without pics in this thread. get with the program, kids. :D
Alright, not a great shot. Consider the subject matter, but look close at the mosquito chawin' on my cheek

[lynnma]

not a self portrait... love my camera too much... I looked so awful and fat and old (drunk on holiday in Florida) that I gave myself a glamour blur... a lot of it...:lol

[ian408]

I am never going to speed again. I will respect & uphold all state...national & seafarers laws.

Yep that is my daughters bike & helmet..had to go across the brige before a shop shut..talk about speed wobbles !!! Sharpest steering ever !!


http://humongous.smugmug.com/photos/3530839-L.jpg
what happened to ATGATT?

ian

[kbasa]

http://kbasa.smugmug.com/photos/2728072-M.jpg

[gus]

/

[ian408]

Mate i ride the GS in the same gear....i do put an open face on though.
ah, yer' killin' me...

it's a great shot. unique angle and great composition.

ian

[-jAb-]

jumpin in on this thread late but figured i would post up my mug.....
just took this one


http://-jab-.smugmug.com/photos/3617679-M.jpg

[Andy]

ok

at work in nyc
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/3174310-L.jpg

[wxwax]

Ahem. Andy. In the interests of full disclosure, shouldn't you be posting the swimming trunks pics? (With the leg hole demurely darkened, of course. :evil)

[Andy]

Ahem. Andy. In the interests of full disclosure, shouldn't you be posting the swimming trunks pics? (With the leg hole demurely darkened, of course. :evil)

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/4145639-L.jpg

[lynnma]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/4145639-L.jpg
Hey!!... I was gonna use that in the calendar....

[GREAPER]

http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/photos/4249035-M.jpg

[DoctorIt]

So I was shaving off the winter growth last week, and I just had to snap a shot of an interim "style"...

http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~ermiller/photos/2004-05/2004-05-13.jpg

the mohawk lasted for about 2 hours till the mrs. came home.

[BylLuvaul]

Here i am ... i might be the youngest person here .http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6149/smallme.jpg

[gubbs]

http://Gubbs.smugmug.com/photos/4695078-M.jpg

[Seamaiden]

Gubbs, that, sir, is a CLASSIC.

Greetings from earth, Byl!

[dragon300zx]

Hmmm to think this was a real photo of me and I actually looked like the crow at one stage in my life. I'll get a new self portrait soon.

[gubbs]

Hmmm to think this was a real photo of me and I actually looked like the crow at one stage in my life. I'll get a new self portrait soon. Was that for a stage show or was that your everyday look? :eek1

[gus]

/

[fish]

Fixed it for ya, hum. :D

[dragon300zx]

That would have been a day where I had a substitute teacher and wanted to be able to sleep through class. Would you mess with a psycho high school student who looked like that?

[DoctorIt]

That would have been a day where I had a substitute teacher and wanted to be able to sleep through class. Would you mess with a psycho high school student who looked like that?Heck yeah! :D

[gus]

.

[lynnma]

A winters day in the park. Humungus...Mrs Humungus & friends

http://humongous.smugmug.com/photos/5085707-M.jpg


cool shades Humy... where are the cold tubes????:D

[gus]

I dont drink & the photograph can't show that the other 3 have consumed several bottles of 'rough red' & a few stubbies & were getting quite pissy. I had to balance the camera on my bike helmet & they were laughing at me as all the shots were on an angle.

Im always the 1st target when they start getting pissed & i am still a target for their amusement several hours later.

[Andy]

I dont drink & the photograph can't show that the other 3 have consumed several bottles of 'rough red' & a few stubbies & were getting quite pissy. I had to balance the camera on my bike helmet & they were laughing at me as all the shots were on an angle.

Im always the 1st target when they start getting pissed & i am still a target for their amusement several hours later.


nice to meet you & the missus, 'gus!

[Andy]

help me pick one? hard to judge myself :puke1

i had the pleasure of being the subject for a change. my friend daniel chui (http://www.chewyphoto.com) spent an hour trying to break his camera by photographing me in nyc last week....

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475587-S.jpg

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5479587-S.jpg

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5479581-S.jpg

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475575-S.jpg

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475551-S.jpg

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475641-S.jpg



and just for giggles....doin' my street thing...
http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475605-S.jpg

[DavidTO]

help me pick one? hard to judge myself :puke1

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475551-S.jpg




My favorite being the third of these four selects. (Although it doesn't show off the camera as well as some of the others).

The first is nice, but I would crop it tighter to lose the belt line, which I find distracting, and I don't think it's flattering--mostly because the high angle accentuates it.

[ginger_55]

These aren't self portraits? It would depend on the purpose of the photo.
I actually like the first one best, belt or no belt. The last one, I would expect an endorsement from Sony, lol. The others leave some room, geez, I don't know.

I like them all. I just found this site, amazing........

ginger (You will be seeing me)

[Andy]

These aren't self portraits? It would depend on the purpose of the photo.
I actually like the first one best, belt or no belt. The last one, I would expect an endorsement from Sony, lol. The others leave some room, geez, I don't know.

I like them all. I just found this site, amazing........

ginger (You will be seeing me)

thank you, ginger. daniel (he's 18!) taught me a coupla things... one of which is, when you shoot from "on high" you make the fatty look less fat :thumb

heeheh

[ginger_55]

thank you, ginger. daniel (he's 18!) taught me a coupla things... one of which is, when you shoot from "on high" you make the fatty look less fat :thumb

heeheh
Now, if you watched more daytime TV (and who has time anymore?), but Rosie O'Donnel spelled that out very clearly, with mag cover demos, when she still had her show.
I guess the guy stood on a ladder with her. I am short, so I am always shooting up.............don't mess it up too much, I don't think. But lots of us women could have told you that one a while back. Fat? You aren't fat. g ("ginger are you trying to suck up again?" "No way, no fat there, that I can see.")

[damonff]

me

http://nomadphotography.smugmug.com/photos/5507320-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

I tell people that I am always with me, so I make a handy "model" in a pinch. Sure helps with the boredom factor. A couple favorites. With all these assignments I have not had as much "boredom" lately, went straight to extreme stress, or as a friend said, "wound too tight". So no self portraits, or not many, may take some this afternoon, may take my camera to the beach, but it will be too early for nice color.............. anyway, a couple faves...

This is 3 or 4 AM a year or so ago. I just stay up and do my photos. I like being alone at that time of day, but eventually I kind of collapse and look like this.

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5506163-S.jpg

And this is a beach shot, or returning from the beach after taking the dogs and husband at dawn................ need to do it again soon, this was a while back. Depressing that I had gotten to a good weight.......

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5506496-M.jpg

More recently I was getting a haircut. Andy, you see in that picture above this type, the angle of the face. For someone in their sixties, no face lift (no make up), the angle kind of smooths out the jaw line which is just terrible at my age (never take it from the side as a candid), and the head tilt does about as much as shooting from above does.

This is straight on, see the jowls. I wanted to make sure I could show her how she had cut my hair that time. This is more recent. Actually my avatar is most recent. I have others from that day, and I notice that the ones I like the camera is being held, by me, up above me. The avatar I use, I just like the messy hair. I have long ago gotten bored with regular composition and stuff.

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5507055-S.jpg

This is just about a month ago, but it is flattering, believe me it is, and I don't know why. But I do love the breezes near the water in SC, this is the same time as the avatar. I got some good photos that day. And heard some good music. I am standing on a long dock, the place where the music is, it is to my left. (The dog chewed my other glasses, they are "repaired" except for some teeth marks on the lens, so I am waiting to see if I can see anyway with them on.)

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5506155-S.jpg

This is last October. It was taken by my grown daughter, near the DC area, I went for a visit with Sara and family. I also picked up a new puppy, Merry Chapel. Sara took this picture. See ya all later, g

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5507729-S.jpg

[wxwax]

I reckon I'd vote for these two. I like the camera shot a lot, except that your one eye doesn't look very friendly, it's kinda intense. First one's very friendly, and is what I imagine you to be like.

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5479587-S.jpg
http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475641-S.jpg

[ginger_55]

[QUOTE=andy]help me pick one? hard to judge myself :puke1

i had the pleasure of being the subject for a change. my friend daniel chui (http://www.chewyphoto.com/) spent an hour trying to break his camera by photographing me in nyc last
week....
_____________________________________

This is my favorite, after going back to get impressions. I like the space to the left, where the wall angles, I like your expression, and you still look thin.
g


http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5479587-S.jpg

Andy, on the one below here, you are looking to my left, and there is all that blank space over to the right. Now if you were looking that way, but you aren't.


http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475551-S.jpg

This is a classis photographer pose, but it doesn't show "you", sure shows the camera and who made it. It does look official, though. Nothing off in the composition. Makes you look "for real". I might put that on my business cards, or such, for CEO types, lol.

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475641-S.jpg


I like the top one. It does make you look younger than, say, the bottom one, so it really depends on the message you are trying to put across. g

[Andy]

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/5506155-S.jpg

hubba hubba :lust :lust :lust

[damonff]

Did you stop drinking after your Chinese "white lightning" experience? Haha...

I dont drink & the photograph can't show that the other 3 have consumed several bottles of 'rough red' & a few stubbies & were getting quite pissy. I had to balance the camera on my bike helmet & they were laughing at me as all the shots were on an angle.

Im always the 1st target when they start getting pissed & i am still a target for their amusement several hours later.

[Andy]

I reckon I'd vote for these two. I like the camera shot a lot, except that your one eye doesn't look very friendly, it's kinda intense. First one's very friendly, and is what I imagine you to be like.

http://www.chewyphoto.com/photos/5475641-S.jpg

hehheeheh

[DewrGleision]

Heh.. you think that's funny? Take a gander at this one (shot with the Sony Mavica of 199X, pre-megapixel vintage)! Rarely have I ever looked like such a goof..

file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DAN/LOCALS%7E1/TEMP/moz-screenshot.jpg
Attached Images attachment.php?attachmentid=1018&stc=1


I think I totally messed that attempt to quote someone up, but anyway......
DAMN seamaiden!!! Are you Dian Keaton's sister or something?!?!?!
And you said you were latin! You look pretty caucasion to me (key operative word: pretty)! What are you doing spending all your time online posting around forums about aquariums and photography and stuff?! Thats a good looking mug! (Hey, nobody wants to see my mug, so I speak from experience!)
What were you doing in this pic?!

[ian408]

Andy,

I'm gonna buck the trend and say the street shot is more representative of
who you are as a photographer. I might be wrong but that one seems more
natural to me.

I gave it a quick crop. Sort of an idea for making it your own.

Ian

[cmr164]

So while shooting for the reflections challenge I came up with:

http://www.iisc.com/dgrin/1532refl.jpg

[BylLuvaul]

My last pic didnt really show what i looked like ... and this one does so check it out .:thumb

http://img52.exs.cx/img52/603/101_3978.jpg

[happysnapper]

its really cool to look through this after reading all your comments, and seeing your photographs.... will get back to ya with mine....

[miketaylor01]

Did this the other day for friends compaining that I never have any pictures of myself. Real easy to just step into an already setup shot ;)
http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/9880674-L.jpg

[nadi]

http://nadi.smugmug.com/photos/9697000-M.jpg


and here's one of me and my best friend (taken by a friend of mine on his mini camera and enhanced in photoshop).....


http://nadi.smugmug.com/photos/10166836-M.jpg

[Head in the Clouds]

I could hardly find my way to the end of the old thread on self portraits, so i thought i would bite the bullet and start a new one!. (is this ok dgrin protocol?)

perhaps all the 'newbies' could post their mugs here?

If the oldies have some more updated mug shots, feel free.....

anyway, here's me. 'shopped' almost to beyond recognition to something that i am vaguely satisfied with ..... :scratch
(self portraits are a nightmare! - comments/ideas/examples on how to improve (other than getting a new subject!) would be appreciated:D )

[mynakedsoda]

Me holding the camera in the reflection.
http://darkangel.smugmug.com/photos/8597300-M.jpg

[happysnapper]

these are great photos... its good to put a face to the name

Me

[Andy]

it is hard sometimes when the threads get a bit long ...

here's one taken by good friend harry behret:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/10239093-L.jpg

[photocat]

My husband and me visiting Belgium, my boys still live there. I moved to UK two years ago to marry my american husband.
It is taken in a mirror, has a bit of shake, and I still had the minolta dimage 7I back then...
This is a nice thread. Aussiekate, you look so young and ravishing...
And look at you Andy, quit a gentleman in New York... (why do I think it is NY?)

[Sam]

This is the only self portrait I have.

[photocat]

Cool dude!!!!
Great portret Sam. Since it is the same one as in your avatar I think you adapt skies and back and fore grounds?
But very nice.
How do people take selfportraits? I mean without a mirror? Tripods?
Timers? Reflections?

[Head in the Clouds]

Aussiekate, you look so young and ravishing...

Ahh - the miracles of photoshop! (thank you though!)

[tmlphoto]

Here is a shot of me and my clan. Y'all may recognize some of the kids. They tend to be my "test" models. This was my first attempt at a beach family portrait. Pretty tough to set up with all those kids :D . This is actually a composite of two photos because I couldn't get one with the whole gang actually looking at the camera.

"The Gang"
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10272025-L.jpg

[cmr164]

Here is a shot of me and my clan. Y'all may recognize some of the kids. They tend to be my "test" models. This was my first attempt at a beach family portrait. Pretty tough to set up with all those kids :D . This is actually a composite of two photos because I couldn't get one with the whole gang actually looking at the camera.

"The Gang"
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10272025-S.jpg
I suppose that there are technical things I should not like here.. But I really do like this shot.

[ginger_55]

I am impressed. I do self portraits all the time, sometimes for challenges even, but most, except for the challenge are pretty dull compared to these.

Thomas, I love yours. First off, I love the "all white" thing. The composite works.

I haven't actually done a self portrait lately, will have to look, but the thing is you all are getting creative and professional...........geez.

g


I did this on the fourth of July this year. I haven't done any photoshop on it at all............ but kind of interesting.

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/10276305-L.jpg

[happysnapper]

Yvette

[Jesmol]

This photo is of me and my wife Lynne, on a recent trip to New Zealand, where I went crazy with the two camera. Used about 15 rolls of 36 shots in 10 days, plus 3x256Mb cards on the digital.:D

[wxwax]

A bad hair day, but accurate enough, I suppose.

http://www.crazy4cinema.com/Actor/imgs/newman.jpg
















:lol3

[Sam]

A bad hair day, but accurate enough, I suppose.

http://www.crazy4cinema.com/Actor/imgs/newman.jpg



:lol3
You sure look familar........................Starbucks maybe?

[Sam]

Cool dude!!!!
Great portret Sam. Since it is the same one as in your avatar I think you adapt skies and back and fore grounds?
But very nice.
How do people take selfportraits? I mean without a mirror? Tripods?
Timers? Reflections?
Thanks,

The background is a NASA photo. I seemed to have misplaced my 10 to 10000 power lens. :D

I think most camers have a timer, and you could set the camera on a table. Place an object where you think your head wil be and focus on that. Then it's a matter of trial and error. Press button, run in front of camres, smile, check photo, repeat.

Sam

[gubbs]

http://Gubbs.smugmug.com/photos/10300742-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

:rofl A bad hair day, but accurate enough, I suppose.

http://www.crazy4cinema.com/Actor/imgs/newman.jpg


Sid, I am in love with you,

anon

Good gosh, the darn thing said my message is too short, what does it want?
Pillow talk? :roll

Oh, yeah: :lust















:lol3

[lynnma]

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10272025-S.jpgHere is a shot of me and my clan. Y'all may recognize some of the kids. They tend to be my "test" models. This was my first attempt at a beach family portrait. Pretty tough to set up with all those kids :D . This is actually a composite of two photos because I couldn't get one with the whole gang actually looking at the camera.

"The Gang"
this is a really lovely family portrait Thomas... you did very well indeed!!!!

[Squeaky_Clean]

heres a pic i took of myself...not as easy as it may look. i'm a fan of the soft look but did i over-do it on this one? feedback is welcome

http://img90.exs.cx/img90/4662/DSCN5627.jpg

[cmr164]

While shopping for household stuff in Japan...

[RomanM]

With a cat in Tallin :D

http://pepelatz.smugmug.com/photos/9375831-M.jpg

[mynakedsoda]

heres a pic i took of myself...not as easy as it may look. i'm a fan of the soft look but did i over-do it on this one? feedback is welcome

http://img90.exs.cx/img90/4662/DSCN5627.jpgConcerning the soft look, I like it. Not always but in this case I do. You are quite pretty. :lust

[miketaylor01]

Let me know what you think. These are the only self portraits I have taken in like 10 years... not counting taking someone elses camera and taking a quick shot of my face to surprise them. Let me know what you think.

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/10512225-L.jpg

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/10512241-L.jpg

Sometimes I dont like how detailed the images are ot of the SD9. It shows EVERYTHING if you get a sharp image..:rofl

[happysnapper]

Let me know what you think. These are the only self portraits I have taken in like 10 years... not counting taking someone elses camera and taking a quick shot of my face to surprise them. Let me know what you think.

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/10512225-L.jpg



Sometimes I dont like how detailed the images are ot of the SD9. It shows EVERYTHING if you get a sharp image..:rofl
I really like this one, as I think it perhaps says more about who you are. The B&W really works and the uniform is... well, You.
Nice picture, I like the DOF too, to me this shot says something about the Armed Forces/War/ the world we live in.... the expression on your face works well with the style of photo too.
This is a great shot..... where were you at the time of the photograph (whats the background scene)?
:thumb

[miketaylor01]

Thanks Happy.. I was sitting on the ledge of the roof of the building i live in with the camera sitting on top of some weights from the gym on the roof and aimed up using a cable release. The background is one of the lakes on the palace complex the base I live on encompasses. There are three lakes on the complex. Im glad you liked it.. This was my favorite from today also.

[ginger_55]

Hi, Mike. I like your self photos, the one in blk and white looking down best.

The shots you posted, I like the barbed wire, but the other shot doesn't grab me like some of your other stuff. Then again, I am not knowledgeable nor interested in planes, much, smile.

Am in some kind of trance from working with a moon and two photos since I woke up at noon.

I put them on my Challenge thread, if you want,:D to go look at them.

I would sure hate to ask for another poll, or opinion, though why not, I don't know. But I would sure like to put one in the Challenge. Somehow I think I should stick with the "green" shot of the marsh and cat tail..........
That seems so long ago in my world of photography, smile. I have even been to DC and back.

g

[tmlphoto]

Here is a self portrait I took tonight. I now have two monolights. The setup here is one softbox and one umbrella reflector. I'm not fond of self portraits, but I couldn't find any other subjects.

http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10522124-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

That is a good photo of you, Thomas. (Wouldn't know what a bad one would look like, though), smile.

I always said that I took so many photos of myself, because I was always with me. Haven't taken as many lately. Not that I have not been with me anymore, just don't look as good, or something.

g

I did get a really good photo on my Deers Card (med insurance, my husband is retired navy). Got the card on Monday, when I went to get it the first time, I washed my hair, thought of what to wear to be photographed, etc. Couldn't get the card, paperwork, so we had to go back to get it Monday, I was a mess.
What I did, I put lipstick on, for women, and messed my hair up. It is so mussed it looks good..............and it was terrible. Best photo I have had taken in years.

Unless you have raised your prices Thomas, it would be fun to see your set up and get my photo taken, smile. Again.

[nadi]

I've been taking a few self portraits lately, mainly cause I want to play with lighting etc but very few people I know are willing to have their photo taken. I always find that in photos of myself I want to go real extreme with photoshop, compared to the natural way I like to leave others. I think its because in photographing other people I want to show something beautiful about them, whereas in photographing myself I want to show something about how I feel.

http://nadi.smugmug.com/photos/11260144-M.jpg

[photocat]

[QUOTE=nadi]I've been taking a few self portraits lately, mainly cause I want to play with lighting etc but very few people I know are willing to have their photo taken. I always find that in photos of myself I want to go real extreme with photoshop, compared to the natural way I like to leave others. I think its because in photographing other people I want to show something beautiful about them, whereas in photographing myself I want to show something about how I feel.

Can you share some more Nadi? It is hard to comment on just one pic...
Something you feel can be beautiful too. It is not one OR the other...

[ginger_55]

http://gingerSnap.smugmug.com/photos/11300538-L.jpg


Took just a moment ago. The Corgi Calendar from last year is behind me. I tried to make rabbit ears.........

ginger (I used the healing brush, hehe,) Could have used more.

[nadi]

Can you share some more Nadi? It is hard to comment on just one pic...
Something you feel can be beautiful too. It is not one OR the other...
Something you feel can be beautiful, sometimes in a way that is pleasant, and sometimes not.

http://nadi.smugmug.com/photos/11413780-S.jpg

http://nadi.smugmug.com/photos/11260146-S.jpg

And a more positive one:

http://nadi.smugmug.com/photos/11413779-M.jpg

[photocat]

[QUOTE=nadi]Something you feel can be beautiful, sometimes in a way that is pleasant, and sometimes not.

Yes, I see what you mean. You are right.
I like the one where you have four face in your hands. Contemplating...
The last one looks really wonderful. Showing a bit of your beautiful women curves, just enough, not too much or too little.
Great self portrait!!!

[dugmar]

That's me on the right. :D My better half, Hilary on my side.
No watch on my wrist is a dead give away that I was on vacation.


http://dugmar.smugmug.com/photos/2480714-M.jpg

My first self portrait attempt. This was 2 years back, pre-digital.
Took it with a Canon Rebel G-II. I had no idea what I was doing, but they came out okay.

http://dugmar.smugmug.com/photos/2480658-M.jpg

[photocat]

[QUOTE=dugmar]That's me on the right. :D My better half, Hilary on my side.
No watch on my wrist is a dead give away that I was on vacation.

There is no mistake possible that you are on the right. You two look great together. Both portraits are very nice. I still have to venture into that area. Greats shots...

[bikehiker]

My wife of 1 month to the day, took this while we were taking a walk this fall.
http://mikemuha.smugmug.com/photos/8100452-S.jpg

[dugmar]

Another one of us from this fall. We were laughing pretty hard as I was running to try to beat the self-timer.

http://dugmar.smugmug.com/photos/9651862-M.jpg

[Head in the Clouds]

That is a really lovely shot of you and your wife! Nice couple!
I love the autumn colours in the back ground :thumb Definately one to print and display!

[Sam]

Let me know what you think. These are the only self portraits I have taken in like 10 years... not counting taking someone elses camera and taking a quick shot of my face to surprise them. Let me know what you think.

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/10512225-L.jpg

http://miketaylor01.smugmug.com/photos/10512241-L.jpg

Sometimes I dont like how detailed the images are ot of the SD9. It shows EVERYTHING if you get a sharp image..:rofl
Good photos lieutenant. I espesially like the jump wings, brings back memories.

Take care,

Sam

[Rigoleto4]

Heres me...relaxin in the car

[dugmar]

Awesome

[hutchman]

Please, let me introduce myself. I am Hutch.

There is nothing to be afraid of, this was caused by working in a nuclear power plant and is not contagious.


http://hutch.smugmug.com/photos/2729699-M.jpg


Happy Thanksgiving to all dgrinners!

Hutch

[happysnapper]

Heres me...relaxin in the car
I really like this shot, although I jumped when it opened up! scary!

[happysnapper]

...

[photocat]

Give me happysnapper over Hutch... :rofl :rofl

[MainFragger]

Yeah Right! I'm Evil, baby! Evil! :super

Aside from that, here is the beautiful work of art that a Sidewalk artist drew for me.

[photocat]

Yeah Right! I'm Evil, baby! Evil! :super

Aside from that, here is the beautiful work of art that a Sidewalk artist drew for me.

You remind me of MiniMe somehow... Nice portrait!

[winger]

Me trying not to go out of my mind at the 2002 olympics
http://hometown.aol.com/kwinga311/images/me.2.jpg

This is me in chicago on tuesday.
http://winger.smugmug.com/photos/11776499-M-1.jpg

[johnnydanger]

Me!

http://www.johnnydanger.net/dgrin/me.jpg

[Nikolai]

http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/11794210-L.jpg


http://nik.smugmug.com/photos/11794171-L.jpg

[ginger_55]

http://gingersnap.smugmug.com/photos/11800507-M.jpgginger

Photography by ginger

[ginger_55]

...

Happysnapper, quite a good idea! What can I say?

That must have been last summer?

ginger

[ginger_55]

Nik, that looks like quite an instrument. A love of music and photography seems to go together quite often.

Handsome shot, looks like fun.

ginger

[ginger_55]

Me trying not to go out of my mind at the 2002 olympics


This is me in chicago on tuesday.

Winger, are you in Chicago today? It seems that it is snowing right now, tues 4 PM, here, 3 PM there.

How were the 2002 Olympics, why were you going out of your mind, looks like you were having fun.

ginger

[ginger_55]

Me!


Interesting shot. You look quite good. A good setting with the art work reflecting into the mirror, too.

ginger

[mutineer]

on a day when I was supposed to be at work . . . I wasn't at work



http://mutineer.smugmug.com/photos/9717067-M.jpg

[ginger_55]

on a day when I was supposed to be at work . . . I wasn't at work



http://mutineer.smugmug.com/photos/9717067-S.jpg

You are a handsome dude, there. Cool eyes!

ginger

[mutineer]

You are a handsome dude, there. Cool eyes!

ginger
very kind of you to say, but you need to keep in mind that the helmet covers most of my mug :D

[ruffprints]

Shooting what I love...morning markets in Paris....but very jet-lagged! :snore
(visit more at http://ruffprints.smugmug.com/ )

[ginger_55]

It looks wonderful, Ruffprints.

I have never been to Paris, looks like it is still a romantic city.

ginger

[ruffprints]

Thanks Ginger! Check out more at http://ruffprints.smugmug.com/
Enjoy!

[mgound]

Testing the self timer on my new camera.


http://mgound.smugmug.com/photos/11656510-L.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:self.close())

[Michiel de Brieder]

bein' new here 'n all :wink
http://www.pbase.com/giel/image/36220249.jpg
this was for a thread at dpreview to show a 'who are you' photo, so I made a quick composite :) (about 2 minutes photoshop work)
photography, music, reading, sleeping... and, well, the one in the back is about cooking not amature pathology :D
There are definitely some nice photos in this thread (and on the whole in this forum, I kinda like it!)
See ya around

[happysnapper]

[QUOTE=Michiel de Brieder]bein' new here 'n all :wink


Hi Michiel,

welccme to dgrin... like your photos, great idea!

Yvette

[BMWRider]

From a couple of years ago.
I've gotten still uglier since. :wxwax

http://bmwrider.smugmug.com/photos/60097-M-1.jpg

[wxwax]

From a couple of years ago.
I've gotten still uglier since. :wxwax



:clap Woo Hoo! Look who's here! Welcome aboard, matey!

[KMCC]

It's been a while since I've had much time to photograph anything, much less post. But I just came across this thread and happen to have one that fits the bill.

It's my "Say what?" pose. My sons claim to be quite familiar with it.

http://www.pbase.com/kent/image/35097100.jpg

[BMWRider]

:clap Woo Hoo! Look who's here! Welcome aboard, matey!
:bow
Winter's almost here, Waxy. Time to hang here a little more when I've got the time. Might even try to take some "pitchers". :D

[chris-grant]

I really don't have a self-portrait, but my son took this one

http://chris-grant.smugmug.com/photos/8458378-M.jpg

[patch29]

:bow
Winter's almost here, Waxy. Time to hang here a little more when I've got the time. Might even try to take some "pitchers". :D

Just as long as you do not take my pitcher. :1drink :rofl

You remind me of someone? :scratch Like a King or something? :dunno What could you be king of ??? :evil

[BMWRider]

Just as long as you do not take my pitcher. :1drink :rofl

You remind me of someone? :scratch Like a King or something? :dunno What could you be king of ??? :evil

Well, among other things, I am known far and wide (meaning within the confines of my neighborhood) as the King Of Barley & Hops.
:slurp :slosh :beer


And maybe a few other things. :D



... and I think I do have a pitcher of you somewhere. :evil

[photocat]

[QUOTE=KMCC]It's been a while since I've had much time to photograph anything, much less post. But I just came across this thread and happen to have one that fits the bill.

It's my "Say what?" pose. My sons claim to be quite familiar with it.


Hah, I can see you say it... Lovely portrait. I like how sharp it is...
Great self portrait! :thumb

[Michiel de Brieder]

welccme to dgrin... like your photos, great idea!
Yvette
Thanks Yvette :D I think I will like it here, this forum has a nice slow pace!
Ciao!

[patch29]

Well, among other things, I am known far and wife (meaning within the confines of my neighborhood) as the King Of Barley & Hops.
:slurp :slosh :beer


And maybe a few other things. :D

Hmmmn, Sir Drinksalot? :1drink


... and I think I do have a pitcher of you somewhere. :evil :eek1 :andy

[MainFragger]

Pimps up! Hos Down! Dat's jus' da way it iz..

[davev]

My "Phantom of the Opera" style pic.:D

I kind of like playing with shadows.

http://www.pbase.com/image/36860020.jpg

[photocat]

Pimps up! Hos Down! Dat's jus' da way it iz..

Elvis IS alive... :bow :bow :bow

[photocat]

[QUOTE=davev]My "Phantom of the Opera" style pic.:D

I kind of like playing with shadows.

Yes, obviously. Like this shot better then your avatar... Your avatar looks like you will go in a puff of smoke any moment. :rofl :rofl

[iblastoff]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/stevelam/testie4.jpg
http://www.iblastoff.net/images/stevelam.JPG
serious picture mode

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/stevelam/IMG_12245.jpg
drunk no idea what im doing mode

[gus]

This is the only self portrait I have.
I like that sam :thumb Alway something scary about an unnamed hat.

[Andy]

so, who hasn't ponied up?

[luckyrwe]

I have the perfect excuse...I am always on the back side of the camera, and everyone else is too intimidated by it to take my picture. :D

[Ann McRae]

Me in November:

http://canadian-ann.smugmug.com/photos/12205769-M.jpg

Had a lot of 'fun' running back and forth between the tree and the camera! Even fell out once! Camera got the feet in the air!

ann

[DavidTO]

Camera got the feet in the air!

ann

Let's see it!

[fish]

I have the perfect excuse...I am always on the back side of the camera, and everyone else is too intimidated by it to take my picture. :D

Here's a tip, free of charge: Turn the camera around and push the round button.

[luckyrwe]

Wow, I think the front view of my camera appears as unusual as a women's restroom to me!

[DavidTO]

so, who hasn't ponied up?

That would be me.

Here's 3 photo-booth strips of me and my two kids. The one on the left is xmas '03, the other two are xmas '04, all taken at my office xmas party at Lucky Strike, Hollywood.

In the two strips on the right, my daughter is showing off her penguin balloon hat. It was very cool.

http://davidrosenthal.smugmug.com/photos/14772302-M.jpg

[gregneil]

I can't find any post-haircut pics. This is from about a year ago. Me on the left, with friends Betsy and Dave. Betsy took the shot. She's really good at the arm's length pictures...

http://gregneil.smugmug.com/photos/2483404-M.jpg

[luckyrwe]

That's me in the middle. I have a steep driveway.

http://23b.org/albums/CoonCon2/abz.sized.jpg

[gregneil]

luckyrwe lives at The Mystery Spot! Sweet!

[luckyrwe]

Ooh I should have had a cup of water being poured up. :D

[Mongrel]

By day Mongrel is a mild mannered grout cleaner at a large suburban high school located 'somewhere' in the pines of SOUTH Jersey...

http://mongrel.smugmug.com/photos/14782180-M.jpg

On weekends (after a good grooming of course) he masquerades as a wedding photog...

http://mongrel.smugmug.com/photos/14782181-M.jpg

(MAJOR chimpin' goin on :D )

But by night....

http://mongrel.smugmug.com/photos/14782179-M.jpg

He becomes 00-DOG international piano bar spy and entertainer! :bow

Enjoy (other peoples shots of YOU) photography!

:clap

[Mongrel]

:deal next time I'll try and actually *read* the threads I respond to :thumb

I guess I have to try again!....

http://mongrel.smugmug.com/photos/14782661-M-1.jpg

:dunno

Best I could do on short notice....

[DBot]

Here is a shot of me and my clan. Y'all may recognize some of the kids. They tend to be my "test" models. This was my first attempt at a beach family portrait. Pretty tough to set up with all those kids :D . This is actually a composite of two photos because I couldn't get one with the whole gang actually looking at the camera.

"The Gang"
http://tmlphoto.smugmug.com/photos/10272025-L.jpg Really like the natural colors here. It's simply pleasing.

[fish]

I really don't have a self-portrait, but my son took this one

http://chris-grant.smugmug.com/photos/8458378-M.jpg

Not a self-portrait by definition. Put the camera on a counter, fence, or tripod, set self-timer, walk in front of camera, snap.

Try again, n00b. :)

[gus]

Really like the natural colors here. It's simply pleasing.
Damn thats a good looking family & a nice way to photograph them :thumb

[DavidTO]

Not a self-portrait by definition. Put the camera on a counter, fence, or tripod, set self-timer, walk in front of camera, snap.

Try again, n00b. :)

Nice going, Fish. The guy makes one post in November, you diss him, and he never comes back. Here it is 2 months later, and all he has is that one post.

Way to go, butthead.

[fish]

Nice going, Fish. The guy makes one post in November, you diss him, and he never comes back. Here it is 2 months later, and all he has is that one post.
uh, if you check the dates, you'll note that I "dissed" him two months after he posted it. :rolleyes

Way to go, butthead.
That's uncalled for. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I'll hunt you down and kill you. :rofl

[DavidTO]

uh, if you check the dates, you'll note that I "dissed" him two months after he posted it.

Details Fish, unimportant details. And your still a BH.

[fish]

Details Fish, unimportant details. And your still a BH.
(A) Details are important to photographers.
(B) Did I say anything that was untrue?
(C) FYYFF.

:1drink

[Yuri Pautov]

If you ask,

http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/1357.jpg

and

http://pautov.viplast.ru/images/gallery/1761.jpg

The first one is with a test camera of the next generation...
(Please, dont ask me - secrets, secrets...)

[4labs]

http://4labs.smugmug.com/photos/15222651-S.jpghttp://4labs.smugmug.com/photos/15222647-S.jpg

[MissConduct]

Just got my digital so will post more recent soon.. for now here's me in what my friends say is my "Gansta look" lol.. http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/ne_nau.gif


http://home.cogeco.ca/%7Ehockeyphotos/meglasses.jpg

PS: no laughing :rofl

[purified]

http://gallery.greatestjournal.com/albums/up/280/684280/normal_IMG_0793.png

http://gallery.greatestjournal.com/albums/up/280/684280/normal_IMG_0649.png

[Angelo]

I promise to replace this with a true self portrait shortly!

[lynnma]

Just got my digital so will post more recent soon.. for now here's me in what my friends say is my "Gansta look" lol.. http://www.digitalgrin.com/images/smilies/ne_nau.gif


http://home.cogeco.ca/%7Ehockeyphotos/meglasses.jpg

PS: no laughing :roflHi Missconduct.. welcome!:wave I can't see your picture tho..:1drink

[wxwax]

I'm striking out trying to see both Purified's and MissConduct's shots. I've tried cutting and pasting the URLs, but they can't be found. :dunno

[MissConduct]

hmm.. let's try this again..

PHOTO HERE (http://home.cogeco.ca/%7Ehockeyphotos/meglasses.jpg) If you cant see it

http://home.cogeco.ca/%7Ehockeyphotos/meglasses.jpg

I'll be taking some more recent ones soon.. prolly Saturday :) this one is from summer 2004..

[purified]

Can you see it now? The website was having problems but it's fine now.

[fish]

I'm striking out trying to see both Purified's and MissConduct's shots. I've tried cutting and pasting the URLs, but they can't be found. :dunno
It's you, waxy. I've had no problems seeing either of those shots. But then again, I'm on a superior computing platform. :wink

[FramesMedia]

Allow me to start with a self portrait. :)
http://images8.fotki.com/v154/photos/5/56655/1031775/selfportrait-vi.jpg

Cheerio!

[wxwax]

Allow me to start with a self portrait. :)
http://images8.fotki.com/v154/photos/5/56655/1031775/selfportrait-vi.jpg

Cheerio!
:clap Excellent shot, Frames. :thumb Welcome aboard!

[GREAPER]

I promise to replace this with a true self portrait shortly!

Wow Angelo you look a lot like like Martin Sheen...

Who is the other guy with you?
:D

[FramesMedia]

Thanks, wx :)

[DoctorIt]

Wow Angelo you look a lot like like Martin Sheen...

Who is the other guy with you?
:Dyou know the president!!! :lol3

[luckyrwe]

I saw that pic and thought he was Martin Sheen's caddy. :thumb

Or maybe Martin Sheen is HIS caddy! :super

[John Mueller]

Heres me on a good day :D


http://mhj.smugmug.com/photos/15453334-M.jpg

[T_S__Garp]

I, unlike others have a plethora of self portraits, not because of vanity (well maybe a little) but because I love portrait shots and have a lack of willing subjects.
Any comments good, bad, or UGLY(Ack), are welcome.

[binghott]

http://binghott.smugmug.com/photos/13800053-O.jpg
i'm really happy with this picture, it's become kind of logo of sorts for my site, binghott.com (http://www.binghott.com). and i think it qualifies as a self portrait, then again, maybe it doesn't.

[snapapple]

...in my garden with my dogs.
I don't think it has to be a "self portrait" it's just supposed to "show us your mug". Andy's pic was taken by a friend. Mine was taken by my husband.
http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/1027448-M-2.jpg

[fish]

You guys are missing the point. There's something special about taking your own portrait (self-portrait). Anybody can take a photo of you, but only you can do the hard bit about choosing how you want to be shown and editing the image. It's not that we don't want to see your handsome visages, but that we want YOU to take them yourselves.
self-por·trait:
n. A pictorial or literary portrait of oneself, created by oneself.
so...keep trying. :D


BTW, I merged the two "show us your mug" threads. :1drink

[JohnR]

Here I am recuperating from surgery. (nothing major) Yes, I took this one myself :)

http://www.mac-yak.com//images/DSC_4290.jpg

[Angelo]

:wink !

[Angelo]

we should be so lucky! :D you know the president!!! :lol3

[binghott]

i thought these were a little better. . .

http://binghott.smugmug.com/photos/14443972-M.jpg

http://binghott.smugmug.com/photos/12345610-M.jpg

[snapapple]

Ok, here it is, a real "self portrait". See, I'm holding my camera up to the mirror.
This is the first time I've shown my mug here. At least I'm not like Sid, showing some movie star in my place. :wink
How about it Sid? Let's see the real you. :thumb

http://snapapple.smugmug.com/photos/15518762-M.jpg

[gus]

Havnt got a camera for a new one....:cry


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/10674583-M.jpg

[gus]

Found one !!

I like climbing trees to jump out scare people...get some great 'moment' shots


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/3726736-M.jpg

[fish]

This is the first time I've shown my mug here. Nice to meetcha. :wave We've seen your avatar tho...is that not you? BTW, I made some corned beef yesterday that was killer! I think I'm going to make some more this weekend. I think I told you we made the big meatballs and they were great!


At least I'm not like Sid, showing some movie star in my place. :wink How about it Sid? Let's see the real you. :thumb
Here's one of my favorite self-portraits of waxy. Please note that this was taken well before he could even spell "pohotoshop", so I made some very subtle touchups. Almost imperceptible, really.

http://fish.smugmug.com/photos/3347712-L.jpg

[wxwax]

Can you see it now? The website was having problems but it's fine now.
:thumb I see it now. Nice shot! :nod

[wxwax]

At least I'm not like Sid, showing some movie star in my place. :wink
How about it Sid? Let's see the real you. :thumb


:evil

Here's the one I did for a recent challenge.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/13990792-L.jpg

[wxwax]

Found one !!

I like climbing trees to jump out scare people...get some great 'moment' shots


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/3726736-S.jpg
Humungus in his natural habitat.

[snapapple]

[QUOTE=fish]Nice to meetcha. :wave We've seen your avatar tho...is that not you? BTW, I made some corned beef yesterday that was killer! I think I'm going to make some more this weekend. I think I told you we made the big meatballs and they were great!

Hi Fish,
Yeah, that was me in the avatar, but it was done with an artistic effect filter, cutout, I think. Anyway, it was not a "true to life" image. It just had blocks of color. I made a new avatar with my first "in the mirror" shots. Camera covered my face, but it was a natural, unretouched picture. These last two are natural photos with gausian blur used on the background. Taken in natural window light, by me, and I confess to the use of a little bit of healing tool. That big smile causes more crows feet than I can bear to look at. Smile. (Darn, I just got a new firewall program and it's not letting my smilies work.) Aaaak, new programs make me scream. So anyway, now you know what I look like, really.

Mmmm, the corned beef sounds great. Glad you liked the meatballs too. I made a big pot of chili last week. Had to put some in the freezer, there was so much. This weather has really been making me crave comfort food. I also made beef stew the week before last. Oh yeah, and I made 15 bean soup with ham recently too. I put a can of diced tomatoes and chopped carrots in that. Have you tried that? Very good! I didn't make anything good this weekend. We went out to dinner on Sat.

[snapapple]

:evil

Here's the one I did for a recent challenge.

http://wxwax.smugmug.com/photos/13990792-S.jpg

Hi Sid,
Thanks for the picture. I'll have to confess that after all the teasing back and forth, I still didn't believe that was you. In any case, your face is still covered with shaving cream. That might still be Mel Gibson behind all the bubbles. [smile] Wish my smilies would work. Somehow, I guess I always thought you looked like your avatar. Hee hee. What's with all the secrecy anyway?

[snapapple]

Found one !!

I like climbing trees to jump out scare people...get some great 'moment' shots


http://wadjelaphotography.smugmug.com/photos/3726736-S.jpg

Great shot of you, Humungus. It's so YOU! In your natural habitat and everything. Thanks.

[wxwax]

What's with all the secrecy anyway?

I'm bashful.

[digital faerie]

This was my revenge for being cheated on. Sometimes a lasting, permanent image is necessary for people to know when they did you wrong!:D

http://digitalfaerie.smugmug.com/photos/14122504-L.jpg

[lynnma]

This was my revenge for being cheated on. Sometimes a lasting, permanent image is necessary for people to know when they did you wrong!:D

That sob :hack :hurt :thwak :whip :soapbox

[blackwaterstudio]

This was my revenge for being cheated on. Sometimes a lasting, permanent image is necessary for people to know when they did you wrong!:D

OMGHI2U2!1!1!

You just need to find someone with the same hobby as you :thumb

[pseudonym]

well, after sorting through a few recent shots taken with the good 'ol digicam I've come up with one of me, I'm even pulling a face, how 'bout that.

http://photosbycolin.smugmug.com/photos/16025614-S.jpg

taken up at my mums place in the sunshine coast hinterland (a beautiful spot for anyone who knows the area)

[gus]

well, after sorting through a few recent shots taken with the good 'ol digicam I've come up with one of me, I'm even pulling a face, how 'bout that.



taken up at my mums place in the sunshine coast hinterland (a beautiful spot for anyone who knows the area)GC hinterland in the background or royston vasey ?

Dont worry ...i just read your last line....not a bad location call though even if i do say so myself !

[DoctorIt]

For some reason I decided to be grown up today, and I changed my bio photo to a more flattering one (although the avatar shot is still one of my favorites as it was taken by a great friend, on a fun trip).

Here's serious Doctorit actually doing the doctorate thing during a press conference:

http://doctorit.smugmug.com/photos/16034364-M.jpg

[GREAPER]

You look a lot more respectable without a finger up your nose Doc.

[ridetwistyroads]

What a disrespectfull way to post your first self portrait on Dgrin. :lynn

I slid down a hill this evening taking pictures, nice NC red clay! :D

http://ridetwistyroads.smugmug.com/photos/16452418-M.jpg

:rofl
(i have successfully stained my black jeans :cry)