Ha! You might have noticed the slick transition from Week 36 to Week 52. The year got busy and the weeks got away with me, and to be honest, I didn’t have the creative energy to set up the photos for the topics each week. Some were really hard to get my head around especially the ones that required an understanding of photographic techniques and thus something more than a phone camera. I had good intentions of catching up but it is time consuming going back through my photos to find ones that might retrospectively fit the themes. I could spend the next few days out and about seeing if I can exercise my mind and get those creative juices going – and I may keep some of the themes in my head and if I see something that works, I may well fill some gaps!
But Week 52 then. Isn’t the world today the world of the self-portrait – there are people taking ‘selfies‘ everywhere. There are even
Now I know that a selfie isn’t a real self-portrait but they’re fun and it’s the 21st century and that’s what we do!
I do take a fair few selfies although in
Problems with ‘selfie’ taking:
Not being able to get all four team members in. We used to solve this problem by standing in an offset line behind the person at the front taking the photo. But we have recently discovered the ‘wide angle’ selfie setting on our phones which means that we can now easily get all 4 team members in the photo as well as some of the scenery!
Being old and shortsighted so you can’t see the camera settings as you take the photo. Result – a puzzled or face of concentration rather than a beautiful ‘natural’ smile! Or getting your fat finger over the lens!
It’s just not cool Mum! The reluctance of a teenage boy to be in a selfie with his parents. It’s so embarrassing having parents that take selfies! Although, they do grow out of the embarrassment by their mid-twenties.
I do occasionally take ones of me, myself, I with nobody else in the photo if I find myself in a beautiful place and the mood takes me, though mostly I just take the photo of the beautiful place. Why spoil it by putting my mug in it!? Oh and just for proof that I was there for Strava! (Although if I took the photo, I must have been there, mustn’t I?)
Getting parts of the scenery growing out of your head…. sometimes turning the camera around and taking the shot at a jaunty angles helps… maybe?
Or trying to take a photo facing the sun… squinty eyes!
Getting everyone to smile, face the right direction or not pull faces at the same time! Particularly difficult with a teenage boy!
