Date: September 2002
I can't remember whose idea this was, but the picture was taken by Courtney. The concept is great, but I think it would
benefit from a less busy background, and I also need to wear a
bathrobe which isn't white.
Date: October 2002
This one I took myself, with the camera on a tripod and with the self-timer. This picture was one of a series, all posed fairly similarly, which taught me something important. Specifically, it taught me that I need to put on clean pants when I'm going to get my picture taken.
As I think I've mentioned, I don't use actual black and white film;
I just modify the images after they've been scanned. This picture is
actually the red component, not the value component. Why? Because I
looked at several possibilities and liked this one the best, that's
why.
Date: March 2004This picture was taken by carolyn jones on my digital camera. The
use of the digital camera was unfortunate, since it resulted in the
overexposure of the red channel where the sun hit my face; I wish I'd
had something else with me at the time. Nonetheless, it's only a
little bit overexposed (some of the others in the series were much
worse), and I think it still turned out reasonably well.
Date: August 2004I took this picture myself, with the camera on a tripod and a timer. It's possible to get perfectly good results this way, but the process is extremely time consuming, because it takes so long to see what one has and then adjust accordingly.
The pants I'm wearing in this picture are, unsurprisingly, custom
made.
Date: January 2005This picture was originally taken for marketing purposes for carolyn, who made me the outfit. It will probably eventually be used for those purposes, but I imagine it will have a different background in that incarnation.
For now, I just couldn't resist repurposing it like this.
Discussion heard about this picture: "He looks like a stoner!"
"No, I think he looks like the host of a bad sex show!"
Date: May 2006I decided to include this one to counterbalance the previous one.
The moire banding effect on the right shoulder is more interesting
than the picture itself. Yay digital.
Date: December 2009Originally taken as an exercise in studio lighting, I thought this
picture turned out well enough to include. It is the only picture of
myself without glasses that I have.
Date: December 2009A sort of companion to the previous. I find that I like myself much better in hard light than soft.
You can see a bit of hard glare from my glasses on the side which is in shadow. I had trouble making up my mind about whether to leave that in or edit it out, but ultimately decided to leave it.
I also played with a heavily
modified version of this image, but ultimately didn't like it.
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