Yesterday I built a PVC backdrop holder that also uses a light stand. The full writeup will come next Monday. But after I built it, I needed to test it. Since I was all alone at my home in Lakewood, I became the guinea pig. I am not sure if it is true for all photographers, but I personally don’t like being in photos. That’s why I am always behind the camera. Well, after taking the indoor shots with the backdrop stand (which worked like a charm), I decided to go outside and shoot one that might be good for my Facebook, Zenfolio, and whatever other places I have a photo online. As I was going through them in Lightroom, one caught my eye. When I brought it up on the second monitor, in “Fill” mode, I really liked the crop. I tweaked it a little, and voila, a self portrait I actually like. I won’t tell you how many shots I took (north of 30), it all felt pretty vain actually. But the result is one I like, and I think it will be suitable for other things in the future.
