SelfPortrait Journal

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About SelfPortrait Journal

One year (or more) in the life of you...photographically. Self portraits exposing your growth as a person and a photographer.

The Challenge:

1) Take a daily self portrait
2) Post it
3) In the description area give a brief journal entry.

Some of your shots will be good, some will be bad, some will be happy, some will be sad, some will be joyful, some will be mad, but they all will be a small time capsule of YOU.

Rules?
Nothing too hard.
1) You can post 7 shots a day, that way if you go out of town, or miss a few days for another reason, you can back-post.
2) The shots should be orchestrated and taken by you. Timer, mirror, reflected surface, remote, whatever. OCCASIONALLY we understand that a shot needs to go off with a little help. As long as you are the one setting up the shot, if someone else pushes the shutter, we'll not flog ya for it. But really, it should be a self portrait.
3) What defines a self portrait? That's up to you. Does it have to have your face in it? SURE! Can it have only a body part? SURE! Can other items/people be in the shot? SURE! Can the photo be manipulated? SURE! What defines a self portrait is a loose term, defined by you, but you should appear ~somewhere~ in the image.
4) You can start the portraits at whatever point you like. You don't have to make a New Year's Resolution to do it.
5) Does the journal entry have to exactly match the image? That's up to you, and part of the fun. Does your image enhance your entry, or does your entry enhance your image, or are the two in conflict? YOU make that decision.

This started as a therapeutic way of getting to know myself, and I'm using this primarily to watch my own growth. You all are welcome to follow me in my journey, or join in if you like. This is similar to other groups who follow the same idea, but I wanted this to be a little more free with the posts, and with a little more emphasis on the journal/time capsule aspect. No external blogs required. Let's see where this goes and have some fun along the way!