Puppy Love: Another Saturday Self-Portrait

It's Saturday already! Wow! I guess it's time for another Self-Portrait Saturday with the lovely Dana at Wonder Forest. This week, Dana lost a beloved pet, and, so, asked us to take our self-portrait with a pet today.

My pet is my sweet little pup, Ivan -- whom I've mentioned before. He was not a fan of being part of my photos, and so I promised him after the second photo that the next one would be the last one. Thankfully, it turned out quite well, as the other two made it look like I was a) choking him and b) forcing him to be with me -- you could tell by his eyes that he wasn't enjoying it one bit!

This one was the best of the three photographs, but he still looks like "you promised me a cookie if I did this for you...I better be getting that cookie..."

Poor guy.


Also, Happy St. Patty's Day!


And also, this is the reveal for my new haircut! Not much of a change, but at least I can now see out from under my bangs :)

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A Hankerin' for Pie: A Saturday Self-Portrait

This week, Dana gave the Saturday Self-Portrait assignment of using a prop, but not letting it take centre stage. I feel like a model with all of these fun assignments, without all of the work. I decided to tell a little story with my photos this week:

I made the most delicious cherry heart pie. 

Mmm...can you smell it?

It smells soooo goooood!

I'm going to eat it all...in one bite :)

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Just My Eyes: A Saturday Self-Portrait

I really enjoyed doing the self-portrait last Saturday, and I just couldn't pass it up this week when Dana requested that we all take photographs of our eyes. I love my eyes. They are my favourite part of my body because they are so unique. I have yet to come across someone that has yellow in their eyes.

I currently have my bangs cut asymmetrically. I used to have all of my hair cut asymmetrically with the left side being a little bit longer, and my bangs just kind of flowed with the entire haircut. But, I grew tired of it and cut it all back to normal -- except for the bangs, as you can see. It's time for another haircut; I am growing tired of this one too :)

There! Now you can see both of my eyes. I kind of take issue with the left-eye because the eyelid is a little bit lazy, and likes to hang out a little bit lower -- to help you out a little bit, you should be looking at the one to your right. If I'm not conscious of it, it can often make me look a little bit drunk -- I actually took my drivers license photo probably 10 times because of this reason.

What I learned:

- To be conscious of the natural light that I am using. Just because you are by a window, doesn't mean your photos will look good. Curtains make the light a lot softer -- even if they are white.

- Also be aware of the fact that your husband may have recently used the camera and changed the setting to "Auto". That can also get you some photographs that you aren't too happy with.

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Just Me: A Self-Portrait on Saturday

I discovered the Self-Portrait Saturday series over on the blog of the lovely Wonder Forest, and decided that I would give it a shot -- no photography pun intended...well...maybe. She started the series as a way for us bloggers to become more comfortable with our cameras and our bodies.

It's been a very long time since I've done an intentional self-portrait -- not holding a purse or showing off a necklace -- and having been recently pregnant, I have been having a lot of issues with my body, but after seeing myself in these photographs, as well as recent others, I can see that I don't look as awful as I feel.

I'm very pleased with myself that I only took a total of eight photos. It is incredibly difficult to know what you look like in front of the camera until the photo has already been taken. Then you say to yourself: "Okay...I need to face the window to get more light because the bags under my eyes are very prominent in this photo." or "Hmmm...I need to find a different place for my arm because my elbow looks gigantic." or "Wow! My eye is really smooshed against the pillow in this one. I'll try again and be more aware of not keeping my face so close to the pillow."

It's those little things that if you were behind the camera yourself, or had someone watching you telling you what to do with your face and arms, would be corrected the first time. Just part of the learning process, I guess, and yet another reason to have more than one of yourself.

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