photoblog/posts/the-difficult-exercise-of-self-portrait.rst

.. title: The Difficult Exercise of Self Portrait
.. slug: the-difficult-exercise-of-self-portrait
.. date: 2014-09-25 21:41:32 UTC+02:00
.. tags: self portrait, selfie
.. link: 
.. description: The difficult exercise of self portrait.
.. type: text
.. author: Alexandre Dulaunoy

.. figure:: /posts/a.jpg
   :alt: Three a and a self-portrait_

Self portrait is a difficult exercise for me. It might seems to be a kind of
paradox because I'm taking pictures of the others. And the paradox becomes
bigger at a time where people use their portable cameras (read phone) to make
their self portraits.

I found a single self-portrait_ in my archive. When I took this one,
it was a matter of typography of the "a" letter. Nothing more.

For a majority of people, taking a picture of themself is easy and this seems
a natural process. I enjoy people using camera to shoot themself as they appear
to forget about their surrounding for a short period. It's a little instant where
they forget about the world. Taking this instant, it's kind of magic. Like the
selfie with the lady and the goat_.

.. figure:: /posts/b.jpg
   :alt: Selfie with a goat_

.. _self-portrait: http://www.flickr.com/photos/adulau/8445182447/
.. _goat: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adulau/15230284561/