My Little World

Note: My 360 images no longer exist due to the creation of these wonderful little worlds. My utmost sincere apologies. Thank You   -Me 

Self Clones

Look it's me! And ME AGAIN!! Oh wait look me again!! How magical

Extra! Extra! Self Portraits -Take 2

Messing with the Scanner

So unattractive. This is painful. 

Self-Photos

Black and White

This image was very entertaining to capture. The small dot in the sky was an airplane, that was a lucky chance for me I had wedged myself in the corner of my balcony and leaned out so that I appeared to be flying. It took a lot of core to hold myself up, but it was worth the image. I like to think of this image and the saying that you can do anything you believe, well I believe I can fly. Done. 

Blowing bubbles!!! Actually they are giant christmas ornaments that we use to put in the city baskets that we decorate for the winter season. Sitting among the masses of balls was an interesting photo, but I wanted to make it different, so I pretended to blow the ball away. In black and white the flash appears on the ornaments and makes my jacket stand out. Bold and Original. 

The World's Largest Hanging Basket. It is harder to see in black and white, but the lights that set the basket alight, match the color of my rain jacket. The yellows together accented the reds in my hair and my shirt underneath. In black and white you focus more on my look, down at the ground, and my hands holding on to the basket. It almost appears as if I'm afraid to let go, afraid to look down. Me personally I like to hold on to things, so the fact that this projected that without me knowing is a little bit stunning. 

Multiple Exposures

I took a pensive image and overlaid the image of me "flying" onto my scarf. This made it appear as if I was dreaming of flying. My favorite part is just the detail I chose to leave of the tree on the back of my hand. I am imaginative and I like to think that I can imagine in great detail. So here is me, the dreamer. 

My guardian self. In this image I chose to project my belief in my own thoughts. I aim to not care what society thinks about things I do or say, but rather listen to myself. Upraised looks and smiling on the inside. Looking after myself for a change. Spirit and self as one working together for one life. 

Let's be the entertainers. In this image I projected myself hanging from a moss covered wall onto my jacket. My look is a little more mischievous in the background image so I overlaid the sillier image, trying to portray the other sides of me that people don't necessarily know, the fun in life. Or maybe the fact that I only get louder the longer you know me. 

Sabattier

Peering around a pole. The texture of the pole and the difference between me and the pole two objects standing right next to each other. I liked the thought, that two objects can be so different and yet compliment each other and work together to bring one image together. 

I really love this image in any aspect. As a Sabattier makes my face accented, my hair fades into the basket. My facial expression seems more, innocent, in a way with my eyelashes and lips standing out on my face outlined in the white. I love this image because it surprised me with an image of myself, inside. 

Just sitting on the steps. I like this in sabattier because it makes the background mostly one color, the contrast of my coat, jeans, sleeve, shoes, and even my hair which accents the different colors with in it. It all just makes it pop a little more. Me in a world, it all comes down to me, what I do, who I want to be, and mostly what I do with the time given to me. 

Portraits

These images are actually of Heather's mom. Heather's brother, John, swims on the same team I do so when I went to take pictures of 36 different people at a swim meet, Susan was ready. I went around and asked a variety of people to take their picture, she was working on our prize ribbons and had been doing so all weekend. I have known this exceptional woman for about 8 years now and she is always the nicest person, even when she's not smiling she has a hint of a smile.

This is my friend, Adam's, mother. She was running concessions at the swim meet, selling food to all of the starved swimmers at the meet. I wanted to take a picture of her because her face is so defined, it's softer. She had troubles not smiling and I finally just let her smile because more often than not that is what she does. Smiles. 

This photo was completely accidental. Louise and I were just messing around between races I had finished my project and started taking random pictures of the swimmers. The goggle marks and her well, creepy, stare mixed with the blur of trying to catch the image when transferred to black and white turned out quite interesting. 

Aaron is a funny guy, he has some of the most interesting faces. I couldn't stop trying to catch the variety of them, this one was as he was walking by I managed to snap one as we were walking, he is in focus but as we were walking everything else became blurred. Aaron provides the comic relief in swimming with his PSY impressions and cynical view on swimming. I was happy to catch one image that was solid because most of the time I was too busy laughing at him. 

Eric, the oh so mature age group coach. Eric is a very tough love guy, when he is happy he is really fun to be around and his persistent teasing anybody can get used to. However, when it's a bad day for his swimmers, stay clear. Luckily I got to catch him first thing in the morning right after his coffee and pancakes (provided as a slight bribe by my brother). I told him not to smile and this is what I got. Pretty much Eric.

This is an image that I think portrays Jeanine's softer side. She is the Head coach, and she is in charge of all the older kids. I like her edited in the softer blue colors just because I think it is easier to see her age. Jeanine looks very young for her age, but I think in these images it's easier to see her exhaustion and effort she put into our team. Swimming is a sport that makes you grow up, swimmer take a lot of who they are from their coaches and races. It's unlike any other sport and the attention she gave every single one of us is unmeasurable. I think this shows exactly the toll losing so many seniors to college has left on her.