What would someone want to know about me? What can be expressed about me in a photograph? Of all my years of taking pictures (mmm...seriously for about 28), you won't find me in too many of them. Mounds of wonderful scrapbooks for my 3 kiddos and many given away to friends but not many of the photographer. So now I sit looking at a class assignment of a Self Portrait...something that would tell a viewer something about me.
How do you do that when so much of who you are and what you do is intricately woven with an unseen God? Creator of the universe and Shepherd of my heart, but unseen non the less. Apparently people I know and love can see Him in me...or so I've been told. But how does one capture that on film? There are lots of things I could "do", I suppose, to let people in on my daily life. I could cleverly arrange my scrapbook stuff or stand on a chair and take a bird's eye view of the mounds of scrapbook paper I have. Or I could take a picture of my study desk that is covered with prayer journals, study books and different Bible translations. But that is not at all who I am. What I am, who I am is found on a level deep in my heart and just can't be photographed.
So what about this assignment? Maybe I won't be able to show who I am, but just what I do. Maye this time I have to settle for surface stuff. I'm about being totally real but I just can't figure out how to speak through a photograph about what is real with me.
Part of the assignment is about me, I have to be in the frame or at least something related to me (i.e scrapbooks) but the other part has to be about other people in my life....sooooooo....if you are out there and you know I love you (you all know who you are :) don't be dismayed that I have a camera in my hand....for the next 2 weeks you will probably see it....work with me here folks...I will be shooting off frames as much as possible. One thing I have learned is you MUST shoot about 66 frames to get 2 or 3 good shots.
If you have any good ideas about what a self portrait of me would look like I would love to entertain your suggestions. I'm pretty open here since I don't have a clue.
Have a 100% day (I love you KS so expect to see the lens uncovered) and smile....you may be on candid camera!
Judy
