I spend a lot of time with a camera shielding my face, staring at the world through the lens (TTL for you non-photography junkies). A consequence of my love affair with this medium is that I rarely show up in any "real" photos documenting my family's daily happenings or vacations. Sure, I could always approach a stranger and ask them to snap a photo of me and my family, but I'm not too trusting of other people with my equipment.
However, there are times when I like to document that I *still* exist. When this occurs, I typically find a light source (usually our nearest star), place it directly behind me, and then attempt to frame an interesting composition that includes my indispensable sidekick. Most of the time, the resulting photos are never shared since I don't view them as serious photos, it's simply me messing around. But, the photo here actually turned out really cool and so, I wanted to share it.
This photo was taken during our annual family trek back to Wyoming. We were wrapping up a nice evening walk along the beautiful Green River. I had actually turned to photograph something else and noticed my shadow staring back at me...and *Click*. I like to think of these photos as my own little self portraits.
If you happen to follow me on Instagram (travisgraham44), you may have noticed a couple of my other self portraits in my photo stream. Speaking of Instagram, I really enjoy that little application and feel like it's another easy avenue for creativity. I only post photos taken with my iPhone because I feel like importing photos from my other cameras would be cheating. My most recent Instagram photos appear in my blog sidebar.
Enjoy!
As usual...genius!
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