I know that the photo below is a bit creepy. Sure, I should have stayed and done something pretty with the beautiful orange light that was falling on my face as the afternoon got on towards sunset. But I was rushing out the door to come home and just snapped a few in the cool mirror at the Mandarin Oriental. It’s the latest in my series of hotel self-portraits.
I want to blame yoga for this feeling, but I’m not sure that’s fair.
I take a lot of self-portraits. First, photos of people tend to be a lot more interesting than photos of just about anything else. I’m a person, so that counts. Plus, I’m always around. I also think posing myself has helped me a lot in figuring out angles, shadows, etc. for photographing other people. Still, it does make me feel a bit narcissistic.