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Category Archives: Self-Portraits

Las Vegas Hotel Self-portrait

Y’all, you have to forgive me for the silence around here.  This week and the next two are solid travel for me, interspersed with weddings and engagement sessions!  I almost didn’t accomplish a self-portrait at the wondrous Bellagio…  but I did and here it is:

sexy self-portrait in hotel

self-portrait with curtains

self-portrait in bellagio hotel

black and white self-portrait

laughing in bellagio curtains

flinging hair in self-portrait

Las Vegas is a weird place.  It’s like Disney World for adults with money (though I suppose Disney World itself is a place for children with money).  Everything is immaculately detailed.  For instance, we had our conference at the Bellagio, where we also stayed.  They have these neverending series of hallways and meeting rooms back behind the hotel where most guests would never go.  I didn’t think too much about the decorations, until I got up early one day and took a walk.  There was an entire team of people putting together a floral display.  Each of the floral displays in the conference area was made of live flowers!  And they all had a different design *each time* they had to be replaced!  The attention to detail and thought that goes into decoration is both impressive and outrageous.

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Norfolk Hotel Self-Portrait

I was at it again in Norfolk.  My most recent hotel self-portrait (and the whole set here):

black and white self-portrait in a hotel

And a couple of outtakes.

legs in a self-portrait

norfolk hotel self-portrait

For anyone interested in technical details, here’s my setup: camera rested on nightstand, 50mm.  Light obviously comes from the window, but it’s not direct – it’s bounced off the side of the building.  Sun is actually rising right behind me (outside, wise guy).  Building was kind of peach-colored, so in color my face and the couch is blown out.  In black and white, it’s very flattering light, don’t you think?

Tons and tons of traveling coming up in October, so hopefully I’ll have lots of additions to the project!

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A handful of random black and whites

Truth be told, it’s been a busy season.  I’ve been seconding out the yin-yang and my own sessions are amping up significantly, starting this past week.  So exciting but also draining.  And it leaves a hole in my blogging heart.  So many wonderful sessions and weddings to blog, I hardly have time to throw in some embarrassing punnage (for that you might try twitter) or treat you to the inanity of my daily life.  But never fear dear blog readers, for today I post some random black and whites!

First up, a self-portrait from my very own office building.  Yes, I pass by this window maybe 5 or 6 times a day on my way in or out of the elevators.  But on this particular day, I noticed a double reflection and decided to snap a selfie.

self-portrait in an office building

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