Mna, mna, Nam: Intshayelelo kwiFoto yakho yokuFota

Ukwazisa kwam kwi-Self Portraits

Kude kube malunga neminyaka emibini eyadlulayo, ekuphela kweefoto onokundifumana kuzo zezinye zithathwe ngomnye umntu kwaye bezithanda ukuba zezifoto zosapho ezifunekayo. Xa umhlobo wacela umngeni kwiqela labafoti ukuphuma ngasemva kwekhamera kwaye ungene kwimifanekiso, itshintshe ukufota kwam. Umceli mngeni yayikukuthatha ifoto yakho-Ayinamsebenzi nokuba ikhamera iyinxalenye yomfanekiso, njengesipili esizimele ngokwakho, okanye ukuba ubambe ikhamera ngobude bengalo kwaye waqhekeza. Kwakufuneka uthathe ifoto yakho.

Ngelo xesha, ndaba nomdla. Olu yayiluhlobo olutsha lokufota kum: ukufota ngokwakho. Kwakunomdla ukuzama into engaphandle kwendawo yam yokuthuthuzela kwaye ndibone ukuba ndingenza ntoni ngayo. Ndithathe isibuko esinyanzelekileyo sokudutyulwa ngekhamera kwibhola yamehlo yam, uyazi, leyo phantse wonke umfoti azithathele yona kube kanye.

Unomdla we-Self Portrait Photography

Kwiiveki ezimbini kamva, lo mhlobo naye wakhupha ingxaki efanayo. Ngeli xesha, ndizamile ukubamba ikhamera kubude beengalo. Ngaba uyazi ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukugxila ngqo xa ungaboni kwilensi? Kwakunzima kwaye kwathatha amatyeli amaninzi ukuyilungisa. Rhoqo emva kweeveki ezimbini, eli qela labafoti lalinikwa umceli mngeni ofanayo. Ngakumbi nangakumbi abafoti bajoyina. Malunga neli xesha, iHalloween yayijikeleze ikona kwaye ndazama ukuhambisa u-Audrey Hepburn wam wangaphakathi. Ndandixhonywe koku "kufota" kutsha.

Iprojekthi ye-365: Zonke ii-Self-Portraits

KuloJanuwari uphelileyo (2013), ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndizibeke ngokwam ndize ndizenzele iprojekthi engama-365. Kunyaka omnye, ndandizifota yonke imihla. Ndenze oku ngezizathu ezininzi.

• Ndingafunda ukuzithanda ngakumbi ngokubona oko abanye, oko kukuthi umyeni wam, babone kum.
• Ndingafunda indlela yokuzibeka ngokwam, kwaye ngokwandisa, ndibeke nabani na kwizikhundla ezincomekayo kunye nokukhanya.
• Ndingabandisa ubuchule bam kwaye ndizame izinto kwimodeli ehlala ifumaneka kwaye ikulungele ukwenza nantoni na efunwa ngumfoti.

Malunga nesiqingatha se-selfie yam sicwangcisiwe, oko kuthetha ukuba ndifumana ukhuthazo ngokujonga iibhodi kwiPinterest okanye ndive ingoma okanye ndide ndafunda into endibethelayo kwaye ndifuna ukubonisa indlela endivakalelwa ngayo. Ukusuka apho, ndizobe entlokweni yam ukuba ndifuna ukuba ijongeke njani, kwaye emva koko ndiyazibumba kwakhona iindawo endizifunayo - imvelaphi, ukukhanya, iimpahla zam, iipropu, njl njl. Ndiza kuziqhelanisa "nokujonga" kwam esipilini ukuze uzive ngendlela endifuna ubuso bam bubukeke ngayo. Ukusuka apho, ndamisa ikhamera yam kunye ne "space" sam emva koko ndenza uthotho lokuzenza. Ndinendawo ekude endiyisebenzisa kakhulu kumaxesha, nokuba ndiyayibamba okanye ndinayo kwimizuzwana emi-2 kwaye ndiyiphosa ecaleni ngoko ayikho emfanekisweni.

Ndigcina uluhlu oluqhubekayo lwezimvo kwifowuni yam nakwi-iPad yam ukuze ukuba ndibambeke ngenye imini, ndingaya kuluhlu kwaye ndikhuthazwe kwakhona. Ndiyincoma kakhulu le nkqubo ukuba uzama i-365 okanye iprojekthi yeeveki ezingama-52. Kuya kubakho iintsuku apho ungaziva uphefumlelwe konke konke kwaye awunakucinga nto, ngelixa ezinye iintsuku, izimvo zithululwa. Ngale ndlela, unokuhlala ufumana inkuthazo.

Andinalo nje uluhlu lwezimvo, kodwa ndinazo neeprojekthi “ezincinci” ezibandakanyiweyo kuma-365 am, anje ngePortraits Of A Modern Housewife, Ghost In The Machine (ephefumlelwe yiprojekthi yomnye umntu engama-365), iDemon Ngaphakathi, Iintsuku ezilishumi elinesithathu IHalloween kunye neyam yakutshanje, iMini-Me's. Ezo projekthi zincinci zikunceda ukuba ndiqhubeke.

Oku kungasemva kweziqendu jonga enye yeefoto zam zomoya kumatshini, kunye nefoto egqityiweyo engezantsi.

Isicwangciso, Shoot, Phinda, Ingxelo: Ubugcisa be-selfie

Kukho amaxesha apho uyakufumana ukugxila, ukukhanya, ukujonga-nje yonke into-egqibeleleyo kwiifoto zokuqala ezi-3. Icala leflip kukuba bekukho amaxesha apho ndithathe khona i-100 shots kwaye ndize ne-3 kuphela ukuba ndikhethe kuyo, kwaye andinakukwazi nokubathanda bobathathu.

Inye into endiyifundileyo, kukuba xa ubhala esidlangalaleni kwimithombo yeendaba zentlalo, zilungiselele ukuhoywa okungacelwanga, nokuba ngaba 'bayakhasa' okanye bayagxeka okanye bafana nje. Kwaye, ndihlala ndingabahoyi kwaye ndixoshe. Akulifanelanga ixesha lam kwaye ekugqibeleni, ndizenzela le projekthi ndindedwa. Ndikwenza oku njengedayari ebonakalayo yonyaka wam. Imizobo yam iyindlela yokuba ndizivakalise kwaye ukuba ucinga ngemifanekiso yakho efana naleyo, baya kuba lula kakhulu ukuyenza.

Kuba le yidayari yam ebonakalayo yonyaka, ndibeka intwana yentliziyo / umphefumlo wam kuyo yonke into endiyenzayo. Ndifumanise ukuba xa ndisenza njalo, ndihlala ndinyanisile kuwo nawuphi na umyalezo endifuna ukuwuthumela kwaye iifoto zinempembelelo enkulu kakhulu. Icala elibi lokuzibeka kwimifanekiso, nokuba yimizobo yakho, ubume bomhlaba, indalo, kwanomsebenzi womzobo, kukuba ubotshelelwe ngumsebenzi wakho. Inokudinisa ngokwasemphefumlweni kwaye ungatshiswa. Ndizama ukumelana nale nto ngokwenza "ubudenge" rhoqo kwakhona. Ayisiyo yonke imifanekiso enokuphanda umphefumlo okanye yokuhambisa intliziyo.

Ndikhe ndacelwa ukuba amanqanaba entuthuzelo ayatshintsha ngokuxhomekeka kwifoto. Bayayenza. Ayisiyonto ingako ulusu endiyibonisayo, ingakumbi malunga neemvakalelo kunye neliphi icala lam endizimisele ukulibonisa. Ngaba ndikulungele ukubonisa i-giddy, i-goofball side? Njani kwicala eliphazamisekileyo ngokweemvakalelo? Ngaba ndihlala ngasese malunga nelahleko endibe nayo kunyaka ophelileyo okanye ndiyababonisa kwiifoto kwaye ndifumane ukuvalwa? Kum, le projekthi engama-365 yaqala njengendlela yokubonisa umntu ukuba ndingayigqiba ngenene kwaye andizukukruquka ndize ndiyeke. Igqibile ukuba yindlela yokukhumbula unyaka wam kwaye inyanzelise ukuvula ubuchule bam.

Apha ngezantsi ngumfanekiso ovela kuthotho lweMini-Me:

UTamara Pruessner ngumfoti wendalo eMarana, eArizona ojolise kwisaqhwithi, ubume behlabathi kunye nokufota okukhulu. Waqala kwikhamera yefilimu iMinolta yeminyaka eli-13 eyadlulayo, ngelixa wayefunda indlela yokuphuhlisa ifilimu. Ekugqibeleni, ufuna ukugxotha izaqhwithi kulo lonke elaseMidwest. Ungayifumana ifoto yakhe yokufota kuye website okanye kuFacebook.