Blogtoberfest Day 13 - Self Portrait Theme.

Day 13th of Blogtoberfest, nearly at the half way mark. Today is a Self Portrait Challenge. Here is where I sit. I am wearing a school shirt which is kinda funny as I feel like a student then rather than a teachers aide. I held the camera out and snapped.

52 Fridays - A Self Portait Challenge - Week 4, 5 and 7.

I am behind in my Self Portrait Friday Challenge, simply because having no internet access at home was a killer! I took the photos still but haven't uploaded them till now. Week 4, above, we had a theme of outdoors. I am still in Perth here. I put the camera on the ground and did the auto timer thing. I remember it was the day before we flew out, I'm thinking have we got everything organized?

It rained here on week 5 so I continued the theme of outdoors! It was like stepping under a shower, the water was cool and so refreshing after the build up of humidity in the air. I really like this shot, I think I look happy to finally be in our new home.

For week 6, no photo, it just didn't happen! But today for week 7, a self portrait in my new sewing area.... wearing the same clothes as week 5!

52 Fridays - A Self Portait Challenge - Week 3

Week 3 already. Is it too early in the year to admit I am getting cold feet about signing up for this challenge? 52 photos of me? Why Helen? Why?? 48 to go! Let's dive right in....

This weeks theme was to take a photo of part of your body that you like. We tend to immediately point out the things we don't like rather than focus on what makes us feel beautiful. I have always liked my eyes, even though I am short sighted and need to wear my glasses to drive and watch telly. See? There we go! Immediately focusing on the bad things of the good things! They are either a blue or a green or inbetween depending in the light or maybe my mood. See the glint of madness in them today? Today was the official packing day for the move. I hate moving. I like the excitment of a new place but the actual moving, yucko! But don't my eyes look nice though?!

This is only one corner of the house, I am pointing to the box marked "sewing items". Unpacking that box is still a few weeks away!

52 Fridays - A Self Portait Challenge - Week 2

Well that week crept up quickly.... We loosely talked about theme's in the group and came up with first thing in the morning. A scarey thought indeed. I am grumpy in the morning, don't function correctly till I have half a cup of coffee in my system. For this shot I put the camera on auto timer and placed it on the floor. My PJ's don't match and gee whiz I need a haircut!

On happier news, we found out yesterday where Daz's placement is! We are moving here. Couldn't get much further north of Western Australia if we tried, 3,247kms north to be exact..... Next weeks portrait will most likely be amungst moving boxes...

52 Fridays - A Self Portait Challenge - Week 1.

Sarah has invitied me to join a group on flickr, 52 Fridays, A Self Portrait Challenge. Which I admit scares me as I hate my photo being taken, who doesn't? It's all about "because we are learning to accept who we are, not who we were". So here I am, week 1. Photo by Grace, holding a drawing of myself drawn by Grace.



We had bit of an artist studio out the back, I got the girls textas and got them to sit still for 10 minutes while I drew them. They were happy with the results. I thought Daz's portrait was close to spot on?!