First self portrait in nearly 4 years. I think the last time was towards the end of the great plague year. I’ve finally got some flash triggers and can begin getting back into doing some stuff with lighting - having forgotten nearly everything I knew. I’m not very good at it at this point but, as Jake the magic dog said, sucking at something is the first step to being kinda good at it. ...
@kanesnaps and me in 1997. I knew how to use the self-timer. Unfortunately I didn’t know how aperture and depth-of-field corresponded in those days. This was influenced - without the technical ability to pull it off - by the famous Mick Rock photoshoot of Syd Barrett (I was obsessed with Syd Barrett) with his purple and orange striped floorboards. I should be very clear that the weed smoking Bob Marley poster belonged to my flatmate thank-you-very-much. I, of course, had a Bill Brandt print up in my room #pretentious . ...
Eerie boys, 1997. Only @kanesnaps is on insta in this pic. That’s Gen-Xers for you. I seem to have taken a couple of these low-light timed pictures back then - by candlelight too.
@kanecroudace’s magic hat of illumination also doubles as a little portrait ring-light. The perfect headwear for the instagram age.