Shot with Fuji X-T5 23mm
As I was moving my files from the memory card to my external hard drive, I came across these selfies that I took more than a month ago. I didn't think much of them as I just took them for fun while I was doing my make up, you know, just selfies. Just like how you would take them on your phone.
Then I realized how good they were and the lighting gave a really nice soft effect but with a cinematic kind of look.
These were taken while facing the window with an afternoon light coming from it. It was almost dark as the sun was setting already but the camera was still able to get some light.
It's been a while since I took photographs of myself from a camera and I forgot how they're a lot better than phones in general. Not because of the quality or the price tag, but the focal length of lenses make a lot of difference when it comes to portraits. Do you wonder why sometimes the front camera makes your face look weird and depending on how much you extend your arm your face changes? It's the same with lenses and why some lenses are labelled "portrait lens" and such.
I'm using a 23mm in these photos though which is a wide lens but surprisingly my face still looks okay despite me just holding the camera with my arms (no tripod).
Although there's a bit of a distortion like it looks kinda weird but not as weird as when I take a selfie with my phone. The lighting also makes the photo have some nice shadows that made my makeup better lol.
And of course, the black and white makes it look like an emotional photograph. :P
This reminds me of films with a vintage vibe for some reason. :P
I removed some of my blemishes and minimized the pores... as well as added a bit of noise for the whole photo.
I'm really surprised with these photographs cos I didn't really like them when I took them but after not seeing it for a long time I just started liking it. It kinda feels the same with hating the recent art you made but when you look back at it from the future you will start liking it. That's how it is for me at least.
Anyway that's all for now with the selfies. Maybe the emotional 2018 self portraity Hiddi will be back at some point when my creative motivation will be back especially when I now have a Fuji X-T5 because my X-T4 currently has a broken shutter button. :P
