Another Objective

[cbertsch]

Although I'm often taking pictures, it doesn't happen that often someone other than myself photographs me and even more unusual that I get to see the results. That's why it was a treat that Matthew, whom I met on my mid-April trip to Seattle, sent me a link to the shots he took of me at a friend's housewarming party. He was using a traditional camera with black-and-white film, which led to a great conversation about photography before and after the onset of the digital age. I love that this particular photo, though it has obviously been "remediated" into JPEG format, still bears a trace of its development:

I also like the fact that I'm making one of my characteristic faces, the sort I pull in conversation, but which I struggle to capture in self-portraits. Part of the reason is that I'm usually talking with my hands when I make those expressions, something that's hard to pull off when you're holding a camera away from your body.

Comments

[flw.livejournal.com]

Now you need to write a book!

That picture is classic. You are simultaneously amused, irritated, frustrated and intrigued.

[cbertsch.livejournal.com]

I'm like frickin' Falstaff, I'm so round!

What sort of book?

[flw.livejournal.com]

The kind that has a photograph on the sleeve, under the "About the Author" blurb. I was saying that you need to write a book so that this photo can be the... what do they call those photos anyway?

[cbertsch.livejournal.com]

Author photos!

Yes, that would be neat. I need a pipe.