Self Portrait

I wasn't looking forward to this one, but it was actually pretty fun.  I googled "self-portraits" and got all kinds of ideas - sitting in a corner, reading a book in bed, extremely close-up shot of eyes, and a few others that I liked.  So then I started thinking about when I should take this self portrait.  When would be a good time?  When could I not have Hope running between me and the camera right at the precise moment that the shutter opens.  When would I be able to keep a now mobile Juliana from being more interested in this tripod thing than any of her dozens of other toys?

Then I realized that I am really only by my "self" first thing in the morning when I am getting ready for the day.  So I felt a little silly setting up the tripod in the bathroom.  I really didn't have many options as far as angle - the tripod had two legs in the bath tub and one outside of it - that didn't leave much room for adjustments.  I did a lot of going back and forth between the back and the front of the camera.  I tried to use my remote to save some of that, but I probably should have done a least a little homework on that first because I couldn't get it to work. 

I had all kinds of shots with all kinds of different facial expressions (I took 51 total) - maybe I will post more of them on my regular blog eventually.  But for the photo challenge, I picked just one.

F/4.2 1/13 sec ISO 200 Indoor lighting, no flash

Next Week: Shadows