Santtu Määttänen
Visual Poet
I bet we've all done them, for me this is a pretty new project development 
And a challenge, being in charge and in total control while being the subject.
And a challenge, being in charge and in total control while being the subject.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Probably the best selfie I've done ... with the nicest camera I own! (Rolleiflex 2.8D)
malcD
Well-known
nearest pic to self-portrait
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Nice work, all! But I have to turn on the rant mode for a moment -- when the heck did "selfie" enter the lexicon? "Self portrait" is too hard to say? I suspect the hipsters....
Santtu Määttänen
Visual Poet
http://qz.com/119200/oxford-dictionary-adds-twerk-derp-selfie-phablet-and-more-voguish-vocabulary/
And yeah, I suspect them too
daveleo
what?
alienmeatsack
Well-known
hac
Established
one of mine ...
Murchu
Well-known
+1. While I'm all for the amusing cutification of words, a la the Germans particularly, 'selfie' is just something that grates whenever I hear it. I had actually thought it was a tabloid invention, but I am sure there are others I should be cursing, as I bang my knobbly cane..
EDIT: Some great and imaginative self-portraits here, I can see this shall be a thread worth checking in on from time to time..
sevres_babylone
Veteran
This is me on the right. And it is a selfie, so there
Strangers When We Meet por sevres-babylone, en Flickr
Strangers When We Meet por sevres-babylone, en Flickr
stompyq
Well-known
Probably the best selfie I've done ... with the nicest camera I own! (Rolleiflex 2.8D)
Hmm.. I imagined you with more hair keith. Great shot regardless
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
malcD
Well-known
one from 1968 with leica 1D and some highspeed film i was given never knew what it was called
filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
Ala Kubrick
Melancholy
To grain, or not to grain
alienmeatsack
Well-known
If I am not mistaken, "Selfie" is actually meant to sound like "Cellfie" aka short for "Cell phone self-portrait". Which, in a generation who shortcuts every word on their phone, is too much to type. So "Selfie" was born.
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I love taking pics of myself. I cooperate, I am willing to move to the right light, I hold still when I am asked. I am my best subject. And nothing beats those photos to see you as a person as you change, age, your style shifts, your cameras come and go, etc. IMHO.
Greyscale
Veteran
alienmeatsack
Well-known
I shoot a lot of selfies. I guess I like them because it allows me to play with light and shadow and I don't complain. This was part of a set at the tail end of a cold and I wanted to play with some harsh lighting and shadows against a new backdrop cloth.
Self-Portrait by alienmeatsack, on Flickr
Self-Portrait by alienmeatsack, on Flickr
Swift1
Veteran
Here's one of my favorite selfies.
