Peek-a-Booty

Another self-snap from my shoot this past Tuesday...

On Cow Pie Pond

I was in desperate need of taking some non-BULOO Challenge-themed self-portraits, yesterday...it just feels like I've been seriously slackin' on staging my regular self-portrait shoots, lately. Luckily however, I was allowed to shoot for hours, upon hours - all over the property where one of my most faaaaave peeps on the planet lives...yet again. Thank you, THANK You!!! (I promise I'll make it up to you…somehow)

Little Dancer Aged Fourteen (Plus 30, Damnit)

Osmyn requested that we mimic a famous work of art, (either a painting or a sculpture, but not a photograph!) - for last week's "Big Ugly Land of Oz" Self-Portrait Challenge...coincidentally, after having acquired this bitchin' tutu late last spring from a local dance academy, I immediately got it in my mind that I oughtta stage selfpics inspired by Edgar Degas' bronze sculpture, "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" (or whatever it's actually called)...but it wasn't until Osmyn came up with last week's challenge theme, that I finally got off my ass and made it happen.

After firing off numerous attempts at something as close to literal as I thought that I could possibly manage - I was there behind my camera, reviewing each subsequent frame thinking, "Uhhhh...yeah...this shit is not only unflattering, but it's seriously boring to boot"...Guh... 

Soooo...I decided to go outside to try and do something a little more in keeping with the way that I normally attack my self-portrait shoots (thank god I came to my senses)...and this ^ is what I ended up with. Now admittedly, it's nothing at all like the Degas' sculpture that inspired my response to Osmyn's self-portrait challenge request this week...but so what! I was just relieved to have walked away with one single image that I didn't totally hate...aaaaahhhh...

For this week's "Big Ugly Land of Oz Challenge" - I think we oughtta each become a fictitious character...someone who is absolutely not us at all...they can be totally made-up characters, or well-known characters - makes no difference at all, to Osmyn or me. We're just asking that everyone photograph themselves while assuming the identity of someone they are not - and the more exaggerated, and over-the-top - the better!

This is a Public Service Announcement

Not much to say about this particular self-portrait, really...I'm mostly only posting at all today, cuz I needed an excuse to blab about the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Exhibition Opening and Artists' Reception that I'm hosting tonight (September, 6th) from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m., at my precious 1 lb. Gallery (29 N. Loudoun St. in Winchester, Va.)!!! All of y'all local peeps better getchyer butts up in that piece this evening! Gon' be a super fun time - guaranteed! 

Each and every photograph on display in the exhibit is available for purchase, and they are all priced extremely reasonably. Plus, I've got 1 lb. Gallery, and Big Ugly t-shirts in all sizes, as well as affordable, cute, little Instagram prints, and one-of-a-kind, archival quality prints of a wide variety of my self-portraits - all of which would not only make nice additions to your art collections (and wardrobes), but would also make very nice gifts! I mean, let's face it - it's never too early to get a jump on the derned Christmas shopping...am I right?

Ok, it's decided then - I'll see you all at the gallery tonight - YAY!

Me and My Man(nequin)

 I'm laughing out loud as I'm working on this post (no lie!), because these pictures are utterly ridiculous - no? But I had heaps of fun takin' 'em, I brought home an inordinate amount of images that I actually do sorta, kinda like, and because along with all that, I'm also grateful to a certain "Mr. Jones" for affording me the opportunity to shoot with his mannequin - I feel that I must celebrate by breaking from what's become my tradition of posting a scant, single selfpic per entry - by featuring a whopping THREE selfpics this time, wooot!

Topsy Turvy

"Upside Down" was the theme for last week's "Big Ugly Land of Oz" self-portraiture challenge...and for next week's challenge, Osmyn has asked that we take selfpics in which we try to recreate the subject matter of a famous painting or sculpture...which for me is actually kind of awesome, cuz there's something along those lines, that I've been threatening to mess around with for awhile now - but for whatever reason, I've just never gotten around to it!

Gotta Lose The Spare Tire

Another self-portrait from my shoot, earlier this week (which I enjoyed immensely, in case I forgot to mention it). Now I realize that the content in this image makes virtually no sense, but so what...right? Right.