Friday, February 1, 2008

Self-Portrait Extra


courtesy of the security mirror in our store.

I was feeling kind of silly, and finally a bit happy, so I thought I'd capture it.

Oh, the face...where is the face? Here are the moody eyes of the day before yesterday.

12 comments:

Sharon said...

Cute :) I'm glad you're feeling more chipper.

Gawdess said...

Your still lifes are a window into an entirely different world for me!
So no apologies nec.
I really like the face shot self portrait, I like the dreamy, moody quality and how clear your eye is.
And I like the bright pink cheerful of your shirt in the first one.
I have been really enjoying my 50mm I very rarely used it for anything other than people and now I am using it a lot more.
Thanks for the inspiration!

Scrivener said...

I really like both of these, but especially the bottom one. That one eye in focus is intense. And I like the silly hat.

Ampersand said...

Silly hat?

Neither of these hats are silly!

Rather, they are quite serious. :)

I am the queen of all things hat.

Ampersand said...

Should that read, "neither of these hats *is* silly?"

I missed that grammar lesson. And I don't even know if I got the quotes and comma and question mark in the right place!

Sandie said...

The reflection in the bottom one draws me right into your eye. Very cool. I am having a tough time with this assignment too!

Scrivener said...

I meant the hat in the top photo, which I think is silly whether you do or not. I don't mean that in a bad way, though.

Your correction is right. You should treat an indefinite pronoun like neither as a singular. It sounds plural, and in casual speech is often treated as such, but in formal written English, you should treat it as singular.

Scrivener said...

In that sentence the question mark would come after the quotation marks. Question marks can go either inside or outside--if you are quoting a question, put it inside (Joe asked, "Where are you going?") but if you are asking a question and using a quote at the end of the sentence, then it goes outside (Should that read, "neither of these hats *is* silly"?) All your commas are correct.

I don't think there's any reason to care about these questions in a blog post, but since you asked. I didn't even notice the question mark until you followed it by asking whether it was right.

Ampersand said...

Scriv,

Ok then, about the silly hat!

And thanks for the grammar lesson. I am truly glad to know these things.

Where was I during grammar? I remember enjoying diagramming sentences (probably the math geek in me) but that's about it.

Unknown said...

Haha, way cool...and I am STILL jealous of your camera's focusing abilities! LOL.

Yankee, Transferred said...

I totally love these. The bottom one reads into its own soul.

jo(e) said...

What expressive eyes! You're beautiful.