Category Archives: self portrait

Self Portrait: ‘Peek’

My first self portrait for November has to deal with lies ahead for the rest of 2013.  We are now officially in my favourite time of the year.  This month alone is filled with Bonfire night and fireworks,  a blogger meet-up in London, my husband’s birthday, my birthday, a friend’s wedding, Panto rehearsals, and preparing for Christmas! So much is still yet a head and I wonder what is all in store for us this holiday season. 

Self Portrait: ‘Peek’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk
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DO YOU LOVE SELF PORTRAITS?
I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. 
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I would love to see your photography!
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How It Works: It must be a ‘self portrait’ and does not need to be an image you took this Saturday. Feel free to link up to past Self Portrait posts in your blog. This link up will be every Saturday so feel free to use that as your motivation to learn more about your camera, hone in on your photography skills, try out new post processing techniques, and let your creative spirit come alive. Join the Self Portrait Saturday challenge!


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* Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

Self Portrait: ‘Snap’

Self Portrait: ‘Snap’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

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DO YOU LOVE SELF PORTRAITS?

I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. 
 If you would like to link up with me, add this button to your blog.
I would love to see your photography!
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Get out those tripods, remote controls, and set your self timer!
It must be a ‘self portrait’ and does not need to be an image you took this Saturday. Feel free to link up to past Self Portrait posts in your blog. This link up will be every Saturday so feel free to use that as your motivation to learn more about your camera, hone in on your photography skills, try out new post processing techniques, and let your creative spirit come alive.  Join the Self Portrait Saturday challenge!


* Self Portrait: ‘Snap’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

Self Portrait: ‘Pause’

Self Portrait: ‘Pause’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

Welcome back to Self Portrait Saturday challenge! I took a break last week which I hope was alright.  It has been quite busy around here. On top of it all we had been going to view several different houses where we could move to in December.  This was due to our landlady deciding to not renew our lease in December. Which meant we would be moving days before Christmas again this year. If we were not already a bit stressed with all the details involved with applying for my husband’s visa this month, we were now.  It became one of those situations where if you just had one big stressful challenge to overcome it could be alright.  Multiply it and now all you want to do is hit the pause button. Which was the inspiration behind this self portrait.  
A BIT ABOUT THE PHOTO
I had originally planned to do this one quite differently.  I hope to try it again with my original plan and see how it turns out.  It was supposed to be me staring still into the camera while my entire family moves in chaos around me.  However I only had my youngest son to help me with this one at the time and I really like how it turned out. I will say the fact that my wrist is cut off, almost made me not post it at all.  I usually would have caught that while shooting to correct it in camera.  Obviously my mind is on a few different things all at once. I used a slow shutter speed of 1/4 of a second on a tripod and layered a few different images of my son so that he appeared to be all over the place. 
A BIT ABOUT LIFE
I found out last night that our landlady, for whatever reason, has decided she will renew our lease for another six months. Which is a huge weight off of our shoulders.  I can now  plan to be in our house for Christmas and we will not have to move next month as we had thought.  So the house hunting search has ceased until 2014 and we can focus on visas and holidays.  If I have been a bit absent in the social media world you know now where my head has been.  Feeling quite blessed to have this one issue resolved. 

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DO YOU LOVE SELF PORTRAITS?

I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. 
 If you would like to link up with me, add this button to your blog. I would love to see your photography!
Grab button for A Compass Rose's Self Portrait Saturday

Get out those tripods, remote controls, and set your self timer!
It must be a ‘self portrait’ and does not need to be an image you took this Saturday. Feel free to link up to past Self Portrait posts in your blog. This link up will be every Saturday so feel free to use that as your motivation to learn more about your camera, hone in on your photography skills, try out new post processing techniques, and let your creative spirit come alive.  Join the Self Portrait Saturday challenge!

* Self Portrait: ‘Pause’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | http://www.bonnie-rose.co.uk


Sunday Motivational #1

Self Portrait by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk 

It is the state in which you dwell‘, were the words spoken by photographer Sue Bryce this weekend.  She said that statement several times and though I had written it down in my notes after the first mention it continued to impact me with each repetition.  Before you read any further, ask yourself what that statement means to you.

   ‘It is the state in which you dwell’

For me it made me think of what I want out of life.  My needs, my goals, my dreams.  What am I doing today to help make all of that a reality.  What am I doing or what am I feeling that is stopping that from happening?  There are so many facets in my life where I could apply this statement but let us look just at blogging.  How many times have we let ourselves become discouraged in our blogs?  Are we blogging for ourselves or too meet someone else’s expectations?  Are we blogging from the heart and putting ourselves into our work or have we lost sight of our inspiration? Do we get caught up in the social media world of comparing ourselves to other bloggers and seeking validation for our efforts? Or are we blogging to give ourselves and the knowledge we have to others without needing anything in return? 
I think blogging, like so many other things in life, will have it’s ups and downs and we will need to work at keeping ourselves on track. To focus on they why and what it is we have to give.  No body can hold you back…we are the ones with that control.  I teach my sons that they are the only ones who can decide how they react to situations.  Why stress over what we have no control over.  If we want happiness, we give out happiness and surround ourself with happiness.  
I describe myself as a creative and a free spirit with a chameleon soul.  When I think about ‘It is the state in which you dwell’, it resonates in how I raise my boys.  We create at home together.  We all share the love of photography.  It has made me hope to find a place to live where I can have my own studio, a creative space where we can act on our inspirations.  I want to dwell in a creative world.    
I would love to know how you feel this statement can apply to your life.  Feel free to share a comment below. 

*Self Portrait by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

Self Portrait: ‘Connected’

Self Portrait: ‘Connected’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk 

DO YOU LOVE SELF PORTRAITS?

I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. 

 If you would like to link up with me, add this button to your blog. 
I would love to see your photography!
A Compass Rose



*Self Portrait: ‘Connected’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk 

Self Portrait: Smart Phone #1

Welcome to another Self Portrait Saturday! I am so excited to have you all linking up with me every week.  For today I wanted to do a self portrait from a different camera than my SLR.  I bring to you a self portrait from my phone. As I use an iPhone 4, my camera is not as amazing as some of the newer phones out there now with comparable cameras to the point & shoots available today.  However it takes pretty great great photos in its own right, especially if there is really good lighting.
Grain. I would like to dispel the myth that grain in a photograph is bad.  It is one reason why I love shooting photographs on my phone and turning them into black and white.  To be fair I am pretty obsessed with black and white photography.  So if you are using your phone to take photographs and the grain is getting you down…work with the grain! 
Self Portrait: Smart Phone #1 |  Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007-2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk
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DO YOU LOVE SELF PORTRAITS?

I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. 

 If you would like to link up with me, add this button to your blog. 
I would love to see your photography!
Grab button for A Compass Rose's Self Portrait Saturday

*Image original to A Compass Rose blog by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007-2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

Self Portrait: ‘Morning Stretch’

Welcome to another Self Portrait Saturday! Did you catch my Self Portrait Tips from last week?  We had a great turn out on the link up and wanted to thank everyone for participating! 
Self Portrait ‘Morning Stretch’ by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007 – 2013 All Rights Reserved – www.bonnie-rose.co.uk

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DO YOU LOVE SELF PORTRAITS?

I try to do one every week and post on a Saturday. 

 If you would like to link up with me, add this button to your blog. 
I would love to see your photography!
Grab button for A Compass Rose's Self Portrait Saturday

*Image original to A Compass Rose blog by Bonnie Rose Photography © 2007-2013 All Rights Reserved | www.bonnie-rose.co.uk