{"id":12745,"date":"2020-04-10T06:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T10:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=12745"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:53:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:53:39","slug":"at-home-self-portraits-and-a-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/at-home-self-portraits-and-a-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"At Home: Self-Portraits and a Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, my studio has been closed temporarily for several weeks.   I am grateful to have a job that I feel sad to be away from.  I miss my clients and students. I miss creating for others. I miss serving people.  I\u2019m looking forward to returning to the studio when it\u2019s safe for everyone to go out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of studio work and teaching, I\u2019ve been working on personal projects, including “Social Distancing: Images of a Small Town”<\/a>, and photographing everything in my garden.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Cedar Waxwing, a Barred Owl, a Red Squirrel <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photos from my garden in early spring: crocuses, buds, the jawbone of a mouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve also been setting up a studio every few days in my living room.  Last week, I made some self-portraits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Self-portrait at home<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My canceled trip to London which was scheduled for later this month was to involve three workshops to study historical methods of portrait-making.  I hope to reschedule these for September.  In the meantime, I\u2019ve been reading about these methods, and figuring out ways to make digital work take on the look of historical photos.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For photographers and others who are interested in the process: This is a digital image that I took in my living room with my studio setup. The backdrop is hand-painted dark gray canvas. I used one Profoto B-1 light in a large softbox, camera right.\u00a0\u00a0It was feathered so the edge of the light (the softest part) fell on me. I balanced the strobe with natural light (French doors directly behind the camera) for fill light, and also used a big reflector (white board) on the opposite side of my face, to fill in more shadows. I used the Canon Connect app on my iPhone to control my camera focus and settings. I processed the RAW file in Photoshop, and emulated a daguerrotype print using Exposure software.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, my studio has been closed temporarily for several weeks.   I am grateful to have a job that I feel sad to be away from.  I miss my clients and students. I miss creating for others. I miss serving people.  I\u2019m looking forward to returning to the studio when it\u2019s safe for<\/p>\n

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