FRAME YOURSELF!
Back in 2018, my imagination was swimming in an ocean of ideas I had for photos, however, I neither had the skill nor the knowledge to convert these magical and strange worlds in my imagination to a physical storytelling image. That is, until I discovered the world of conceptual photography – an illustrative style of photography portraying your ideas and stories in a creative way.
After teaching myself how to use a camera and Photoshop, I started photographing other people to portray my ideas and stories. And while there is absolutely nothing wrong with this, I began to realise that when you photograph someone else, it also becomes their story. Using yourself as your subject brings a personal element to your work that you cannot get when photographing another person. It’s because of this that I am now mainly a self-portrait photographer and I hope to inspire you to experiment, by putting yourself in front of the camera as well.
Today, I’m going to show you how to create your own version of my self-portrait image ‘Empty Memories’. You’ll be photographing this concept as
