Me, just in case you're from the media, here's a picture of me taken about two weeks ago. Other than that, every photographer or artists should experiment with self portraits.
Here's how you do it:
1. Find a place to sit that's relatively clutter free both in front and in back. If you have to move a chair to the place go for it.
2. Check the lighting keep away from places where everything is casting a shadow.
3. Set your camera to portrait mode, look at the view finder and place the camera (use a tripod if you have to or a chair) so that it's pointing in the area where you will sit when it takes your picture.
4. Set the timer to the longest time there is. The timer shows up on your LCD screen as a clock (without a line crossed through it).
5. Place the camera where you want it and click on the shutter.
6. Quickly move to the place that you found where you will pose for a picture.
7. After the camera takes the picture look at the LCD screen to see if your head and shoulders are comfortably in the frame. If not zoom in or out to where you think you will be in the frame.
8. Set the timer again and click the shutter.
9. Check to see if you're framed well.
10. Repeat steps 6 to 9, this time practicing a pose, say leaning forward in with your arms resting on your knee (a writer's pose).
Any chance of you writing a book about digital photo editing with Gimp (open source). I took a Photoshop class and was able to use most of the advanced aspects hidden in the program. But I moved to Linux and was not be able to use my Photoshop CS. Now after 3 years I don't miss it, I use Gimp. Since Gimp is open source it is difficult to find tutorials. I now like Gimp better the Photoshop. I tell people first learn how to use Photoshop and then move Gimp.
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