{"id":9748,"date":"2013-03-18T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T10:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=9748"},"modified":"2013-03-18T08:47:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T07:47:43","slug":"365-days-of-self-portraits-days-50-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/9748","title":{"rendered":"365 Days of Self Portraits: Days 50-56"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to gain self confidence and deal with body image issues still remaining after my weight loss, I decided to take part in a 365 project focusing on self portraits.\u00a0 My hopes are that after a year of taking a photo of myself ever day, that I will stop hating photos of myself, stop picking apart the things I hate about my body and learn to accept myself in a way that I haven\u2019t been able to before.\u00a0 It is uncomfortable, challenging and at times scary as I am also putting myself out there in a way I never have\u2026 but sometimes personal growth requires stepping out of your comfort zone.\u00a0 So this is my project, 365 days of Self Portraits\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Week 8 was a major turning point for me in my 365 project.\u00a0 I found 365project.org<\/a>! An entire website dedicated to people doing a 365 project.\u00a0 It has made a massive difference in the project for me.\u00a0 While there are groups on Flickr for this purpose, most people tend to just upload their photos and not really interact.\u00a0 Plus, it\u2019s such a huge site with so many people, that it\u2019s easy to get lost in the crowd.<\/p>\n

365project.org<\/a> is different\u2026 it\u2019s smaller and it\u2019s just for people doing the project.\u00a0 Everyone has their own way of doing it, some are doing self potraits, others are doing family photos, and most are doing random photos from their day.\u00a0 It has been a great motivator and inspiration to see what other people are doing, looking at their photos and reading their comments on mine.\u00a0 It\u2019s pushed me to use my imagination more and try new things and it has been really fun.<\/p>\n

My favorite from this week is definitely the teacup photo, which was also the most popular amongst my friends.\u00a0 It was a lot of fun to make and the result turned out really cool.\u00a0 I have a few idea for photos I want to do like this\u2026 I just need to sit down and make them happen!\u00a0 I also really like the one with my hands in front of my face, that was a nice experiment!<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 50 – Next week’s book club book arrived! This one doesn’t exist in ereader format so I bought the paperback. After a long time reading books on an ereader it’s weird to feel and smell a real book again! Not a book I would have chosen for myself but that’s the beauty of book clubs, it forces us to broaden our horizons!<\/p>\n

Now, let’s see what Queen Noor has to say!<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 51 – AWKWARD!<\/p>\n

Photo 1: *Thinking to myself…* is the light blinking? The sun is shining on the camera, I can’t see…
\nPhoto 2: *Still thinking to myself…* Why the in the hell are the dogs pulling so hard?
\nPhoto 3: *Groaning inside*… oh shit oh shit oh shit, this is embarrassing! “SORRY!!”<\/p>\n

Not only did I totally get caught taking photos of myself in the park (point and shoot attached to the top of a garbage can with my Gorillapod) but the poor people almost tripped over my dogs. *FACEPALM*<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 52 – I am afraid of what is to come, but I can’t let that stop me from looking ahead!<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 53 – Wait… you want to put WHAT – WHERE?!<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 54 – It’s cold outside, my muscles ache… and I really miss having a bathtub.<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 55 – This is what Sunday looks like in our house. A little bit of housework and a whole lot of Dining Room Rockstar!<\/p>\n

\"Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 56 – After my last few selfies I felt like something a little more ‘normal’. Just me sitting looking out the window on a dull winter morning in Rotterdam… and daydreaming about spring!<\/p>\n

Previous weeks of my 365 Days of Self Portraits project:
\nWeeks 1 & 2: Days 1-14<\/a>
\nWeek 3: Days 15-21
\nWeek 4: Days 22-28
\nWeek 5: Days 29-35<\/a>
\nWeek 6: Days 36-42<\/a>
\nWeek 7: Days 43-49<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an effort to gain self confidence and deal with body image issues still remaining after my weight loss, I decided to take part in a 365 project focusing on self portraits.\u00a0 My hopes are that after a year of taking a photo of myself ever day, that I will stop hating photos of myself, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[23,422,881,545,16],"class_list":["post-9748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-photography","tag-books","tag-dogs","tag-photography-artsy-fartsy","tag-project-365","tag-project-baby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9754,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9748\/revisions\/9754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}