“Looking back, you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life, and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.” ~Robert Brault
Self Portrait
As I frequently point out, I’m a writer not a photographer. It’s a conscious decision to prioritize my life, which is already too full of the many things I do. I’ve always wanted it all, but finally had to accept that each thing I do takes a chunk away from something else.
Since writing is at the top of my important list, I spend more time with a notepad than a camera. To assure that I continue doing this, my only camera is a small pocket point-and-shoot. It’s a Canon PowerShot with a decent zoom and image stabilizer that is almost alwaays with me. It has no straps and I carry no tripod so it fits quite nicely in the right-hand pocket of my cargo pants.
Without any extra equipment, however, I was a little perturbed at this week’s photo challenge. I wasn’t sure I could take a decent self-portrait.
The problem must have been fermenting in my brain when I visited Brazos Bend State Park yesterday. While I was standing on a pier that jutted into the water, taking photos of common moorhens and a big old alligator watching them from his tiny island outpost, the solution suddenly appeared below me.
Can you see me?
Self-Portrait -- Photo by Pat Bean
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