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COVID Self-portraits Day 39: Preparing For The World Opening Up – One Day.

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When Place d’Orléans Mall opens again, I will be ready. See www.michaelwillemsphoto.com for the course schedule – and the good news is that right now, I am teaching all courses on demand, interactively, online. It’s just like being in the classroom with me, with the same class size of just 1-4 students.

Meanwhile, today’s self-portrait. An interpretive series, showing the mood of the moment – not just my mood, but the world’s, as I see it.

COVID Self-Portraits, day 33: Much Of The Day.

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In my continuing series of interpretive self-portrait, Day 33: “Much Of The Day”. These portraits are staged, but real: they reflect both what I am doing on the day, and the mood—not just my mood, but the way I think the world’s mood is developing as we all realize that the world we know will not return for a long time, if ever.

Apart from cropping plus some desaturation and an increase in presence, I do minimal editing. Doing self-portraits is not easy, both in technical terms and in terms of subject and composition, but with some training and some equipment, it can be done.

If you are interested in honing your skills, do it now, while you are stuck at home. I now teach my courses online, live, interactively, in very small classes: just like at the store, really. Contact me if you are interested: details on http://www.michaelwillemsphoto.com.

Stay well, everyone!