'Rosalia' | Self Portrait Photography
This is a self portrait that I captured in 2014. A part of my 'Roses Never Fade' series, it revolves around the concept that death can never be a factor for the disappearance of love. Even though the physical body is gone, love will always be present.
Rosalia, a festival of roses in Rome to commemorate the dead, is used as an inspiration for the photograph. The red roses [which are widely used as a symbol of love] appear to be the most vibrant element of the photograph to show that love is ever powerful. The sacrifices are symbolized by the blood dripping from the roses, in which love always comes with it. Touches of vibrant red are found in some parts of the body to show that love will still be alive no matter how much the color of the person fades, even if the person himself fades away.
A Little Bit About The Process
As a person who has trust issues, I always prefer to work by myself no matter how hard it is to be done alone. It's fun. I always do the stuff and if something goes wrong, I can only blame myself. I'm comfortable with it. Though I can still work with other people, I feel like I am most powerful if I do it alone. And that is the reason why I always do self portraits. No drama, just me.
First thing that I do is conceptualize for the photograph. From the composition to the colors and props, I write it all down and sketch it. After everything has been finalized, I then find the things that I need to find. In this photo, I needed to buy roses from the market just to create this photograph. Yeah, it comes with a price, but it's all worth it. I have my wig (I love wigs!) and paint for the blood. After everything is prepared, I then get my tripod and set my camera on timer and manually focus the lenses.
Once the shooting is done, I then do the post processing in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop. Doing self portrait photography allowed me to learn a lot in using photo editing tools, which is a very helpful experience for me as I am also learning to do digital art. Not only I was enjoying it, but I was also learning a lot from it. It made me develop my character and discover my strengths and weaknesses.
Years from now I still see myself doing self portraits because I consider this as a therapy for my mental injury. I am always grateful I found this type of art as an outlet for self expression.
Camera: NIKON D3200
Shutter Speed: 1/8 second
Aperture: F/5.0
Focal Length: 32 mm
ISO Speed: 200
All images are mine. Please do not use without my permission.
This is truly incredible work! You captured strong atmosphere and achieved beautiful color contrast. The mood and especially the eye are somewhat haunting mood with a flair of mystery.
Your photo instantly motivated me to try to make a painting study. Can I please have your permission to post the (finished) painting next Sunday? I won't post your photo(unless you want that), rather link this post instead as the original photo and my reference. Also I'll send you half of the SBD payout from that post.
This is the current preview, as I don't know how often you check replies and I don't want to make post without your permission.
Looking forward to your reply!
Wow I was surprised! Sure you can do that. You can also link my picture in your post. It's already looking good! Nice painting study. 😉
I also really appreciate how you asked my permission first because that only means you are a respectable artist and respect artists as well. Thank you! 😁
Thank you very much! :D Can't wait to finish and share it.
All your photos are really amazing. You are an awesome photographer and artist, as your compositions always tell a story. Also I feel that viewers can make up their own story as well as it's very symbolistic.
I ask permission when possible, as it simply feels right :) And I'd love to try more of your photos for studies in the future when I can. <3
Awww, thank you! 💖 Can't also wait to see it!
I finished as much as I could :)
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Cool pic! A little bit dark but i like bloody pictures, strong and impressive!
I like the composition and the contrast of white and red colours :).
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Thank you!
Ok first of all, I LOVE this picture! As a photographer myself I love self-portraits, especially when they include red color - particularly from blood (uhm ok ok paint haha) and/or roses!
Then, 'Rosalia' confused me when 'Rome' was mentioned -'cause I was living there...then I realized the Roman Empire is meant, and that era, haha!
I love the idea of love and death and how they're connected... I would feel much relief if that was indeed true...
Thank you! The idea of love and death is true in a sense that we still visit the dead ones in their graves, and still remember them.. no matter how long they were gone. I'm sorry if you don't think it is true in some way :(
How did you get from my answer that I don't think it's true?
The exact opposite - since we don't really know, I said I would feel relief knowing it is true...
Oh okay sorry I thought it was the opposite lol
well no... you completely misunderstood but maybe my poetic reply wasn't very clear either haha
so @hiddenblade is a girl. Damn! Ako lang ba ang di nakakaalam?
Yes.. haha I dunno who else thinks I'm a guy
Nicely done, I added you to the @ARTzONE voting list.
Thank you so much!
I must confess already that you are cool and amazing photographer @ 21 your doing such exploits in photography I must commend you.
Keep it up I love how you explained every piece of the photography
This is awesome! I really like your self-portrait, your expression, colors and composition. You’re talented! 😊
i love it <3
Gracias Debbie