{"id":465,"date":"2013-03-08T09:06:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curiousboo.com\/?p=465"},"modified":"2013-03-14T22:22:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T05:22:16","slug":"day-67-a-photo-a-day-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curiousboo.com\/?p=465","title":{"rendered":"Day #67 \u2013 A Photo A Day 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Instagram has been one way that I have been sharing my photography for two years now and in those two years I have found quite a few amazing artists that have greatly encouraged me to continue pushing the envelope of my creativity. <\/p>\n

One of people who has influenced me the most is Sumsion – I was going to link to his Statigram page, but he’s turned off public viewing, which is disappointing to me because I would love to share his work here as well. (he is simply amazing!)<\/p>\n

Sumsion’s latest challenge is a self-portrait challenge but the trick is to not have your face in focus. So far, this has been a very difficult challenge for me! <\/p>\n

This is my first submission:<\/p>\n

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Blown Away – for the #7faceless Challenge on Instagram<\/p><\/div>\n

When I uploaded this to Instagram, some people that know me in “real life” were concerned because it seemed a bit dark. I explained that this is not representative of me now, but rather that it was how I felt at a certain point in time in my past – I felt like who I was had been completely blown away, destroyed and empty. I was having difficulty deciding just how to begin this challenge until a conversation I had earlier that day reminded me of that dark time and inspiration hit me.<\/p>\n

I knew immediately what I wanted to do with my self-portrait, and after a couple of hours of experimentation, I found the right combination of app layering to actually achieve what you see here. This was a difficult one to actually upload for public consumption on Instagram – I felt like I was revealing quite a bit of myself without telling all of the personal details and I felt a bit of trepidation as I hit that upload button. <\/p>\n

Immediately after, I felt almost a feeling of relief akin to happiness in that moment. <\/p>\n

These challenges that Sumsion has presented to his followers have not only been pivotal points that have pushed me creatively but have also been instrumental in self-exploration and have taught me quite a bit about myself, even as far as really revealing to me how I view myself both externally and as a person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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