Lockdown self portrait

[VWGolf]

Our camera club competition for the end of this month requires a lockdown portrait (all done with Zoom).

As I live alone (not counting the cat and the goldfish), I had my first go at shooting a selfie.  Not easy - camera on a somewhat shaky tripod head, Magbox softbox to camera right, with another couple of flashes bounced off the ceiling, camera tethered to iMac and me having to reach over to click on the button in Lightroom to take the picture.  And the cat zooming around because he expected to be in the picture too (as he usually is).
Anyway, got it on the second shot.  Not particularly flattering, especially with the lockdown haircut (lack of) and my home made mask, but I like the 'dark' look to it and will probably use similar settings when I can finally get to start portrait shooting with proper people, whenever lockdown ends!

 

 

[CMunzel]

It’s a great portrait. Love the dark look and the Covid mask. Thanks for sharing your setup. I’ve got to take a self portrait for my work profile and have wondering how. 

[VWGolf]

57 minutes ago, CMunzel said:

It’s a great portrait. Love the dark look and the Covid mask. Thanks for sharing your setup. I’ve got to take a self portrait for my work profile and have wondering how. 

Thank you

I had to do a bit of editing in PS, to lighten up my eye area

I usually use my 24-70mm for portraits, but used the nifty fifty because the Manfrotto trigger tripod head I use won't support the weight of the camera and bigger lens without drooping, so I used the prime instead.
Might not stand up to close scrutiny or in brighter light, as I'm not sure if the focus point was on my eyes.  It's a bit hit and miss when you're trying to do it yourself, hence the F11 aperture in the hopes that some of the image would be in focus!

Good luck and let's see how you get on in due course