I'm a #horny #girl ah ah

I'm a #horny #girl ah ah, a photo by Marie Meier on Flickr.

I've not posted for a few days as I have been going through the group pool from its very beginnings looking for potential blog photos. This one—submitted over the weekend—caught my eye, however.

When I started this blog a little over a week ago, it occurred to me that when I first joined flickr, there was a blog called The Mirror Project, which featured photos from the flickr group of the same name. The blog still exists, but it doesn't look anything at all like I recall it seven years ago or so.

Or maybe my memory is faulty.

Self Portrait

Self Portrait, a photo by Protection Island on Flickr.

A very early addition to the Self-Portrait With Camera pool over six years ago...

Selfportrait

Selfportrait, a photo by iresfurtado on Flickr.

I have been moderating the Self-Portrait With Camera group for several years now. The person who created the group, rougerouge, apparently made many members of the group administrators and when he stopped moderating (for whatever reason), the task somehow fell to me. Or perhaps I just decided to take over when no one else was doing anything. In any event, I've been doing it for the past several years, with some help from rod murrow, who offered to help several years ago. (Thanks, Rod!)

This particular photo is pretty representative of the bulk of the photos in the pool. While many are shot with the intent of being clever, or shot in unusual places or in unusual shiny objects, this straight-ahead, point-the-camera-at-the-mirror-and-shoot self-portrait dominates the pool. So, I guess it's fitting that this photo is the 30,000th photo in the pool.

(I wish that the photographer hadn't flipped the image to right readin, but... c'est la vie.)

objectsmayappear

objectsmayappear, a photo by jm_h on Flickr.

What moments would we miss sometimes were it not for mirrors?

Transalp Mirror

Transalp Mirror, a photo by CWhatPhotos on Flickr.

I suppose this is why there are always mirrors in the Fun House at the amusement parks... they can be a lot of fun.

Broken

Broken, a photo by jo(e) on Flickr.

I've always loved the separate reality that photographing into mirrors creates. Most often, in the Self-Portrait With Camera pool, the photos are simply a momentary document of a person turning a camera towards the mirror or reflective surface. Other times, however, art is created that goes far beyond the mere recording of a reflection.

Double Reflection

Double Reflection, a photo by Nicki 979 on Flickr.

It occurred to me while looking at this photo, while approving/not approving a number of photos in the Self-Portrait With Camera pool on flickr, that I should create a blog featuring some of my favourite photos from this group (and possibly around the web).

Because I'm doing this pretty much on a whim, I'll be brushing up on my HTML and CSS skills and tweaking the design as I go.