JJ's Photoblog
Reflections of me
Posted by JJ (Jersey City, United States) on 29 October 2008 in People & Portrait.
Since ISAO and DJ,Tigersprout decided to make today self portrait day I would participate, but also add my own twist since I dont really do self portraits
I think i am meant to link to there pages but not good at this so hope it works
http://visionlogic.aminus3.com/
And here is my Mini Bio
Well I am a kiwi, which is what we from new Zealand call ourselves, the Kiwi which is the national bird of New Zealand is a bird that doesnt fly, which isnt applicable to me I have been traveling and living out of NZ for over 20 years now.
OK about me, I am a quiet guy for the most part, grew up in a little town in NZ, joined the army when I was 19 and stayed there for 12 years and then got a job overseas and have been living and working abroad since then currently in NY with my lovely wife :).
Have been to over 50 countries in my travels,
I do have four beautiful Daughters, all pretty much grown up now back in NZ who I love dearly
I have over the years had various point and shoot cameras but only in the last few months got initially a bridge camera and now a point an shoot, and really enjoying this new hobby I have found.
I am a quite guy as I said earlier and dont like big crowds and can be very shy, but with people I know I can be an utter nutter
Cheers
JJ
Thank you for taking the time to visit. I really appreciate all your comments, and welcome any critique as I am learning the art of photography, and having a blast with it
Getting ready for a work trip from the 29th so may not be able to check all your posts but will do as and when I can
FLOOG from United Kingdom
Superb. And nice to meet you.
I always think a self portrait should have an element of surprise, and leave something to the imagination, and you've done exactly that. Perfect
29 Oct 2008 5:19am
@FLOOG: Thanks Floog, Basically i just hate photos of myself and hence went for this approach, but now I will use your words to explain this shot ;)
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Hey there JJ, how neat to meet you, see I thought you were a girl lol I enjoyed this artistic self-portrait, bravo :)
29 Oct 2008 5:30am
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine, No I am definitely a guy, I used to be the typical young Macho male type, but getting on in years and can get in touch with my emotional and sensitive side so maybe thats why people may have taken me as a lady
Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand
Great capture and are you going to come back to NZ? :)
29 Oct 2008 5:48am
@Zing: Thanks Zing, I am hoping to get back for a visit early next year, maybe april may since I will be a granddad around then :), as for where I will settle when I retire, no idea at this stage, Wife is from England, and has also lived away from there for quite a few years so choosing a place to settle is still a tough call
Siddhesh from Melbourne, Australia
Hey nice shot... Nice to meet you (as in see you)... Hope to meet you someday...
29 Oct 2008 7:21am
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Hay JJ, great to meet you at last:-) I love this image, very clever indeed! Thanks for sharing about yourself:-)
29 Oct 2008 7:55am
Calusarus from St Sorlin en Valloire, France
Impressive reflection : probably my prefered.
29 Oct 2008 9:04am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Very original and well done! Nice to see you, JJ.
29 Oct 2008 10:09am
Lydie et Roland from BESANCON, France
Original and amizing... Nice to meet you JJ
29 Oct 2008 10:36am
jennie from United States
I love the imagination and creativity that produced this image. Very nice.
29 Oct 2008 10:50am
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Cool shot. It is really nice to read a little bit about you. Fascinating story too.
29 Oct 2008 11:18am
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
Most interesting description of yourself, JJ... thanks for the introduction and excellent photo where you shall remain a bit unknown... sounds like you've had an amazing journey -- so far... :)
29 Oct 2008 11:52am
@Earnest: Thanks Earnest, Funny how I dont want a photo thats clear of me and yet for some reason in this community I felt comfortable enough to tell more about me that many close to me or work colleagues dont even know
I like you finished with So far, thats how I feel, at 15 I remember thinking I dont want to be stuck in NZ, I want to see at least 5 countries before I turn 40, now my new aim is 60 countries before I hit 60 :)
Isao from isère, France
Very original your scratched's reflect !
Thank you for participating JJ !
Trés original ton reflet rayé !!!
Merci d'avoir participé JJ !
my misty self-portrait :
http://isao.aminus3.com/image/2008-10-29.html
29 Oct 2008 12:41pm
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Very original and mysterious! Loved reading your bio ... you've really seen a lot of our beautiful planet!
29 Oct 2008 1:07pm
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
What an interesting life you have led, you must have some amazing stories to tell. Great shot, different, colourful, shows just enough.
29 Oct 2008 1:28pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Hi JJ... pleased to meet you mate :) Interesting bio.
29 Oct 2008 1:29pm
Krisu from Tampere, Finland
Clever you, haha! Very creatively done self portrait, wish I 'd thought something like that, too. I've never made any self or other portraits. On purpose, I mean.
29 Oct 2008 1:30pm
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Hi JJ ! Nice to meet you, but difficult to really see you on this however colorful and creative picture. Now we have an idea about what is your life but not about your face... :-))
29 Oct 2008 1:49pm
@Evelyne Dubos: Maybe if a few years if another self portrait day comes up I will reveal more LOL
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Love the self portrait, JJ! A very original piece of work -- although perhaps one day you will decide to reveal yourself to us more clearly! What an interesting life you've had, too, with all that travelling. Another surprise for me, is that you're a New Zealander. We both really love your home country, although so far we've only seen the North Island.
29 Oct 2008 2:15pm
@Andrew Gould: Thanks Andrew,
Yes I am indeed a kiwi, but if you heard me talk you would never guess, working in a multicultural office I have lost so much of my accent, My wife also loves NZ from the two trips she has had there with me, she has also only seen the North Island, maybe next time will show her some of the south
PD from Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Hi JJ. I am a fan of your blog. That is one messed up mirror, dude!
29 Oct 2008 2:33pm
baobab from Cambridge, United States
nice to see you JJ, and good to learn more about you.
I like detail of the US flag in the background and the portrait of a man whose moustache and colouring make him look a little like Saddam...
29 Oct 2008 2:42pm
Yvonne S. from Tilburg, Netherlands
nice to meet U2!! You're portrait is very original!!
29 Oct 2008 3:59pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Really original, good one.
Nice to meet you.
29 Oct 2008 4:27pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Hello JJ - thanks for the visit and it's really great to meet you too! This is very original and very cleverly done. Say hello if you come to visit Cape Town!
29 Oct 2008 4:33pm
Kingfish from Menlo Park, United States
Really great - I really like the levels! Nice to meet you JJ, I really enjoyed reading your bio. You've been through quite a lot! I think it's great you've traveled so much, it really opens the mind. I think it would be amazing to work at the UN. Good job on the pic!
29 Oct 2008 4:36pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
Great true self portrait and nice reflexion!
I like all these strips, changing you in a cubic creature (:
SwissCharles
29 Oct 2008 5:35pm
Thomas Griffioen from Rotterdam, Netherlands
Great meeting you JJ! Quite a mysterious portrait, I like it. Keep on travelling and shooting! Cheers!
29 Oct 2008 6:02pm
MJ from Delaware, United States
nice to meet you JJ... interesting effect...great bio
29 Oct 2008 6:12pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Very clever self-portrait. Love the flag in the reflection with you.
29 Oct 2008 6:35pm
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
Great shot, and really nice to find out a bit more about you, what a fascinating life you've led.
29 Oct 2008 6:47pm
Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand
Very effective self portrait considering your quietness! Thanks for the bio! Photography is such a fabulous hobby and if you are interested in the world and the people in it , it becomes a way of expressing what at times you cannot say. i am a Kiwi also, and am still in love with the awesome beauty of this place, despite some travel! Very nice to meet you JJ.
29 Oct 2008 7:21pm
Sammi from New Jersey, United States
I like the effects you have! The ripple effect, its very cool ~ ;)
29 Oct 2008 7:56pm
Laurent from Lyon, France
nice to meet you... in slices JJ.
Congratulation for the creativity.
29 Oct 2008 8:22pm
Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States
Very nice to meet you. Thanks for the little bio!
29 Oct 2008 8:37pm
vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada
Interesting portrait that hides more than it reveals... :-) To have a peek at me, go here...
29 Oct 2008 8:48pm
Elaine- from Vancouver, Canada
hey jj, you're even trickier than I am with the self portrait lol very cool photo, and enjoyed your bio very much.. ye nutter :)
29 Oct 2008 8:56pm
Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United States
hee hee . . I'm surprised we did not go for this technique . . love the fragmentation !
29 Oct 2008 9:14pm
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
Nice to see someone else from the Southern Hemisphere... up here in the Northern Hemisphere... as close as to NZ that I lived (in Australia) I only have been to the airport in Auckland... one day I will get to NZ and I promise to not mention that the Wallabies are better then the All Blacks... hehehe... just joking... great shot and glad you made an appearance..
29 Oct 2008 9:15pm
Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Panama City, Panama
Nice to meet you JJ, I enjoyed the way you framed the photo and the reflections, who is the guy painted to the right of the photo?
29 Oct 2008 10:09pm
Adetokunbo Adesanya from United States
LOL very nice. I like. nice to meet a "distorted" you: kidding :)
29 Oct 2008 10:10pm
peter from new york, United States
nice one jj. very cool! love the background too
29 Oct 2008 10:29pm
willow from Chelsea, United States
Ooooo!!!! Very creative - a perfect photographer's (aka camera-shy) portrait. Nice to meet you. Kind of funny isn't it how life has taken you all over the world and somehow you ended up in our living rooms or offices or wherever tonight?
29 Oct 2008 11:14pm
Walter from Watkinsville, United States
You really took this photo shoot and ran with it. Really nice job of creating your own idea of a self portrait reflection.
30 Oct 2008 12:13am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Hi JJ you have found some nice reflections for your self portrait. Very good idea.
30 Oct 2008 12:53am
bram antareja from Yogyakarta, Indonesia
very creative foto...i love it // Regards from Yogyakarta Indonesia //
30 Oct 2008 1:13am
Elisa from Massachusetts, United States
awesome shot and quite impressive bio!! What an interesting life you've had!! :)
30 Oct 2008 1:27am
KZC from Sydney, Australia
Hello my friend
fantastic shot - love the refraction on the shutter. gives a more stretched look... makes you 8ft tall
30 Oct 2008 1:29am
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
Very very cool self portrait. It is always nice to see those interpretations.
30 Oct 2008 1:32am
Barbara from Florida, United States
Clever and creative self portrait. Fabulous and interesting bio, really experiencing life.
Very suitable title for the image and story. Nicely done.
30 Oct 2008 2:49am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
HELLO JJ!!! :D Well no offense -- (nearly last but not least, i should add), but i am coming to the end of one INCREDIBLE day of self portraits -- of which YOURS is truly SPECTACULAR indeed!! THANK YOU HEAPS -- not only for your OVERWHELMINGLY cool self portrait, but also for your FASCINATING and quite personal bio too!!! Its amazing what you find out when you get people to talk about themselves!!! I had no idea you worked for the UN and that is VERY COOL indeed!!! :D We will have to chat about that offline!!! This is the most unrestrained shot -- the patterning from the 'mirrors' is just the most amazing visual effect that correctly HIDES much more than it REVEALS!!! ;) However, having said that, your BIO opens you right up like a book -- and now i do feel i know you quite a bit better!! Cheers to you mate -- Last but certainly NOT least -- BRAVO!!! :D
30 Oct 2008 3:05am
jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
Great photo JJ. I wondered how you managed to get shots from all over the place but reading your bio I now understand. Love the previous flower shots
30 Oct 2008 7:24pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
Very, very cool, JJ - nicely done. Bravo!
31 Oct 2008 12:37am
Kathryn from Warburton, Australia
Great image!!! and it is wonderful to get to know you a bit more!
31 Oct 2008 11:44pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Hello! Nice to meet you in cubist fashion!
Cool idea :)
1 Nov 2008 5:25am
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
How did I miss this one?! Very creative! Maybe next time we can see a bit more of you! ;)
13 Nov 2008 6:26am
Lynne's Somewhat Invented Life from United States
A great, creative shot. Loved your history, too. 50 countries! Amazing. I don't think I can NAME 50 countries.
14 Dec 2008 3:31am
Pentax K200D
1/90 second
F/2.8
ISO 400
135 mm (35mm equiv.)