An Unconventional Portrait.

A Self-Portrait.

Today I shot an unconventional self-portrait. I became inspired to do a portrait like this after watching a video of the 2012 GPP shootout, in which I witnessed the genius of Gregory Heisler go to work in creating a beautiful self-portrait that did not actually have Heisler himself in the frame, merely a large format camera with a top hat on top, framed in the silhouette of Heisler's spectacles. This to me was a brilliant portrait of Heisler and demonstrated the award-winning photographer's prowess and finesse.

If you're interested, here's the video - http://vimeo.com/39140805

I had this in the back of my mind all the while shooting this photograph, incorporating two aspects; The first being my favourite beanie that holds with it many memories, as well as a sense of my love for music. The second aspect being my camera (i had to take this photo using my old 1000D). I feel that this portrait captured who I am and i'm extremely happy with it. I hope you enjoy it too.

Greetings...

Good Morrow,

Welcome to The Psychedelephant Blog on the world wide web.

Here you can follow the weekly adventures of Xavier Fennell as he attempts to make his way through life in a somewhat successful manner. Here you will see photograph's of these weekly adventures taken by Xavier along with a caption that will seem like it was written by a Baboon with bad Dementia.

The purpose of this Blog is not well thought out and almost destined for failure, but if you've made it this far then maybe you will enjoy what is to come; a sad, distorted mix of photography and words that dont really work together.

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