photo from week 176 - Ferrania Astor

reflected self portrait with Kodak Brownie 20 camera and purple silicone hat, a photo by pho-Tony on Flickr.

I wanted to hand hold my mirror portrait, which meant using a large aperture, with its associated shallow depth of field. I used a tape measure to position myslef, and set the focus to the minimum, 1 metre (so I was 50cm from the mirror). There is a sharp zone, but its plane is behind the camera in this shot.