See You on the Other Side

This week I entered the "reflections" competition organised by Bedworth and Exhall Camera Club. I didn't win, but each of my images scored 8 out of 10, which I was pretty pleased with. The images were a pair of self portraits called "See You on the Other Side", and here they are:

Bored, bored, bored

I am so bored at the moment you would not believe it. The novelty of having nothing to do all day other than watch Neighbours whilst having lunch has worn off, and I actually really want to start my new job now. And it's been a whole week since I got to shoot a gig - the horror! Luckily, I am set to cover In Flames this weekend so that should be fun.

Anyway, this extra time has had me reading through my photography magazines and got me trying me out things in Photoshop that I'd not had chance to do previously. Today, I was trying out ways of enhancing portraits and so, not having decent ones to hand, I decided to take some self portraits, which are posted below. Not only did I learn the technique that I wanted, you also all get to see just how bored I've been!

So here it is, what I'll call simply "Bored"

I also made this triptych, which I am pretty pleased with, particularly the far right shot:

You'll be glad to know that this kept me amused for a while, but now I'm done I'm bored again. Oh well, Friday tomorrow, and supposedly the sun's going to shine this weekend as well. Hurrah!