Self…

Ok… if you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you’ll recall that you can probably count the number of posts with a human in it on one hand, with fingers left over.

You’ll also recall that there are not any images of me – hell, that’s why I take pictures – so that I don’t have to be in any of them!!

And finally, the overwhelming vast majority of my images have little or no editing done to them.

Since photography is supposed to be all about working outside of your comfort zone; and breaking all 3 of those “rules” for my little slice of the blogosphere, I present you with this image.

 

frontier life

 

I lived in this little log cabin for a week – representing life in Texas during the 1870s.   Everyone tends to think that by after the Civil War, Dallas was a “big” town – not necessarily true, as the western frontier in Texas was only a few days ride to the west!   The stuff I’m wearing is appropriate for the 1870s time period, and presents a “nice” contrast to the otherwise pretty rough log cabin walls in the background; while I’m mimicking many a “cowboy” pose that I’ve run across working on research for one project or another.

Took the image using a tripod, 10 second timer, no flash and lots of trial and error. 😉

~ by Derrick Birdsall on April 7, 2011.