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Tara, The Portrait Witch
@theportraitwitch.bsky.social
Weirdo
Fine Art Photographer
Visual Artist
Portraits & Self-portraits
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Lover of Occult, Fantasy, Horror & Pop Culture
Week 15/52 - Monochrome Magic

Make a compelling black & white image.

#photography #landscape #blackandwhite
April 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Week 14/52 - Wax Works

Make an image using candlelight.

I went for sinister vibes. . .

Finish this caption:

On a dark and stormy night . . .

#photography #portrait #candlelight
April 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Week 13/52 - In The Shallows

Make a set of images with your lens wide open.

#photography #bokeh #softfocus
April 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Week 12/52 - High Key

High Key is not really my thing. So here's my weird attempt.

#photography #highkey #weird
March 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
An environmental portrait of my main squeeze in the chaos he calls a shop.

#portraits #environmentalportrait #photography
March 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Week 11/52 - Frozen In Time

This week's challenge was to stop time with fast shutter speeds.

I played with liquid drops.

These are my top 4 of the 13 images I edited.

#photography #abstract #waterdrop
March 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Week 10/52 - Mirror Reflection

Make an image using creative reflections.

I wandered through my house looking for reflections and then created some of my own.

#photography #reflection #creative
March 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Week 9/52 - Master The Masters

Emulate the style of a photographer you admire.

I made 3 attempts these are my final images in the style of @pascalestable and @anastaija_food on Instagram.

Sweet treats from the local Save On Foods.

#foodphotography #photography #desserts
March 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Week 8/52 - Still Life

Set up a still life scene and photograph it.

I enjoy photographing beverages so I decided to do my shoot around Absinthe.

Fire & Ice

This brings me up-to-date on my 52-week project here. So I'll be updating weekly from now on.

#photography #stilllife #productphotography
February 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Week 7/52 - The Big Blue

Make a set of three images during blue hour.

The example for this one showed interesting archtecture with orange lighting that contrasted with blue of the hour. With -37°C temps, I stuck around my acreage.

#photography #bluehour #personalproject
February 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Week 6/52 - Blaze A Trail

I was supposed to capture light trails in a scene but I live on an acreage and we've been in a deepfreeze so I decided to play with light indoors. I used 2 flashlights with fibre optic tips and gels inserted on strings hanging from my ceiling.

#photography #lightpainting
February 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Week 5/52 - Polar Opposites

Explore using a Circular Polarizer.

I took this indoors since everything around me is white at the moment.

The polarizer cuts the reflection and makes the colours richer.

#photography #experiments
February 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Week 4/52 - Facing The Light

Find 3 interesting shapes or subjects and create a set of silhouettes.

I chose some of my favourite ornaments and then plsyed with coloured LED lights.

#photography #silhouette #personalproject
February 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Week 3/52 - Otherworldly

Make an otherworldly image using an Infrared camera or filter.

The third week of January is not the ideal time to experiment with an Infrared filter but I did what I could. I look forward to experimenting further in the summer.

#photography #infrared #landscape
February 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Week 2/52 of 52 Assignment: Exposure

Out From The Dark

The assignment was to create a low key image that gives just enough light to understand what you are seeing and creates a mood.

#lowkeylight #photography #moody
February 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Week 1/52 - Light The Way

Even though I generally focus on portraits, I love learning, so this year I am doing a 52-week project exploring exposure using thr book "52 Assignments" by Antony Zacharias.

Explore how moving the light, or yourself, changes the scene.

#photography #learn #exposure
February 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hello Weirdos.

This is a self-portrait inspired by @metallica.com Sad But True.

I love making weird pictures and this one is pary of an ongoing series I call the Jukebox Project.

#photography #art #music
February 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM