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Good mysterious mood created

Top shot Johdie. Luv it

Beautiful work – always intrigued by a self portrait. Superb shot!

Love the shot aswell Johdie,beautiful.

Excellent portrail of self. The image has a shadow of vulnerability with a hint of confidence. I love the monotone finish of the capture.

I love the light in this portait. Gorgeous.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments. All I use for light is my halogen desk lamp, one day I’ll find a better way of doing things.. but it’s working for me at the moment.

stunning!

perfect shot…

this is fantastic. very intimate and raw self portrait.

i love the gentleness of this

Magnificent contrast!

Great self portrait.

Absolutely agree with all the above… it is a beautiful shot!!! I realy like the contrast and the look of deep contemplation.

Well done!

This the start of an exciting adventure for you if you keep this standard up.

Thanks mswift, I try to keep my standards high without being too hard on myself.

Simple yet effective love it

Beautiful – the light, the composition, the softness and of course the subject. Top stuff Johdie

Beautifully executed….beautiful model

So delicate and angelic. Well done.

Lovely pose and model.

Very soft and beautiful…

Beautiful Shot

such a brilliant shot….I like your style!

I’d stick to the halogen desk lamp its producing beautiful results. Lovely shot.

Great lighting.. I like you work

I am totally captivated…

great tonal quality….........well done!

very sweet.

you are beautiful in this shot. love the light and shadow goin on…

excellant portrait

Love the light here. Great shot

Beautiful !

Very nice image, and beutiful tones

Mick

Thanks very much everyone. I really appreciate all the compliments. I think this turned out well considering I took it behind my door where there was only a metre of wall space.. with my camera balanced on whatever I could find near by.. boxes and the like..

sensual, sooo. !

you have captured a real feeling of depth in this photo

stunning cropping and mood of the piece !

gorgeous shot.. the lighting is perfect

sensual, soo !

wonderful light…pretty model.

Thanks very much guys.

wow…what a shot…..a classic expressions creating a dramatic tones all the way…..great work & awesome title.

Cheers Shree, glad you think so.

Beautiful really the best work wonderful! Glad you are self taught.

Thanks so much ginnymac. I like doing it my own way.

beautifull …

Lovely portrait

SO BEAUTIFUL! you’re gorgeous and the shadow is perfectly placed :)

You’ve really set the mood in this photograph Johdie. The highlights and shadows rendered by the lighting are cast to near perfection for this photo in particular, making it look soft and appealing in the way one looks at it from first glance. Your expression and pose seem to add to the over all emotion of the picture.

Keep up the great work Johdie :).

Beautiful image.

Lovely use of light, and the contrast is beautiful.
Great work here

Excellent work

marvellous light..wonderful pic..beautiful model

Excellent Image Mate ! all thumbs up

The resemblance to Audrey Hepburn is fantastic. Great use of black and white, beautiful light and the contrast with the shadows.

Wonderful light. Very nicely done.

Beautiful lighting and woman.

Alexia, I didn’t see that resemblance but I’ve always loved the way she photographs so thanks very much.

And to everyone. Thank you for your comments.. they sneak up on me and I don’t get to reply.

excellent photo.

Excellent, well done!

That is absolutely wonderful!!!

i’m back here … just to say – it amazing shoot and i’m really hate the “reply” button too :-)

it’s awesome! the light is so good and the model really gorgeous, well done!

very nicely done. nice pose and great lighting. and of course. nice black and white. you have some very interesting work. It seems to go with the way you described yourself.

y! arent you just so beautiful

beautiful self portrait! your use of lighting is perfect! wonderful!

nice emotions…. light is nice…

oozes style, great photography comes from the head not what camera or gear you have, and this is great.

Wow! Really great lighting and shadows! I like the pose. Great photo!

Beautiful! Love the way you have used the light.

Great self portrait.

This is exquisite. Utterly & effortlessly beautiful.

Beautiful image …tones and light are lovely..

i think this ooozes beauty…..well done

Another wonderful photogrpah. Its so difficult to shoot yourself (er… if you get my meaning!) I love that you have left the empty space away from your face. Well done. I’ll have to favourite one so I can come back to them

your photos really blew me away and this one no different, I can’t believe all these photos were taken by a 17 yo! Great photos from an excellent photographer

A stunning self-portrait. Incredible lighting and tonal contrasts. Beautifully framed. You have an incredible talent :-)

I love the use of shadow. Very good photo.

Awesome work! Please consider submitting this to Moody and Evocative

Stunning lighting.
This is beautiful.

Great shot

Hi THere! Just wanted to let you know that this photo has been used as the cover image for the following challenge. Sadness Please feel free to join the group and enter this or anothe rone of your works into the challenge. THank you!

I love this, the expression, lighting and composition, wonderful work.
I would really appreciate if you would join The X Group and add this and any other images, many thanks :)

Stunniong shot Johdie. The offer is still there if you want to exhibit in the gallery

beautiful shot!!

I chose your beautiful image for the homepage. Congratulations :)

Congratulations on the RED BUBBLE Home Page Feature. (April 13th 2009)

You’re beautiful! love it.

A desk lamp, a meter of empty wall space, a tripod made of “boxes and the like” and a willingness to share your vulnerability with the world. Art will not be denied. Congratulations, Johdie, on a well-deserved home page feature.

Well done on getting on the home page. It is a beautiful shot. Will have to get me a desk lamp!x

fantastic capture with the light, great work

great emotional piece !!

I’ve always loved this image… Yay for being on the homepage! :D

great self portrait. congrats on making the homepage

I am exhausted from having to scroll down to the bottom of all of the comments on this one picture. As a rule, I very rarely comment on artworks (even less so for photographs), but I have to break that rule say that this photo is superb. If you can do this with just a camera resting on whatever, imagine what you could do in a proper studio!!

Stunning. Love the lighting and the mood! Congrats on making the homepage!

Oh I LOVE this!! So artistic…...so powerful…...you have done a fantastic job with this gem!!!!!!!

This is really beautiful, great emotion captured!! Congrats on the home page feature!! :)

So lovely! It fits perfectly in the First Things Group!

Amazing and enigmatic and cool – beautiful work!

WELL DONE for featuring on the redbubble homepage.
your work is really great
Christian Zammit

Exquisit, very thought provoking and well titled. That halogen lamp works a treat….

Great job! love the work!

awesome work.congrats on the homepage and all the best ♥♥♥♥

Excellent composition. Love the posing and lighting

I love the pose and light. You always seem to get an original look. Great work!!

caught this on the home page…
excellent photography, great framing

The shadowing and texture is amazing. Great job!

love this!!!

beautiful, soft, empowering