Strangely, the lack of willing models forced me to get in front of the camera.

And now I kind of enjoy it. Shows, doesn’t it!

So glad on my second win as part of the +The Art of Self Portraiture Community

Originally shared by Lotus Carroll

October “Self Expression” Self Portrait Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners of last month’s Self Portrait Challenge!

First Place: Nynke B

Second Place: Lucille Galleli

Third Place: Barbara Chiodelli

Fourth Place: Dye Stormere

You can see their photos below – beautiful both visually and in meaning.

photos are cropped for the purpose of the mosaic – you can view the originals in the event linked below

The winners got prizes from our sponsors, and their photos will be featured in the Winners Category at The Art of Self Portraiture Community http://goo.gl/qc7VO Nynke’s first place image will become the avatar for the Community until next month!

Big thanks to all of our fantastic October sponsors, SmugMug, Capturing Couture, Think Tank Photo, & BorrowLenses – our winners will be enjoying great prizes from them. Make sure you follow them for great photography products and services.

Great job to everyone who submitted an image and thanks for participating!

All Submissions:

G+: https://goo.gl/ND7d02

FB: https://goo.gl/baaNuu

Honorable Mentions: https://goo.gl/hC1nxb

Finalists: https://goo.gl/g35Gf1

Are you ready for the next Challenge? It’s already up – view it here:

G+: https://goo.gl/LsOuFy

FB: TBA

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