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S E L F - P O R T R A I T Fujifilm X100F | 23mm | 1/125sec | f/4.5 | ISO 1600
#4 Bring classic
fiction to life
THE STORYTELLING old ball gown to wear. The
power of photography is photos were all taken in my
has been extremely well living room.
documented over the years, “The trickiest part of the
but Laura Brown (instagram. shoot by far was lining up my
com/fuschia_photo) has taken reflection in the mirror as I was
this narrative prowess to taking the pictures by myself,
another level with a series of but by using the interval timer
self-portraits that encapsulate shooting mode on my Fujifilm
her love of reading and passion X100F, I was eventually able to
for photography. capture the shots I needed.
“The goal of this project was “Setting the camera up on
a simple one – to emphasise a sturdy tripod is essential for
the immersive power of reading this sort of shoot, especially
and how real the stories in our when post-processing is
favourite books can often feel required. Because I knew I
to us. The main inspiration for needed to edit multiple images
this project was Slade House, together, primarily due to the
one of my favourite gothic reflection in the mirror, I had to
novels. The book features a ensure that the camera didn’t
period house with haunted move between the different
paintings, so I sourced some takes. The editing of the mirror
period-style props to use within reflection was so much easier Above Laura has depicted her favourite novels, such as David
the composition and found an as a result.” Mitchell’s Slade House, through a series of self-portraits.
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