It started with an idea. I wanted a shot of me sitting at the desk. I wasn't sure on the facial expression I would use, but I wanted to try several. Something that maybe expressed some concern over quitting a job. I set up the camera on a tripod and aimed it at the desk. I set the flash on another tripod and pointed it at a wall. Then I took several shots before stopping to check the result on the back of the camera.
Out of focus. Light too bright.
I moved the focus zone on the auto-focus and adjusted the light some. I didn't want to manually focus this shot because I was moving around a bit between shots. I just had to line myself up with the lens better.
My next group of shots was much better. I moved the flash around and re-composed the shot. While I had the setup, I wanted to try a few various poses and looks before settling on one quick snapshot.
More out of focus photos were included in that group. I was using a really narrow field of view which meant I had to have the focus right. A very narrow range of the image would be in focus and everything else slightly blurred. If I could have gotten behind the camera and taken your photo, it'd be no problem. But with me jumping from behind the camera to in front of the camera, it was a problem.
After eighty shots I selected some of my favorites and did some minor editing. I adjusted the crop, contrast, and black level before I posted the shot you saw the other morning.
Here's a few of those eighty shots that didn't make the cut:
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