SELF-PORTRAIT

I am fairly pleased with my self portrait. I used a soft box, light stand and a 17-50 lens. I originally had done a trial self portrait and used Alex as my model. I had planned to use a rim light behind my head and the have the soft box angled at a 45 degree angle to my right. BUT I was lacking a flash and was forced to use one light source. I was ALSO lacking a tripod so i had to use a chair and a stack of books to support my camera. I had to manual focus my camera, then set the timer for 10 seconds. After a LONG two hours and numerous shots, I finally got 3 poses that I was pleased with. I will list them in order from least favorite to most favorite. My settings were ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.8, 1/320sec.