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self portrait
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Unlike Ru --- I never want to see myself --- the mental image of myself is way better that what people see --- I can live with that illusion.

and maybe that is why I like photography, or maybe that is the same reason, I suck at photographing people --- this is an attempt --- actually I'm lying, this shot was not composed (i.e I did not look through the lense to shoot it): I just tweaked a few things (aparture, exposure, shfited the lense a bit) and positioned the camera and clicked.

I still enjoy the randomness of doing that.

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09h24 Wednesday
04, June
2008
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school, kids, department of communication, exhibition, sabc, centre, mahikeng, mafikeng, north west, south africa, africa
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26 Comments
 
  1. lebogang nkoane

    ps: keeping inline with the b&w theme of today: and it's raining outside.

  2. Bafana

    this is a dope image.

    nina sum1

    Im actually laughing at u saying that u suck at taking pics of people
    cause this is v. dope!

    *****************

    what are they looking at?
    and why does one of the girls look disgusted!? and the other girl's licking her lips?

    SMH LN! (LOL)

  4. lebogang nkoane

    I suck, because what I want as a result is never what I get --- each face tells it's own story, or hides the entire story ---

    I think they were 'googling' something --- to my disgust* and surprise their search phrase was, (drum roll, hi-hat): 'physical science'

    I don't know why their facial expressions where such considering what they were searching for.

    *I was hoping for a 'usher', 'lil jon' type search queries --- but it appears there were obsessed with education than entertainment.

    daniel

    i will get a portrait of you and you will like it...

  6. lebogang nkoane

    never!

    unless Scarlett Johansen(f7) is in the background.

    *arggggggggggg just got hit by a massive headache!

  7. æ

    SMS

    I like it: "Education now, all else later"

    and there's a lot of maths here too: symmetry, asymmetry etc

    and the kontrast.... I like a lot

  8. Khumbelo

    loving the b+w shots today ish...this is dope.

  9. twiggle stix

    Dope!

  10. ntsasa

    bana ba sekolo, bana ba sekolo,
    'tlang sekolong, 'tlang sekolong,
    Utloa tshipi ea lla, utloa tshipi ea lla,
    ding, dong bell!

  11. lebogang nkoane

    thats freaky ntsasa!

    when I was there -- that was the song in my head --- with school kids e-v-e-r-y where!

    but is it not: ding dong belele?

  12. æ

    ting dong belele )lol(

  13. Juxtapose

    this shot ke number, there's a mixture of delight and disgust in their faces. wonder what they looking at

  14. lebogang nkoane

    google results tend to do that.

  15. NguJaz

    nina sum1: maybe she related to LL Cool J -- nothing serious -- ghetto LipIce

  16. Stefanie Jason

    ^ ^ ^
    maybe u right! i never thought of that!!
    (LOL)

  17. ntsasa

    @LN & AE ok he, it's ting dong belele.
    I was just trying to jazzalayz it you know.

  18. rudzani

    This is a great shot Lebogang. Dope indeed!

  19. Makhaya

    beautiful.

  20. Bareng Rakuba

    @ Lebogang.........havnt u posted a pic of urself @ Sinah Ntholi Nkoane?

    A clean, fresh cut of black and white, I like it.

  21. lebogang nkoane

    Bareng: http://sinah.org/tags/tag/self

  22. Bareng Rakuba

    Thanx 4 the link Lebogang but I browsed Sinah Ntholi Nkoane after my comment, and came across some 2 dope pics of urself.

  23. Makhaya

    and what about the high school shot...that was cool.

  24. loymad

    This is too nice. Too real... too much.

    Snapped

    milsation

    This photograph...it's beautiful, it looks aged - which one are you? you don't know me but I found a comment you made about Mantsho last year and I only found it (the comment) now. Infact I found out about this site/blogpage whatever it is now and I thought I should follow up to your question...where is Mantsho stuff available? The range from Fashion Week last year is available from the Mantsho Studio in the Vaal. Where are you? I work with Palesa, my job is to find people like you - interested in the brand, educating them about it and befriending them and their wallets. Lol. We also need a photographer to take pics of her show this year at Fashion Week in August. Please contact me: my email address is milisuthandobongela@gmail.com.

    Thanks,
    Milli

  26. Bareng Rakuba

    A milliion thanks to the master...........

    *bows

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