Super Selfie - The first self portrait I ever took

Many moons ago when I first started getting into photography and all I had was a little Kodak point and shoot (the Kodak Easyshare z740) I took my very first self portrait. To be fair, its not my favourite type of photography and I rarely do it, but even now, years later I still like this shot. It was difficult to accomplish, mainly because I had no idea what I was doing.. even if my camera was set to 'auto'.

I often use this shot if I need an avatar for a website, or if I want to feel better about myself.. because I promise you, I don't fit into that t-shirt anymore, I threw out the suit years ago for the same reason and god only knows where the belt went! Not that it would fit me anymore! yuck. (I do still have the tie - you don't throw away ties)

Ok enough self-hate, back to business. I took this as a colour shot and then decided to use the selective colour technique to highlight the superman t-shirt. I really like the way it turned out. Selective colour is one of those techniques that can be really cool if used properly, but if used poorly will just be super ugly. I think I got away with it here.