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Saturday
02Aug2008

Superhero Photo Challenge: A self-portrait of your feet

If you haven't already discovered them, I can't recommend the Photojojo newsletter enough! It offers up tips, photo ideas and resources in a fun, unintimidating way. Their article on sharpening images totally changed my life. They did a piece recently on vacation photos with a twist, that included one of my personal faves: pics of your feet! 

As I searched around for images to inspire you, I learned a thing or two about good feet photos!

1. Feet up against the sky is my all time favorite method. You can grab or friend or go solo.

2. Cool backgrounds for your feet always help.

3. Feet on the counter totally works too (who would've thunk?)

4. Putting your feet at the bottom of the frame, or leaving a lot of space has a cool effect.

5. Simple is always beautiful.

I look forward to hearing what you discover and what creative ways you take this challenge on. Up with feet! or down with feet! Your choice.

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DateSaturday, August 2, 2008 | AuthorAndrea Scher | in

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    Response: Best Foot Forwawrd
    by Debbie Schinker at Schinker's Shutterbug Site on August 2, 2008
    My greatest guilty foot pleasure is getting a spa pedicure, which I try to do once a year, usually right before the 4th of July. And since my feet are oft-seen on the 4th, as I (usually) tromp around on the tarps on the Esplanade for the entire day before the ...
  • Response
    Response: Superhero Bowling Feet
    by Meryl at My Bit of Earth on August 3, 2008
    Well, um, after four months of flip flops my feet are so not ready to be photographed in their natural state.

Reader Comments (50)

ooh feet. lately one of my favourite ways take self portraits of my feet involves been a light-hunter in fancy shoes and seeking out the final rays of light of the evening as they stream between trees:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2656858304/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/missvivienne/2629702025/

i love photojojo too....so many good tips!
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentervivienne
This reminds me of the time my family was at the Renaissance Festival and I let my son use my camera. I guess he was pressing the shutter and then immediately dropping the camera, because we ended up with a whole series of shots of his feet. I kept them all just to remember the day my son shot himself in the feet. ;)
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Potter
We went to a small city in the Czech Republic a few weeks ago. It was during a holiday weekend and no food establishments were open, aside from McDonalds. So here we are in Europe, and we ate about four meals in a row at McDonalds because we had zero other options, literally.

Just wanted to explain why I took the following picture...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/britspit/2674241723/in/set-72157606203266234/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterbrittany
Here are my boys with their feet in the mud. http://flickr.com/photos/cloudscome/2711080436/in/set-72157606250721422/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercloudscome
I love taking photos of my feet. People think they look funky because I have the whole `second toe longer than big toe` thing going on but I love them anyways. This isn't a photo of me barefoot but it's still my feet wrapped in pretty little shoes.

http://wonderingsandwanderings.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/making-a-path/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJeanine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2725129576/
thats for the days that I HAVE to wear shoes...
but other than that, I'd rather run around barefoot... It's when I feel most comfortable, and myself. socks and shoes are just restriction.
Have to be free to run around in the grass and mud with my dancing feet.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edarcy/2379390394/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentere.darcy
http://3yrplan.typepad.com/photos/margies_photos/good-foot-bad-foot.html

this is not a recent photo, and the explanation will seem rather odd, i often test myself to gauge the weakness in my left side. nice colour on the toes though.
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermargie
Photo jojo is a favourite of mine too. Love the leafy foot portrait ! I'll make sure I do one too when I'm off on my next little trip tomorrow :)
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRhiannon
I went to Cancun last winter and this is the photo I shared on my blog.
http://fifthlampdown.blogspot.com/2008/02/hola.html
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJess
now, this challenge is right up my alley! happens to be that i have an entire set of feet photos... gosh, what’s wrong with me? :)

one of my favorites:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2287688080/

and my foot fetish set (more for the love of shoes... but whatever!)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/sets/72157603682485173/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercamerashymomma
i took the sisters to the inner harbor last weekend and i snapped their feet.

http://angryasian12.blogspot.com/2008/07/inner-harbor-madness.html
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLan
In my yoga class we always begin by firmly planting our feet so that our bodies are free to move as they need to. I love the idea of feet firmly planted in a moment so that our minds are free to fully enjoy it.

Here is a recent photo that seems to fit.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagechica/2723885571/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEren
I'm always taking pictures of my feet to share my socks, but this one is my fave!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatswanniettaknittingtoday/62639592/in/set-1186652/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterWannietta
Beautiful feet
are hard to find,
with one exception.
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjfrancis
cold water....warm heart!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammymom/2725506726/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterELK
taking pictures while swinging may be a bit tricky, but it produces a pretty picture:
http://purpleinme.blogspot.com/2008/06/sky-high_25.html
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentertrupeach
I don't particularly like my own feet, or anyone else's (of the adult type!--babyfeet--ROCK!!), so this self-portrait is a rarity for me.
On vacation in Florida two weeks ago...{{sigh}}...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25773211@N07/2724869963/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commentermnkathy
I love feet photos!!!
Here are mine...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iheartjimmyhank/2687436067/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBridget
I SO wanted to spend more time on this one but the weekend schedule just won't allow it. I stuck to the simple approach. My feet in my favorite pair of flipflops at my favorite spot in my house.

http://www.betrankphotography.com/blog/2008/8/2/shutter-sisters-superhero-challenge-shot-my-pedi-portrait.html
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBet
this was fun. my feet appear in a lot of my pics. the only part of me i find easy to click. today i found some polaroid film, (YAY) so took a picture in a picture.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14811117@N02/2726057350/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkristin
This was taken a little over a month ago.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2599171299_17632da2ed_o.jpg
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMelissa (Photomom86)
Ha! How fun! I just took a photo of my lower legs and feet at the Platte River last week. My newly turned 2 yr old is in the shot as well (he's my shadow you know).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rstarrphotography/2725470093/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRose
Watching the boats come in and go out of the boatyard...I LOVE SUMMER!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/2726376700/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKathleen
taken on mother's day, after our first pedicure date.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9032846@N03/2494728065/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKim the Midwife
I didn't know that other people did this, too. I think one of the first shots I took with this camera was of my feet. This shot is of my feet and my daughter's hands. We did our nails all special for the 4th of July.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26029966@N02/2726360263/
August 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle S
I love weird toe nail polish; I was gardening the other day and there were my yellow toes peeking out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23257912@N08/2707772494/
August 3, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterraina
http://flickr.com/photos/ridethewavesoflife/2727402138/sizes/l/

---it just so happens that I have that photograph!
August 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBridge
I took these two pics just last weekend during a whirlwind visit to my parents in New Brunswick. I don't think I'd ever immortalized my toes like this before, but I remembered seeing similar pics amongst the Shutter Sisters and figured... why not?

On the beach: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2728541148/in/set-72157604073023608/

In the garden: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jagspace/2727713257/in/set-72157604073023608/

pace e bene,
August 3, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjag
My girl and I with matching red piggies...my favorite foot shot yet!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/christinator/2563479618/in/pool-shuttersisters
August 3, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChristina
This post makes me smile. For many years, I never liked my feet at all but that all changed when I started tango dancing and I could see what my feet could do for me.

When I first got my camera, I started taking pictures of my feet and came up with a couple of shots that I really liked (and now I do it off and on):

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2370593330/in/set-72157604032816253/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tangobaby2/2391059841/in/set-72157604032816253/
August 4, 2008 | Unregistered Commentertangobaby
My Feet:
http://kimberpic.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-feet.html

I recently found your blog, and love it. Thanks for giving us girls a place to hang out and share our work.
August 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKim
So excited to have one to share for this challenge!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianamama/2638410587/
August 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBriana
This was a really fun challenge, we love to take pictures of feet!

http://freemotion-kate.blogspot.com/2008/08/self-portrait-of-your-feet.html
August 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKate
I have zero creativity at the moment so here's my feet just as I'm starting to go down the stairs in my house.

http://flickr.com/photos/7914841@N08/2736432134/in/photostream/
August 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCocoa
I didn't realize I had such a foot fetish! Here is a recent shot of a mother and her two kids. They lined up like this without any prompting.

http://janetmanuelphotography.squarespace.com/blog/2008/5/6/jordan-joanie-beth.html
August 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJanet
Swinging with my niece & nephew...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/partonponderings/2747129428/
August 9, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterRachel Parton
I read your site all the time, but don't comment much. (sorry!!!) But I've really been trying to take on these photo challenges. They're fun and I am learning a lot, since I am just a new, aspiring photographer at this point. (still with a point and click...)

http://thenicoleshow.blogspot.com/2008/08/feet-feet-feettheyre-nifty-neat.html
August 19, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterNicole
Here is one from me. How funny, I just happened to take a picture of my cold toes in some leaves outside.
http://encircling.typepad.com/
November 7, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLeilalu

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