Eeeewwwww! Take photos of myself. I would rather eat dogfood! lol It is a thought, though. My oldest daughter complained recently that I never get in the pictures (because I'm behind the camera). Thinking on it, though.
There are free photography lessons
here If the pictures don't show up, click
here. (I read somewhere that the lessons are there as a tutorial without the live support mentioned in lesson 1.) Each lesson ends with an assignment. Lesson 1 is about composition and impact.
Assignment 1: Take at least one abstract photo based entirely on some of the compositional rules we talked about. Subjects should not be recognizable. Post your photo online and send me a link, along with an explanation of why you think the composition makes a visually interesting image.
Assignment 2: Students will take pictures of a subject from various viewpoints (near, far, from above, below, behind). Creativity is encouraged. Likewise, post your best two or three photos of the subject online and send me a link, along with an explanation of which you think is most visually appealing and why.
I've only read two lessons, but they seem really good so far. It would be fun to do them together, post in the gallery and comment here.
Alright, off to get up ds for basketball practice!