Self Portrait

I gave myself a goal back when I was attending Summer Intensive before I graduated. I wanted to take a real self portrait before the end of 2009. I had no idea what that meant, but I wanted to accomplish it. As time went by I thought about it often. What it was that I wanted. I wanted something that showed me. But what is ME?! Was it things. Events. People. What was it that said me? One night my husband and I sat down and talked about it. I had to do some serious soul searching and realized that it wasn't WHAT I did... It was the confidence that I had when I was doing it. I didn't need to be some where or have something in my picture to create that perfect self portrait that I wanted. I just needed to be confident. So, after figuring that out I tried to take a few and wasn't getting want I wanted. So I gave up for the time being. Then over Thanksgiving when I was taking my family portrait I saw in myself what I was looking for. So, today I went for it. A self portrait session in my house with the sun coming through our front windows perfectly.