I wanted to come up with a fairly original portrait for this challenge, and I had fun doing this. It is a little play on the popular optical illusion that can be seen as either 2 faces looking at eachother or a vase.
In total darkness, I set the shutter speed to 10 seconds, and set the self timer. I then dashed infront of the camera and switched on and off a desk lamp twice as my "flash" to illuminate the two different positions. It was a little difficult to get my posture, expressions, height, and lighting similar enough to work. I also wanted to make sure the two faces were close enough so a "vase" was recognizable between them.
I only wish I had some better lighting equipment so I could setup real flashes and activate them remotely. That's on my todo list.
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