A self-portrait, shot with a single 600W strobe @1/4 power and lantern modifier.

Camera details
Nikon D850
Sigma 85mm
f/10
1/160sec
ISO 31

I made a series of these and then decided, with later shots, to add the shell necklaces that were a gift from my sister. We're Samoan, but these necklaces come from other Islands. Mostly from Tuvalu, with others from the Cook Islands and Tokelau.

Converted to BW in Photoshop with minor tweaks to the sharpness.

There is an asymmetry to this image, not just with the necklaces etc, that makes this image uncomfortable for my friends and family, as I am not normally this stoic in person. That might have been because at the time I shot this I was not feeling well and by the end of the day I was rushed to hospital with pneumonia. My family who are medical professionals said I was one of the many walking sick that they have seen over the winter.

Cool.