Guardian Camera Club: Sabine Thole on portraiture

Ich http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabinethoele/4163460862/ For this brief I wanted to try out the use of different light sources - artificial light as in " Hey there" and natural light at different times of the day as in the other photos. To make up numbers I also did this self portrait but found it difficult to get the right depth of field whilst using the self timer. In the end I just held the camera at arms length and used auto focus. To catch the light coming in from the window in the afternoon I had to lie on the kitchen floor, the kitchen cabinet provided the simple background. Photograph: Sabine Thole/guardian.co.uk

Not a morning person http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabinethoele/4163554886/ Photograph: Sabine Thole/guardian.co.uk

A tale of two halves http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabinethoele/4135952549/ Taken at lunchtime in the park when the sun light was quite harsh and emphasises the two different halves of the face Photograph: Sabine Thole/guardian.co.uk

Life is good http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabinethoele/4162697091/ This was taken in the afternoon when the sun was still shining using only the light coming in through the window Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Hey there http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabinethoele/4128655745/ This is the only photo where I used the artificial light in the staircase where this photo was taken Photograph: Sabine Thole/guardian.co.uk

Still not a morning person http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabinethoele/4125837456/ Taken in the morning using only the light coming from the window Photograph: Sabine Thole/guardian.co.uk