My top images were taken with the self-timer set on 10 seconds on the camera. I propped the camera on a table and took the image from across it. The bottom photo was taken by holding the camera under my leg. I took the photos in my room after school on day. I decided to take the Obama to show off my playful, liberal side. I staged the book portrait, because I love to read. Everyday I go home and read so I really wanted to show off my love of books and the stories they create. I took the foot shot, because track is such a huge part of my life, so it was very important to highlight track in to my portraits. And the smiling image was just taken because I wanted to show off a almost normal portrait, that almost gave more insight to my comedic side. My pictures were successful because I used the self timer correctly, and showed off my personality.