Self Portrait week 7

My boyfriend has told me over and over that whenever I make this face, he feels so sad. He also inspired me to make a homeless orphan portrait. I had literally gone out all day taking photos for projects/fun, and I came back home to set up this shoot. I borrowed my mothers painting shirt for the holes and paint all over it, and my aunts jeans, which were ripped at the knees. I also grabbed a pair of torn apart sneakers from my closet, (I've had them for years now, and once they got ratty, used some pieces for a design project, so now there's barely anything left to them) and put them in front of me. I was aiming for a dirty, gross looking person portrait, so I sat down in front of the mirror and covered my face in coffee grinds, brown makeup smudges, and messed up my hair. I only used two lights in this photo, the ceiling, and a floor lamp, and it was taken at night. In order to compensate for the lack of light, I brought my ISO up to 1600. This was also taken at 1/160, on TV setting. What I would do differently, is that I'd smudge up my arm and knees more to make them look filthy too. I didn't want to embarrass myself too much, (So I didn't do it) but I was thinking about sitting in front of the stores in the town of Cornwall (my home town, hence why I didn't do it..) I think with a group of friends there next time, I will attempt this one. For now, all I smell is coffee.