In-front of the lens

Just thought I would share an image with you this afternoon. 

This is a self-portrait of myself, using a lovely large format camera. It is actually rather funny as I rarely ever turn the camera onto myself, and I recently decided that for some of my projects this year at uni, I would go against the norm, but the very first time I do, I get the craziest mark down the front of the negative… is it telling me something? … perhaps it is better to just stick behind the lens!!!???