What you might be looking for in every meaningful portrait is the appearance of a connection with your subject. Are they comfortable enough with you to stare into your camera? Can they be strong and calm?
Amy. Hasselblad Camera. 150mm lens. Kodak T-Max 400 CN film. Big light.
Hi - Maybe it's the monitor but the blown-out highlights on her cheeks are overpowering her meaningful gaze - at least for me.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the blog btw.
Avram, thanks for the feedback but I think your monitor is set up too hot. There's detail in the highlights. The very highest reading I get in the highlights is around 235.
ReplyDeleteI have the same feeling as Avram. And was related to some of your latest portraits. Anyway the portraits are just stunning.
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ReplyDeleteWelcome back, I so enjoy your posts, verbose as they tend to be.
Try not to take yourself so seriously. You and your cameras are soon enough dust.
Here is a recent moment, lucky me to have camera in pocket:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t294/andrewkirk/Papooseweb.jpg
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Andrew, Thanks, and, I hope you were able to get back out....
DeleteKT...I am still in there if only in my photo-brain. Thanks for the reply and thanks for the now shorter posts.
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This portrait is timeless. A true work of art.
ReplyDeleteWow. To instantly fall in love with. Or drop dead gorgeous. Don't know what else to say...
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