June 2012 Portraits

[mono]

Made a portrait of Tina.

13x18cm Foma 100 iso. Universal Heliar 300mm.

In doubt:

Shall I leave it as is, or should I crop away her breasts? I guess the very best solution would have been to leave the photo as it is, but with some kind of dress...

What do you think?
Small attachment shows a crop.

As already mentioned her hanging shoulders are not to her best advantage!

[nray]

Great job.

[nray]

What a great bunch of portraits here. Really nice work.

[Emil Schildt]

As already mentioned her hanging shoulders are not to her best advantage!

well - I respectfully disagree. I asked her to sit and relax, which she did in a natural way (IMHO). So I have no problems with the shoulders....

[Mark Sawyer]

Emil, for me, the breasts and shoulders aren't an issue, but I like seeing the ends of her hair. They seem "cropped off" in the cropped version. But it's hard to say... after seeing one version, it's hard to unsee it to consider just the other on its own.

[Zewrak]

I think the shoulders and the breasts work well together. Keep all four. Love the model.

[Emil Schildt]

Emil, for me, the breasts and shoulders aren't an issue, but I like seeing the ends of her hair. They seem "cropped off" in the cropped version.

Bingo.
That's my "problem", and the reason I proberly should just have let her stay clothed....

Aah well.

[Old-N-Feeble]

Who, in their right mind, would crop a nice set of young perky breasts? Are you going insane or just getting old?!? I agree with others that she needs to improve her posture. But her breasts are pretty darned nice. LEAVE THOSE ALONE!!

Made a portrait of Tina.

13x18cm Foma 100 iso. Universal Heliar 300mm.

In doubt:

Shall I leave it as is, or should I crop away her breasts? I guess the very best solution would have been to leave the photo as it is, but with some kind of dress...

What do you think?
Small attachment shows a crop.

[Gary Samson]

Linhof Technika, Rodenstock 150, Polaroid 55

A really breathtaking portrait!

[Mark Sawyer]

Bingo.
That's my "problem", and the reason I proberly should just have let her stay clothed....

Aah well.

That's why God invented a second side to the film holder...

I prefer unclothed, even if there's "nothing showing". It takes away that veneer, literally strips it down to just the person. (But then, I don't do nudes myself; I just don't know any naked ladies.) Perhaps if you'd pulled her hair back just a little, so it followed the curves of her shoulders like that one strand on the picture's left, and her tresses would have ended two or three inches higher? But this is an American tradition called "Monday morning quarterbacking", speculating after the work is done, and quite unfair. It's really quite a lovely, sensitive and thoughtful portrait just as it is, however it's cropped.