How about a New Portrait thread?

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Originally Posted by jetcode

Here is another, a fairly ordinary image except for her eyes. This model was pretty amazing. I have some other images where she brought a lot of character to the images. Canham 5x7, some lens, some film, some fun.

Joe Thibodeau

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Joe, while the selection of the sclera was imperfect, it does have the hand of the artist and I thought you were being creative. It goes with the effect of the piercings! Leave it like that! The spirits were guiding you!

Asher

another ektar aero shot,
i'm in love with this camera!

regards

stefan

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Originally Posted by Asher Kelman

Joe, while the selection of the sclera was imperfect, it does have the hand of the artist and I thought you were being creative. It goes with the effect of the piercings! Leave it like that! The spirits were guiding you!

Asher

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You're cracking me up Asher. Time to go turn my rags into riches and then back too rags again!

Joe

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Originally Posted by jetcode

You're cracking me up Asher. Time to go turn my rags into riches and then back too rags again!

Joe

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Joe,

Anyone can follow the rules of 2/3rds, have the tonality perfect and so forth. That's technical. However, breaking the rules uses them to turn things on their head. You picture is otherwise well done. If you print it large and in fact emphasize the eye, then it will be perceived as having some allegorical meaning to be interpeted in the line of the body piercing (ie mutilation). Just an idea to think about.

Yes it's opportunistic, but hey, you might be able to exploit that! :)

Remember "You can't be a whore unless you're willing to let your pants down", an Asherism!

Asher

This is an image taken in Laoag City, PI (Jan 2007). 5X7 / 450 Nikkor M.

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Originally Posted by Asher Kelman

Joe,

Anyone can follow the rules of 2/3rds, have the tonality perfect and so forth. That's technical. However, breaking the rules uses them to turn things on their head. You picture is otherwise well done. If you print it large and in fact emphasize the eye, then it will be perceived as having some allegorical meaning to be interpeted in the line of the body piercing (ie mutilation). Just an idea to think about.

Yes it's opportunistic, but hey, you might be able to exploit that! :)

Remember "You can't be a whore unless you're willing to let your pants down", an Asherism!

Asher

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Thanks Asher - here's to whoredom, cheers!

that's really nice Donald - joe

Portrait of an Angel,
"Clorinda"
Lima-Peru

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Originally Posted by janepaints

Your image is lovely. It has something of the haunting 'thereness' of daguerrotypes. Natural light?

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Thanks so much Jane - I'm chuffed that you like it! (I'm a great admirer of the images and stories you have posted.) My picture was lit with a strobe in a biggish softbox.

Cheers, M

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Originally Posted by Donald Miller

This is an image taken in Laoag City, PI (Jan 2007). 5X7 / 450 Nikkor M.

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Donald this is a beautiful portrait!