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Shadyn at a vanity.
Jan 30, 2019 21:05:19 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
Shadyn at a vanity, not much else can be said except I do like setting these up.
Jan 30, 2019 23:29:13 #
Jan 31, 2019 06:33:39 #
jaymatt wrote:
Really, really busy.
But nice....
I do agree that the clutter of candles above her with the wild background is a bit distracting. Otherwise, I like the pose and use of the mirror.
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Jan 31, 2019 08:16:37 #
A Halloween setting/background. To much going on. I enjoy using mirrors but took a while to notice it,
Jan 31, 2019 08:59:13 #
the lot of clutter causes her to stand out. Like the way you used the mirror to capture her face - beautiful lady
Jan 31, 2019 09:10:24 #
jaymatt wrote:
Really, really busy.
It is a little busy BUT my eyes did gravitate towards one thing (well, two actually ) immediately.
Jan 31, 2019 09:36:20 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
One of the reasons that I post images to this forum is the male in put that I receive. I do enjoy reading your reactions to the photographs, the constructive communication helps me to stand outside of what was done and receive others vision of what is there that you see.
One of the difficulties for me is that I 'live' the images that are created. I am so close to the photograph that I need breathing room. As example, the reflection of Shadyn in the mirror makes the comment that the mirror was not noticed at first. It guides me to understand that the selection of Shadyn as the model reveals that this is pure and simply a nude study. The still life surrounding her is like the woman telling a story but more it is a distraction, a sort of relief from the round curves of her body.
An alternative title, Still Life with Figure, might give at better title and yet it acts to direct the viewer's thinking in a way that limits the possibilities for a more personal contact with the woman who is seated at a vanity.
One of the difficulties for me is that I 'live' the images that are created. I am so close to the photograph that I need breathing room. As example, the reflection of Shadyn in the mirror makes the comment that the mirror was not noticed at first. It guides me to understand that the selection of Shadyn as the model reveals that this is pure and simply a nude study. The still life surrounding her is like the woman telling a story but more it is a distraction, a sort of relief from the round curves of her body.
An alternative title, Still Life with Figure, might give at better title and yet it acts to direct the viewer's thinking in a way that limits the possibilities for a more personal contact with the woman who is seated at a vanity.
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Jan 31, 2019 10:43:52 #
Must have taken quite a bit of time to setup this photo. And the end result shows it.
Jan 31, 2019 10:59:43 #
JimG1
Loc: Waxahachie, TX
I like the background but I'm a big fan of environmental portraits. Rather than a Chef against aa sterile background I'd rather see him or her with their busy kitchen as the background. I like pictures that tell a story. A background like this allows my mind to build a story.
Jan 31, 2019 11:33:34 #
You have used mirrors before, and I like the result. However, in this one I feel the desk lamp (or whatever that glowing ball is) is in the wrong place. I would have preferred to see more of the mirror. In addition, a mirror with a more prominent frame would have created a lovely sub-portrait within the main image. I agree the background is busy, but it sort of works in this situation.
Jan 31, 2019 13:48:03 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
JimG1 wrote:
I like the background but I'm a big fan of environmental portraits. Rather than a Chef against aa sterile background I'd rather see him or her with their busy kitchen as the background. I like pictures that tell a story. A background like this allows my mind to build a story.
Thank you Jim, it is a large part of why I make photographs. Story telling is important, I agree. What makes me truly happy is to hear others tell the story they feel drawn from the objects in the view. The history of this is drawn from the presentation known as the tableau. Telling a story that has many possibilities and are presented and validated from the mind of the viewer.
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Jan 31, 2019 14:03:05 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
sb wrote:
But nice.... I do agree that the clutter of candles above her with the wild background is a bit distracting. Otherwise, I like the pose and use of the mirror.
I do agree that the clutter of candles above her with the wild background is a bit distracting. Otherwise, I like the pose and use of the mirror.I appreciate your comments. The hanging cloth is busy but then it is simulating the wall paper that might be found in such a location as the dressing stand. I wanted the candles to reflect the sense of heat and a warm glow for such a private quality of a woman at her toilet.
It lends it's effect to a voyeur like feel for the viewer. I often enjoy being in the dressing room with a model as they do their ritual of preparation to be special and not common every day event that the photographic event generates. I am often reminiscent of phrases and turns of humor that women friends reveal, like my good friend Deborah, she often refers to the place were a woman is not as The Dressing Room, but as The Undressing Room.
Jan 31, 2019 14:07:34 #
Timmers
Loc: San Antonio Texas.
Fotoartist wrote:
Must have taken quite a bit of time to setup this photo. And the end result shows it.
And loved doing the construction, arranging and looking through many boxes! I close friend of mine, the sculptor Derek Lormer would have shaken his head and muttered "Finish fetish!"
Jan 31, 2019 18:21:25 #
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