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Apr 4, 2012 14:03:48   #
Coolcameragirl Loc: Bradenton, FL
 
Check out help-portrait.com. They may have guidelines. And good luck.

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Apr 4, 2012 14:12:15   #
English_Wolf Loc: Near Pensacola, FL
 
Coolcameragirl wrote:
Check out help-portrait.com. They may have guidelines. And good luck.
If you want this to be published, place the full URL in your UHH user signature (see profile setup).
Use HTTP:// for the link to work correctly.

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Apr 4, 2012 14:39:12   #
UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA
 
English_Wolf wrote:
This is a series taken of a young woman, year 1993?. I was asked by a friend of mine to take her picture, so I did.

I did only close ups and there is reason for that. About a year earlier she was in car accident caused by her drunken husband. He divorced her two months before I took the pictures, leaving her with a child that was 5 at the time. Common hard-luck story. Problem is, he was uninjured in the accident and she became quadriplegic. The nine months or so they were still together, he was running after other women as she was "ugly".

Now that the background story is out, this is what I came out with. Ambient light from a low window, no flash, no reflector.
This is a series taken of a young woman, year 1993... (show quote)


Wolf, as usuall they are, like all of your work, outstanding but you missed one pose - Look Inside. All beauty cannot be touched by the human hand.

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Apr 4, 2012 14:46:06   #
English_Wolf Loc: Near Pensacola, FL
 
frenchcoast wrote:
.../... Look Inside. .../...
Did not have to tell her, that was the picture when she was thinking about it...

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Apr 4, 2012 15:14:30   #
UP-2-IT Loc: RED STICK, LA
 
English_Wolf wrote:
frenchcoast wrote:
.../... Look Inside. .../...
Did not have to tell her, that was the picture when she was thinking about it...


:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: beautiful shots of a beautiful model!

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Apr 4, 2012 17:57:40   #
preciousmetalairracing Loc: Reno, Nv
 
She is extremely attractive... Seems the real loser was her hubby, not her.. Nice work..

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Apr 4, 2012 18:17:58   #
bhfranklin Loc: Boston Area / Cape Cod
 
Thank you and the others for sharing. These are very moving and thought provoking stories...Bless you all and thanks again

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Apr 4, 2012 18:28:53   #
wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ
 
English_Wolf wrote:
This is a series taken of a young woman, year 1993?. I was asked by a friend of mine to take her picture, so I did.

I did only close ups and there is reason for that. About a year earlier she was in car accident caused by her drunken husband. He divorced her two months before I took the pictures, leaving her with a child that was 5 at the time. Common hard-luck story. Problem is, he was uninjured in the accident and she became quadriplegic. The nine months or so they were still together, he was running after other women as she was "ugly".

Now that the background story is out, this is what I came out with. Ambient light from a low window, no flash, no reflector.
This is a series taken of a young woman, year 1993... (show quote)


Thank you Wolf. She is a beauty. You are right on three points: 1) This is a teaching thread, maybe it should be called so. 2) You gave us a photo tip about close up portraiture. 3) You gave us a lesson in humanity, more of us should look past the obvious to see the undeniable beauty.

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Apr 4, 2012 19:05:53   #
MsJ Loc: Northern Indiana
 
JJ9 wrote:
You are welcome...but it really is...time to pull in those fangs.


Please don't be antagonistic...if you don't like his avatar please don't use it for your own. If you don't want to participate in this really good discussion of high ideas, please leave quietly.

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Apr 4, 2012 19:23:35   #
wlgoode Loc: Globe, AZ
 
preciousmetalairracing wrote:
She is extremely attractive... Seems the real loser was her hubby, not her.. Nice work..


Good observation, serves the sucker right!

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Apr 4, 2012 20:24:54   #
Iowegan
 
My wife & I were asked to photograph kids of a local Daycare Center , as part of a benefit to raise money for the Center.

We were thrilled to do so.
Several of the kids were disabled. A couple parents' asked that we not share any photos of their children, for specific reasons, and we understand and support them all the way in their decision.
We were happy to have had the opportunity to meet, and enjoy these kids lives for one morning.

The included photo, is one of those little angels.

This little girl has some very serious health issues.
And, if you can see a little child, who is as innocent as anything can be, and know she will probably be gone in a year, you gain a perspective on life.

Great topic English_Wolf, thank you!

Little Angel
Little Angel...

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Apr 4, 2012 22:17:27   #
Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.
 
EW you chose the best place to take those photos. I photoghaphed weddings for 39 years and never failed to take a photo of the bride to be at a window with only avalable light. It always tunned out to be the photo that the bride and her mother liked the best. Hay you really do have a heart after all. Keep up the good work you got a lot of new friends after that posting.

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Apr 4, 2012 22:42:39   #
georgevedwards Loc: Essex, Maryland.
 
I think the power of the photos lies in the cropping, it is hard for me sometimes to fill the rectangle with just a portion of the face, there is an instinct to get the whole head in the composition. And then doing the cropping aesthetically is not easy either.

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Apr 4, 2012 23:02:25   #
suntomoon Loc: Virginia Beach, Va.
 
She is so beautiful, what a jerk. How is she now? Oh yes, very nice shots :D
English_Wolf wrote:
This is a series taken of a young woman, year 1993?. I was asked by a friend of mine to take her picture, so I did.

I did only close ups and there is reason for that. About a year earlier she was in car accident caused by her drunken husband. He divorced her two months before I took the pictures, leaving her with a child that was 5 at the time. Common hard-luck story. Problem is, he was uninjured in the accident and she became quadriplegic. The nine months or so they were still together, he was running after other women as she was "ugly".

Now that the background story is out, this is what I came out with. Ambient light from a low window, no flash, no reflector.
This is a series taken of a young woman, year 1993... (show quote)

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Apr 4, 2012 23:09:00   #
English_Wolf Loc: Near Pensacola, FL
 
suntomoon wrote:
.../... How is she now? .../...
I do not know, the last I heard of her was in 2001 when Loic told me she had moved to a full care facility after her son was taken from her.

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