A portrait of another younger friend.
This one is another portrait that was the result of a class assignment from some years ago, where we actually attended in person! This was a similar assignment as the last one, where we had to get someone to come in and be a model for me and my classmates. Once again, we had various stations with different backdrops and lighting set ups. I had photographed MV multiple times over the past several years, so she was quite comfortable in front of the camera.
The one I'm posting today was taken in the stairway of the college building using only the overhead lights. After doing the usual PP, I decided to convert the color image to an antique monochrome style, using Silver FX software. While the resulting image breaks some Portraiture "rules," I think it conveys a timeless feeling. It would probably look great in an oval frame. For those concerned, her parents did sign a modeling release form for this session.
What do you think?
scsdesphotography wrote:
This one is another portrait that was the result of a class assignment from some years ago, where we actually attended in person! This was a similar assignment as the last one, where we had to get someone to come in and be a model for me and my classmates. Once again, we had various stations with different backdrops and lighting set ups. I had photographed MV multiple times over the past several years, so she was quite comfortable in front of the camera.
The one I'm posting today was taken in the stairway of the college building using only the overhead lights. After doing the usual PP, I decided to convert the color image to an antique monochrome style, using Silver FX software. While the resulting image breaks some Portraiture "rules," I think it conveys a timeless feeling. It would probably look great in an oval frame. For those concerned, her parents did sign a modelling release form for this session.
What do you think?
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Nice rendition!
What"rules" do you think you broke?
Good use of light. Very regal profile (in a Barbara Streisand kinda way)- beautiful!
The only little thing I would call attention to is to "clean out the hair that breaks the profile lie and may look like a beard. A tiny bit of the far eye is shown. That last "rule" could be debatable.
Good portrait study- nice mood!
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
<snip>…"clean outhte hair that breaks the profile lie and may look like a bore. …
Ed I’m sorry I’m a dummy. Please explain what that means.
JD750 wrote:
Ed I’m sorry I’m a dummy. Please explain what that means.
I'm the dummy, not you. Bad typo. The hair on the far side of the face falls into the line of the chin and looks like a "beard". When shootg a profile it's best to pull that hair out of the way if possible.
We all know that lovely subject does not have a beard but the lens has no depth perception and I can look like that.
It's like when the main light is too high and the subject is said to have "raccoon eyes". It's just a slang term that old portrait guys use to explain insufficient alumination f the eyes or the orbital area of the face.
Thanks, for the heads up, I corrected the typos.
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
I'm the dummy, not you. Bad typo. The hair on the far side of the face falls into the line of the chin and looks like a "beard". When shootg a profile it's best to pull that hair out of the way if possible.
We all know that lovely subject does not have a beard but the lens has no depth perception and I can look like that.
It's like when the main light is too high and the subject is said to have "raccoon eyes". It's just a slang term that old portrait guys use to explain insufficient alumination f the eyes or the orbital area of the face.
Thanks, for the heads up, I corrected the typos.
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Thank you for explaining!
And FYI you are far from a dummy. I will have none of that!
Thanks to JD750 for the thumbs up. Thanks Ed, that's exactly the kind of advice I need to have. My eye for that sort of detail is not as good as yours is, yet. Each time you comment on one of my portraits I learn something new. I appreciate you taking the time and offering up your thoughts. I'll post a new one next weekend.
scsdesphotography wrote:
Thanks to JD750 for the thumbs up. Thanks Ed, that's exactly the kind of advice I need to have. My eye for that sort of detail is not as good as yours is, yet. Each time you comment on one of my portraits I learn something new. I appreciate you taking the time and offering up your thoughts. I'll post a new one next weekend.
Keep up the good work. Worry not- I've been at this "forever" and I am still learning. It seems the technology changes on a daily basis yet someof the old time-honoured methods resurface. I like answering questions and offering advice because it makes me remember stuff have forgotten- gives the old brain a workout!
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