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You might wonder what the point is of taking a snapshot of the fellow you are out photographing with - I can't sell it, except possibly to Robin's wife - and I would give her a print, I am not likely to include it in a portfolio or exhibition, normally I'd not even put it on my blog, but it does make a point.
Any photograph you take is worth doing well, and if the photograph serves no more purpose than to please the spouse of a friend, well that's more than many photographs do. So why not shoot the cat, the kid, the friend. Robin was changing film (yes, he's one of those dinosaurs - and happily so - he's even into pyro). I couldn't quite get his eye enough for a good image, so I simply asked him to look up. I don't usually shoot portraits with a 300 mm. lens, but it worked very nicely to blur the background, and damn, that 300 mm. f4 L lens is sharp!
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Nice portrait George! But on a technical/aesthetic note, doesn't the face have a bit too much fill light on it? There are no shadows on obviously a sunny day by looking at the brim of the hat. The lightness of the face really had way too much of my attention as I tried to appreciate this nice protrait and expression. Am I nuts? LOL
Scott is absolutely correct - in fact, I had made it even more obvious and toned the lightening down, and tried to persuade myself it was enough - obviously not.
Guilty as charged,
George
I like this portrait capture, George. Bought your new book and still reading in progress. I'm not so technical no photography, I like the way you talk about the images. For this portrait capture - simple - I like the capture and your friend's natural expression :-)
In fact, wish to write you thank you email but can't find your email address :-)
Have great day then :-)
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