(In the real photo, the grain is razor sharp. I hate the way the web turns grain into mush.)
How do others here feel about grain in portraits? How do you use grain to effect? Or do you avoid it as much as possible?
My single favorite film is Delta 3200, usually exposed at EI 3200, so I generally thing of grain as my friend. I'll mouth off later in more detail, but I'd like to see others' perspectives first.