OK, lets see, you guys weigh in on the same night 2 weeks after the post… Tom, if you look on my website you'll see 50+ portraits shot from all lengths. I'm a big believer in normal lenses, and have even had some success with wide (28mm) lenses though I don’t think I have a feel for them...(posted 8413 days ago)What I hear you saying is you like more body in a portrait, and that’s OK. You say you can’t tell anything about personality without it though, that’s kind of extreme… But I am really into faces. I thought “lets try the arms up” just to work some lines into the frame. In the neg you can see all of the arms and some torso, but I thought the look was so happening I cropped in on it… that seemed to freak altaf out completely, he started in about slashing arteries and god knows what else…. sorry, altaf…
As for the sacred trust my buddy Dylan put in me when he stood there with his arms behind his head, (altaf’s comments now) it wasn’t broken as far as he’s concerned, I can tell you he’s quite pleased with the outcome… You think I’m being frivolous, I lack seriousness, you sound somehow personally offended, well, all that’s lost on me… and what about this much vaunted teeny portrait of the white haired guy ….. I mean, that’s kind of standard issue, isn’t it? I can’t tell much about him because I can’t look in his eyes… but I’m not telling tom he’s a worthless human being because of it….
And both of you with the “what’s happening with the light?” The scanner doesn’t pick up what’s nice about it- its lighter, the keylight seems more key-like, you can see some detail in the back of the head sector… What was I thinking? “Jesus I hope I get something on this freakin’ negative…”
Always nice to hear from you though…
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