Hello Shel, While I certainly understand what you are saying, I would have to say that your terminology is different than most. I think a portait is what you would call a "flattering, nicely lit picture of someone."
Something that goes deeper might be more akin to a "study" or some such. Most of the buying public in the US would walk into a studio - Mall or not - to get a Portrait done - and it would not be what you are calling a portrait. Most of the advertising in the yellow pages for Portrait photography would not be what you are describing. Obviously, to create something that truly speaks of the person, and gives us some insights, is a lot more time and energy to produce and more than likely, would include some location work to get the context right. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, February 23, 2004, 5:02:40 AM, you wrote: SB> Hi Fritz ... SB> The exposures seem to be pretty good, but these pics don't SB> do much for me. IMO, they're not portraits but head shots SB> and snaps. SB> A portrait should say something about the person, give sense SB> of who they are, what they do .... say something about their SB> life. These do none of that. They're nice, well done, SB> snaps, a little better than what can be gotten from a SB> typical "mall photographer." SB> Of course, my idea of a portrait is probably a little SB> different than that of most people. I want to see something SB> more than eyes in sharp focus, or nice lighting. I want to SB> see a little something that tells us who or what the subject SB> is. SB> shel SB> Frits W�thrich wrote: >> >> http://www.wuthrich.cc/portret007.jpg >> http://www.wuthrich.cc/portret016.jpg >> http://www.wuthrich.cc/portret019.jpg >> http://www.wuthrich.cc/portret036.jpg >> Obviously comments welcome. These are 4 that I made last Saturday during >> a portrait workshop.
