----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 9:44 AM Subject: RE: PESO - Wol
> And what are the other strong points? The light is harsh and brings out > the imperfections in the woman's skin, the highlights are fried and too > bright, the different focus of the eyes is at the least distracting ... I > guess we'll just have to disagree on the merits of this one. Still, I'd > like to know what you consider its "many" strong points. I do think the > expression is quite nice ;-)) > I have to disagree with you too, Shel. The other two shots of her are "nice" and "sweet" but are not very flattering for the girl. She comes across as a bit dumpy and very plain looking (which she might very well be). But the portrait takes this plain girl and transforms her into something more. The angle it was shot makes her face look thin. Cotty did a great job of emphasising her strong points: the wonderful smile, those amazing freckles, her dimples and her eyes. The lighting makes her skin glow and the lack of obvious makeup makes her look fresh and clean. I think, if the purpose of this photograph was to flatter the girl, Mr. Cottrell did a great job. BTW, I admit to having bad eyesight but both eyes appear to be in focus to me. just my $1 Christian
