Hi Bruce ... I understand what you're saying, and your comment has provided an idea for some future work.
I don't know if what you're suggesting would strengthen this photo, but then, since there's no alternative with a shadow or a hand, we'll never know. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Dayton > I know you have worked on stuff like this before. This is pretty > good. It gives a sense of who she might be. It causes me to look at > things that could be associated with her and her thoughts. > > With it all, I find that I am wanting to have something more in this > portrait. Perhaps some sense of her being there - a shadow that I > could identify as her or something. Perhaps a hand or shoulder or > something. I think that would strengthen this even more. I hope you > understand what I am trying to say. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 10:13:02 AM, you wrote: > > SB> Over the past few years, ever since seeing Elliott Erwitt's famous portrait > SB> of the cellist, Cassals, I've been making portraits of people by showing > SB> something of their environment, trying to capture a bit of who they are, > SB> their interests, personalities, without including the person in the shot. > SB> You've seen some of these photos posted here before. Here's a recent > SB> portrait of my friend Linda. > > SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/portrait.html > > > SB> Shel > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
