2009/4/11 Bruce Dayton <[email protected]>: > Perhaps another way to think of it is that portraits are regularly > asked for and paid for by the subject. Character studies may not be. > I'm sure in different parts of the world, there is a difference of > meaning of these words. And, at times, even with different meanings, > a single photograph could show both. One of the easiest tests of the > portrait success is if the subject is happy with the image. > > So Jostein, has the subject seen this image and what did he think?
The subject has seen this image and given his conscent to publication. His reaction, if I judged it right, was quite close to "fair enough". A relatively disinterested attitude. Personally I'm very hesitant to distinguish between "portraits" and "character studies" based on customer satisfaction. Assuming that the same distinctions hold for paintings, just think of Mona Lisa by daVinci. It was an ordered product, so by your definition is must be a portrait. However, the buyer refused to pay for the final product. So by your definition of portrait success it is a failed creation. I don't really know if it's a good caracter study since I have no other knowledge of the person depicted, but fortunately there are other qualities about this image. :-) But thanks for explaining, Bruce. It's good to know how different people perceive the word "portrait". Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
