And this is what makes your opinion so valuable for me :-) -- MaritimTim
http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/3/24 Tim Øsleby <[email protected]>: > Thanks Paul. My opinion and experience is appreciated. > > The modell told me he _really_ liked the first one. Maybe you have put > words on why? > > Let me explain why I explore these odd angles, to see if I can make them work. > > I am looking for something different. There is so many portraiters > doing the same thing, using the same aesthetic. I want to do something > that makes me a slightly different portraitist. I think I must be > different to differentiate myself from the comptetition. > I do find errors in what I've done here, but I think I should keep > looking for a while. > > -- > MaritimTim > > http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ > > > > 2011/3/24 Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>: >> I had looked only at the first. I went back to see the rest. I agree in >> regard to the odd camera positions, as noted by Bruce below, although I >> think the second shot (first color) is okay in that regard. But I find a bit >> too dark and oversaturated. >> On Mar 23, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >>> On 11-03-23 6:25 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: >>>> Meet my college Ole Dan Johnson (four picks) >>>> http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/03/o-d-johnson.html >>>> >>>> I lust for comments. I need to learn fast. >>> >>> Tim, I *really* like the b&w headshot best. >>> >>> I have a couple of issues with the 2nd and 3rd seated shots. To me they >>> make your subject look diminutive. Part of that is your PoV: above looking >>> down. For male subjects especially, I'd prefer eye-level or very slightly >>> lower that eye-level looking up. And I think you may have compounded the >>> odd size issue by getting close with a wide angle lens. That causes the >>> subject's head to be disproportionately large relative to his feet. >>> >>> Sorry for being so negative! >>> >>> -bmw >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- 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.
