See if you can get hold of a copy of 'Train Your Gaze' by Roswell Angier. It's an excellent and practical guide to portrait photography. Camera angles tend to be gimmicky and looked tired very quickly. Besides, Cartier-Bresson was very scathing about them. The key to portrait photography is looking. In fact, that's the key to all photography.
< http://www.amazon.co.uk/Train-Your-Gaze-Theoretical-Introduction/dp/294037337X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1300954052&sr=1-1> B > > 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. -- 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.
