I meant that her face had "character" usually means "old". Sorry. :> -----Original Message----- :> From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner- :> photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Dyer-Bennet :> Sent: 14 March 2005 20:00 :> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students :> Subject: Re: PF Exhibits on 12 MAR 05 :> :> Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: :> :> >> Bob Talbot :> >> Mary :> >> Blue and pink, she looks relaxed. Not so sure about :> >> the empty field to the left. Something on the wall :> >> would have been distracting, but something there :> >> wouldn't leave it so sparse. I like that you left the :> >> edge on the image. :> > :> > Trevor. :> > :> > Leaving the edge on is not something I do often - it was more a way of :> > saying "this is what the camera saw". :> > :> > It wasn't a posed portrait, just a snapshot, but for me the was part :> > of the open space was a part of the image. That's odd 'cause it would :> > have been so easy to crop it down. As you say, indeed, any object in :> > the space would have been a distraction. It's just Mary, in her "home" :> > cardigan, the edge of a door and a blank wall. I have tried cropping :> > it to portrait format and don't like it half as much. :> > :> > :> > Part of why I posted it to the gallery was to see what people made of :> > the non-standard composition. It's front on but off centre. It does :> > seem to have flash (but I can't remember now) as David spotted. :> :> I thought about composition and decided my analysis skills didn't get :> me far enough towards explaining why it worked, and thought I'd quit :> while I'm ahead. *Can* anybody explain why it works? (Or what it :> doesn't; but that'll be harder since I think it does pretty well.) :> :> > As to Chris's "character study" comment. Isn't that a euphemism for :> > ugly in acting circles ? :o) :> :> Well, sort-of; I think it means "ugly, and I'm jealous that they're :> working and I'm not" :-) :> -- :> David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> :> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> :> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd- :> b/SnapshotAlbum/> :> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/> :>
