Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Portrait  (Read 1791 times)

RSL

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 16046
    • http://www.russ-lewis.com
Portrait
« on: October 09, 2012, 06:00:11 pm »

-
Logged
Russ Lewis  www.russ-lewis.com.

kencameron

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 840
    • Recent Photographs
Re: Portrait
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2012, 06:10:53 pm »

Nice one. I like the framing, tighter on one side than the other. It somehow enlivens the image. Were they wooden shingles on the roof?
Logged
Ken Cameron

RSL

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 16046
    • http://www.russ-lewis.com
Re: Portrait
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 10:03:48 am »

The outer roofing appears to be tar shingles, Ken, but the deterioration of the shingles over the bay windows shows an earlier set of wooden shingles.
Logged
Russ Lewis  www.russ-lewis.com.

Eric Myrvaagnes

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 22814
  • http://myrvaagnes.com
    • http://myrvaagnes.com
Re: Portrait
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 11:08:50 pm »

Good catch, Russ!
Logged
-Eric Myrvaagnes (visit my website: http://myrvaagnes.com)

amolitor

  • Guest
Re: Portrait
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2012, 10:11:37 am »

There's a lot of really great elements in here. There's also a powerful, and I think deliberate based on the way you framed it, visual flow from left to right. My problem is that there's nothing there on the right. My eyes are drawn strongly off to the right side of the frame where there is.. nothing to look at.

The way you clipped the roofline on the left bothers me slightly, but in the first place I realize that it's probably just more junk and more junk further to the right, so something's gonna get clipped, and in the second place it really supports and emphasizes that left-to-right structure. If there was a guy standing by that window on the right, this would be perfect.

You're using your street eyes on landscapes, and it's interesting as hell. I'm not convinced that it's fully working, yet.

All that said, this is a wonderful object, and a good and revealing photograph of that object.
Logged

Brett_D

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 33
    • Deutsch Photography: Wedding & Event Photographer
Re: Portrait
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2012, 05:15:01 pm »

Curious why you captioned this "portrait"?  Trying to say something about the house? 

RSL

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 16046
    • http://www.russ-lewis.com
Re: Portrait
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2012, 06:10:41 pm »

Hi Brett. Portrait photographers always talk about capturing the soul of the subject. This portrait captures the soul of the house, maybe even the souls of the ghosts within it.
Logged
Russ Lewis  www.russ-lewis.com.

Slobodan Blagojevic

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 18090
  • When everyone thinks the same, nobody thinks
    • My website
Re: Portrait
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2012, 07:35:21 pm »

I've noticed a trend on LuLa recently of strange, wacky, outlandish post headings. Makes you a hipster, Russ ;)

RSL

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 16046
    • http://www.russ-lewis.com
Re: Portrait
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2012, 09:14:02 pm »

I've noticed a trend on LuLa recently of strange, wacky, outlandish post headings. Makes you a hipster, Russ ;)

I've always been one, Slobodan.
Logged
Russ Lewis  www.russ-lewis.com.
Pages: [1]   Go Up