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Posted By: arnold, 02-01-2013, 04:48 AM

When I take the odd portrait, I find the hardest thing is getting the foundation of a portrait right. That thing is the expression. Expression is the focus, it tells the story. Are the eyes focused, are they concentrating, is the mouth set in a manner appropriate to the moment? That is why I seldom try to take a posed picture. It utterly destroys the spontaneity of natural expression. It is also why pictures of someone doing something usually work so well. Their expressions reflect their concentration. Some people I try to photograph are a complete disaster if they know the camera is on them. They don't know what to do with their face, their eyes, their hands. Here I got lucky when she was reading. Simple view finder camera in natural light.


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I thought this merited its on thread and moved it from Nick's thread.
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The B&W was missing, so uploaded it again, along with someone reading the business news.
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