FIRST PORTRAITS
Venturing new for portraiture. Welcoming comments about anything. Thanks.
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Nev Clarke
Sand Porn
I really enjoy creating something different with drones. I've had the Mavic now for about four weeks and I absolutely love it.
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Last: May 17, 2026
Norton Dudeque
Mananciais da Serra, Piraquara, Brazil
This is a water reservoir for the city of Curitiba, Brazil
Dean Wilson
Mixing Film and Night - New for Me
Here are a couple long exposure shots using my original 50 year old Minolta SR-T201 and kit lens shooting Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II. Both images were taken just at the end of blue hour.
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Last: May 16, 2026
Norton Dudeque
Views of the south
These are views of trees in Urubici, and of Fortaleza canyon in the south of Brazil
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This would be a lot stronger if the model were looking directly into the lens. Eye contact makes a huge difference in the viewer’s reaction to an image. Also, if the light source were slightly lower, you’d get a nice glint of highlight in the eyes. It’s there now, but it’s almost hidden by the eyelids.
Hi Phillip. Appreciated. Good point about light and eye contact. Actually couple of days back was seeing few old time BW darkroom portraits. A Style then, subjects were looking away. can alway take all versions during the shoot which I missed this time. More I think, eye contact makes sense.
THanks.