Bob-
As has been mentioned before- the simplicity, the directness, and the honesty of this image reflects your photographic style, and it works yet again here. I like this.
I especially like the inclusion of the art piece (with just the right amount of oof).
Sometimes a bit of the surroundings goes a long way toward making portraits a bit better (just an IMO of course ), especially if the surroundings are relevant to the subject.
Charlie
Another nice one. I like this one very much. However, the artwork in the background is doing nothing for me. It's not just that your series is portraits rather than environmental portraits, but the artwork doesn't show well blurred like that. Without your words, we'd wonder what it was.
deinfaces wrote:
Thank you for your thoughts, Jim. I thought that the art formed a complex series of leading lines, but I guess that it isn't working that way.
I can see the leading line case easily. It's a positive for the interest factor. Good of you to include it in the shot and know how it would show. But OTOH it doesn't (IMO) say it's a piece of art, let alone HIS piece of art. It's not the typical "Artist and his Work" shot. That is what I was trying to say.
), especially if the surroundings are relevant to the subject.