Beautiful woman and a beautiful photo. But I respectfully disagree about the off-center placement. It looks unbalanced. To me it seems like one of those situations where following the rule of thirds does more harm than good. Is there something on the left side of the frame (her right) that you don't want to show?
Great use of lighting and the tonal range is perfect. The only criticism I have is the off-center placement of her face. It's just a personal preference for how I do my own work, but I feel that eye contact is made so much more engaging in a forward facing headshot like this one when the face is balanced between the left and right edges of the frame.
dmacmillan wrote:
Nice! The soft light compliments your subject. I like her bemused smile. The slightly off center placement makes the photo more dynamic.
I think :dmac's" statement is well stated.!
This photograph reveals the individual before his camera and to transfer the living quality of that individual to his post.
As Edward Weston states:" The aim of good portraiture is to not make face maps or superficial likenesses, but to capture and record the essential truth of the subject..."..not how she looks in the frame but to show what she is.
I enjoy viewing the above "masters" work, Daniel et al, and use what little I have read and learned from the master's, both published and presented here on FM, to formulate my viewer's opinion.
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