Your thoughts and comments are, of course, always welcome.
This is another effort in my series to recover the dying art of simple, classic, quality military portraits.
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Notes:
An attempt to balance the visual language of strength/leadership/heroism and femininity. Most female soldier portraits ignore femininity/attractiveness or else ignore any effort at conveying strength/leadership/heroism.
Shot at nearly 200mm to enable me to shoot *slightly* upward (leader, heroic) while avoiding being unflattering. Head/shoulders on classic feminine axis, but not in an overly pronounced manner. Subject leaning in slightly to elongate neck and also to convey leadership/dynamism. Smile is genuine but not the largest of which the subject is capable. Short lit loop/butterfly (not much of a nose shadow) but fairly low ratio with lots of white reflector, plus a high output silver reflector for rim light.
Your thoughts and comments are, of course, always welcome.
This is another effort in my series to recover the dying art of simple, classic, quality military portraits.
Notes:
An attempt to balance the visual language of strength/leadership/heroism and femininity. Most female soldier portraits ignore femininity/attractiveness or else ignore any effort at conveying strength/leadership/heroism.
Shot at nearly 200mm to enable me to shoot *slightly* upward (leader, heroic) while avoiding being unflattering. Head/shoulders on classic feminine axis, but not in an overly pronounced manner. Subject leaning in slightly to elongate neck and also to convey leadership/dynamism. Smile is genuine but not the largest of which the subject is capable. Short lit loop/butterfly (not much of a nose shadow) but fairly low ratio with lots of white reflector, plus a high output silver reflector for rim light.
