tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post967151190390951766..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: On Portraits IIamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-53479861559461242212022-01-30T03:32:05.413-08:002022-01-30T03:32:05.413-08:00Plausible ... https://petapixel.com/2022/01/29/pho...Plausible ... <a href="https://petapixel.com/2022/01/29/photographer-freezes-to-death-on-busy-paris-street/" rel="nofollow">https://petapixel.com/2022/01/29/photographer-freezes-to-death-on-busy-paris-street/</a>David Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497461458680481634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-19636552480159056032022-01-16T12:45:28.292-08:002022-01-16T12:45:28.292-08:00Smile? For pity's sake, they're FRENCH!
M...Smile? For pity's sake, they're FRENCH!<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-17568092302265023032022-01-16T09:09:42.861-08:002022-01-16T09:09:42.861-08:00Would it kill these fuckbags to crack a smile for ...Would it kill these fuckbags to crack a smile for a publicity photo? <br />David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photo/zone.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-38813084567842147492022-01-16T07:42:57.508-08:002022-01-16T07:42:57.508-08:00This look to me like "book jacket portraits&q...This look to me like "book jacket portraits" which certainly tend to the sullen/blank.<br /><br />It's definitely a popular modern style, though. They're pretty easy to knock out, so you can do them in your spare time between schmoozing sessions and tweeting.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-49069050045832054672022-01-16T04:38:30.927-08:002022-01-16T04:38:30.927-08:00Ok, so here's a montage of four portraits, art...Ok, so <a href="https://artreview.com/nominees-announced-for-the-2022-prix-marcel-duchamp/" rel="nofollow">here's</a> a montage of four portraits, artists nominated for some prize. Hooray for them, right? But their expressions all look to me like they've just been fired from their jobs, or received a traffic ticket for jaywalking. I believe this expression, commonly affected by professional models for the fashion industry, is controversially labelled, 'resting bitch face.'David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photo/zone.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-33739100048388007822022-01-15T07:22:52.788-08:002022-01-15T07:22:52.788-08:00I agree. Am better at, and enjoy more, candid por...I agree. Am better at, and enjoy more, candid portraits. As an introvert am not capable of establishing a relaxed, comfortable subject, so my formal portraits are all "camera faces."Luke Millerhttp://lukemiller.photosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-62084701327899243102022-01-15T03:50:07.857-08:002022-01-15T03:50:07.857-08:00Kirk Tuck is a skilled and even talented portraiti...Kirk Tuck is a skilled and even talented portraitist, but the tiled web presentation does him no favours.David Smithhttp://designartcraft.com/photo/zone.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-61433338880226545562022-01-14T18:52:21.399-08:002022-01-14T18:52:21.399-08:00The point isn't that we actually know a lot ab...The point isn't that we actually know a lot about the emotional inner life, the point is that we think we do! There is something on the face to read, or there isn't. If there is, we make some sort of sense of it, whether we're correct or not is immaterial.<br /><br />I don't think I've said anything odd these remarks here, I think these are all familiar sensations to anyone who has been photographed and paid attention to the process!<br />amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-20737945208751304282022-01-14T18:42:20.072-08:002022-01-14T18:42:20.072-08:00Well now I'm embarrassed for the New Yorker, a...Well now I'm embarrassed for the New Yorker, an old pal. But a lot of this is just complaining about the stupid term 'inner emotional life,' which isn't an unworthy complaint.<br />We love looking at people, and especially well-lit, attractive faces. Probably our lizard brain is telling us we're in love with them.<br />A portrait is fundamentally a photograph that shows what a particular person looks like. This inner life stuff is ridiculous. Even if I sat in the studio and watched Kirk Tuck work his magic neither he nor I would learn much about the subject's inner emotional life. <br />Kirk would make them comfortable and find something that made their attractive face perk up a bit, and then through experience know how to catch it just right. Voila, a good portrait. <br />Matt Kalliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051484131679998977noreply@blogger.com