David, thanks for your information and links. I jumped out to google and did a search for that after you posted it. I didn't get a chance to do alot of reading, but did find it interested. Thanks ______
Matt, while referring to being broad lite, I wasn't really implying that there is anything wrong with it ;) I've posted pictures in the past, same as many other photogs, that were probably lite from the broad side of the face, facing the camera. While doing this, a photog would say, Oh, this would have looked so much better being short lite. While this could be accurate, sometimes a broad lite portrait is saleable.
Some photog's short or broad light a person based on facial analysis. In this case, I started out short lighting the child, but whith children this age sometimes they won't sit for very long, and you have to be fairly quick, and paying very close attention, or you miss the payoff shot, not that I'm implying this "is" the payoff shot.
I put that in the about comments just to let the other photog's know, I knew it was broad lite.
Regards,
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Marc Gougenheim{K:5398} 2/24/2003
Well, you've got a 10 from me... Absolutely tasteful and to me, perfect in all aspects... and with kids, that's nota piece of cake ! :-) Fascinating image... I hope I won't be the only one to rate it... Cheers.
You say "broad" as if it is a dispicable thing. What's wrong with broad once in a while?
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David Goldfarb{K:7611} 2/24/2003
That site seems a bit inflammatory.
The Pre-Raphaelites were a group of 19th-century painters known for their use of classical motifs, angelic yet sensual images of children, and even if you weren't aware of the historical connection, your use of light, color, costume, background and props are all part of the vocabulary. Despite their originally rebellious stance, their work has some resonance with French academic classicist painters like Bouguereau. The photographer most influenced by this style was probably Julia Margaret Cameron. It was a style that modernists reacted against as overly sentimental, but there has been a fair amount of recent interest in 19th-century academic painting and the Pre-Raphaelites.
David, I found your observation and comments very interesting. I will be happy to admit, publicly, I didn't know what Pre-Raphaelite style was. I went to this site, and found some interesting reading. http://www.nouveaunet.com/prbpassion/
Would you please elaborate for me, either here, or via e-mail what you saw in this portrait, to draw a coralation to the PR style.
Regards,
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David Goldfarb{K:7611} 2/24/2003
Interesting to see you bringing this Pre-Raphaelite style into the digital age. You've pulled it off well. Maybe to complete the effect, I'd go for shorter DOF focusing on the eyes and maybe keeping the hands in focus, but letting everything else fall outside the DOF range.
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