Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 4/6/04 7:59 AM, "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> wrote: > B. D. Colen wrote: >> Hey, Phong - Can you repeat the instructions - I missed them. Thanks - >> B. D. > > > And to think that I purposely wrote the "goal > of the portfolio" part with you in mind. :-) > Here goes, > > By the way, as I would do during a live portfolio > review, that I am not responding does not mean > I am not listening very carefully to what everyone > has to say. So please keep the comments coming. > It's been great so far. > Thanks, > > - Phong > Delightfully not over lit but definitely over Photoshoped. A bad case of the fuzzy wuzzies and bleached out whites of the eyes. No skin texture. I'd go back to your original scans or negs and redo them minimally so they look like the work of other portrait artists you admire. Do the ones you admire have their work processed to this level? It's easy to get carried away in Photoshop and also getting into an idealized idea of people. Especially women. Read the Daybooks of Edward Weston when one day he gives up retouching his portraits. They were from 8x10 and 5x7 negs which he was taught in commercial photo school to retouch. The flaws are very important. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/