Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From photography's standpoint flattery cost money, factual images are free. S. Dimitrov On Jan 18, 2005, at 9:02 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > Sure looks like him to me. And why does a portrait have to flatter? ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Glenn Stauffer > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:48 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rick Santorum and the Leica in your Pocket > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:17:39 -0500, Kyle Cassidy > <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote: >> I was on my way to D.C. Friday and found myself on the train across >> from United States Senator Rick Santorum. He spent 90% of the trip >> talking on his cell phone. Luckily, I had my Leica with me. >> >> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2005/3/ricksantorum.jpg >> > > As a portrait, I don't think the picture flatters him. The thickness > of > his neck is accentuated by the angle of his head. Is it the focal > length of the lens, an artifact of the focus point, or the angle that > makes his nose look longer than it appears in his official portraits? > The angle of the face makes his right eye (left eye in the photo) look > smaller than the other and a bit wonky? I don't see that in his > official portraits. > > Good camera work - focus, framing, sharpness, etc. Not so good a > portrait. Back a little further and a more straight-on shot would have > made it more flattering, I think. > > Glenn > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography