Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not a bad idea at all Morton. Followed by hard ass critique: Your example has the look of an ophthalmological study; rather than a "portrait." <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akQCYur1mzk> Yet a "portrait," in the best sense of the term, requires that we consider light, moment, expression, composition, etc. to draw all we can from and about the subject (even if focusing on a minute part of a person). Examples of going the extra step (if macro portraiture is the intention): <http://www.gallerym.com/work.cfm?ID=986> or imagine a macro crop from these portraits: <http://www.fotografbrun.no/portretter> or Re: Bill Brandt - Beginning in the 1960's Brandt did two telling things. He reprinted much of his early work onto high-contrast paper to bring out the black and white, and he returned to his Surrealistic roots by photographing the eyes of artists. This exhibition includes four old eyes -- a shiny eye belonging to Henry Moore, a sad eye belonging to Jean Arp, a benign eye belonging to George's Braque, and a white-lashed eye belonging to Alberto Giacometti -- each floating in its own fold of old flesh. These elephantine oddities seem to carry a message. Each artist has an idiosyncratic eye. <http://www.billbrandt.com/Galleries/Resources/gallery10b.jpg?138> <http://www.billbrandt.com/Galleries/Resources/gallery17b.jpg?971> <http://www.billbrandt.com/Galleries/Resources/gallery14b.jpg?883> <http://www.billbrandt.com/Galleries/Resources/gallery23b.jpg?76> The idea was a good one. Did you work the idea? Did you take many "poses" as you would with a portrait session? Did you vary the light to get it right? Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:20 PM, David Morton wrote: > an idea?possibly a very bad > idea?to pop into my head: might a macro self portrait be fun to try? > > Sometime later, and I'd made this: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DHM/FullOfStars.jpg.html