Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Take a look at the "portraits" in news magazines and newspapers. You'll find that the traditional head and shoulders, more or less formal portrait is not as common as you might think. More often than not, stories are illustrated with a wide angle (usually horizontal) "environmental portrait." They have definately become a cliche . . . Bob (finds a traditional portrait almost refreshing) McEowen In a message dated 11/22/99 11:01:09 AM, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: >How can a horizontal portrait be a "cliche" when the vertical, which is >how > >99.9% of the world's "portraits" are taken, isn't? > >Whether any shot is a cliche depends not on whether it is horizontal or > >vertical, but what it is and what it shows... >