Max 1
by Paul

Comment by PennyStreet:
I can tell I will learn a lot from looking at your portraits. And I particularly like this in black and white. I love how kids can get away with anything so far as clothing is concerned. Especially when it's new.

Max 1
by Paul

Comment by gwe21:
the DOF here is great. I love the angle of his face and how you got his eyelashes so sharp. One of my favorite ways to photograph is to focus on the lashes and use a shallow DOF and you achieved that well here.

Max 1
by Paul

Comment by Paul:

Originally posted by ErikV: BTW, interesting mix of clothes -- formal jacket with casual shirt and hat -- must have been Dad rather than Mom who dressed him. :-)

That made me laugh - this was Christmas Day - he decided to put the jacket on and the hat was new so 'had' to be worn. He was under the illusion he looked cool! Rest assured I pointed out the error of his ways! He does look very young in this image but he is 9. He looks his age in the other images I'll share.

I should comment on the lighting - natural light from a very large window behind and to the left of me.

Message edited by author 2010-01-01 21:43:06.

Max 1
by Paul

Comment by ErikV:
Shallow DOF works so well here because you have him angled in such a way that one eye, his nose and part of his mouth (as well as a large part of his hat) are all in the plane of focus. Great lighting (but not surprising coming from you).

BTW, interesting mix of clothes -- formal jacket with casual shirt and hat -- must have been Dad rather than Mom who dressed him. :-)

Flying to stay still
by Paul

Comment by VitaminB:
I am really like the over exposure on this. I actually said WOW when this came up on the screen during voting. Hope you ribbon with this one.

Flying to stay still
by Paul

Comment by Ter:
sensational 10

The Hardware Store
by Paul

Comment by bmartuch:
Great reflection.

Alta Ego
by Paul

Comment by smardaz:
really nice paul! makes you stop and look for a while, and the model has a look that seems it could be a rock star like lenny kravitz or jimmy hendrix perhaps even phil linott....

Alta Ego
by Paul

Comment by photokariangel:
this photo is really interesting. The soft edit makes it feel welcome, yet, the effect from the double exposure is really haunting to me. Very good job, Its not all the time I feel something this strongly from a photo

Alta Ego
by Paul

Comment by stupidcat:
interesting shot. I do like the edit.