Alta Ego
by Paul

Comment by rmezzo:
First impression:
Looks like the soul of Jimi Hendrix is coming out of him. Very cool.

Suggested improvement:
Since your choice of edit has made his hair blend in with the background, I think you could have cropped a little off the top. This would put the mans eyes in thirds instead of centered as they are now.

Max 1
by Paul

Comment by photokariangel:
he does look younger than his nine years. But i love this portrait, alot of mood and emotion behind it. and its fantastic in black and white.

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.

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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.

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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....