"Personality: Take a picture of a person that tells us something about their personality."
This thought was somewhat inspired by a recent "zero processing" thread I read earlier. I would not suggest zero processing, but it would be nice to see a Basic Editing challenge of images that give us some insights into the person in the picture. They can be staged pictures, or candids, or even paparazzi shots for all I care - I also think the theme is open enough for wide interpretations - but the focus should be on telling us something about the subject's personality through the picture.
Admittedly, I am biased in this area as 1) I like people shots, and 2) I am not a post-processing artist - so I am looking for a challenge that requires less effort in "creating" a work of art through post-processing and more in "capturing" the subject's personality (if that makes sense). [Note: This is NOT intended to be an anti-post-processing thread. This is NOT intended to be a "purist" versus "..whatever we call it now.." thread. I just can't create some of the beautiful post-processing works of art so readily displayed on this site and was wondering if others would be interested in a challenge where the subject/environment tells the story - without the dragonizing, NI, Gaussian blur, desaturation of the image.]
Here are some examples of what I think would make good "Personality" shots:
       
Comments? Other potential "Personality" images you wish to share? I know many on DPC prefer extensive post-processing, and this may be considered a boring challenge by many (or too closely tied to Candids/Portraits) - but I thought I'd throw the idea out there anyway. Go ahead - let the SLAMMING begin - I can take it. :-)
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