I like it that way, I want the viewer to connect with the subject. If you
look at my portraits, many of them are that way.
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On 6/10/12 4:18 AM, "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Looking straight at the camera makes for a challenging portrait, in my
>view, Chris. When I take portraits I try to get the head tilted and
>turned slightly way. My students treat it as a joke when I ask for head
>movement, especially as they all look straight at the camera, but they
>now know what to do . . .
>
>Chris
>
>On 10 Jun 2012, at 07:55, Chris Crawford wrote:
>
>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=1042
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>> This was a hard one. I had to shoot it under a tent at the park downtown
>> where all the events and festivals are held in Fort Wayne. The white
>>tent
>> gave really beautiful soft light on this bright sunny day, but the tent
>>has
>> open sides , which would let the extremely bright sunlit background
>>show. I
>> stood my friend in front of the stage, so its pretty busy, but was the
>>best
>> background there. It took a lot of burning in of bright spots to
>>balance the
>> image, but I think I made her look pretty good considering the
>>challenges of
>> the site.
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