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August 30, 2006 at 2:20 pm #679
monkeybort
ParticipantAccording to Wikipedia, portraiture is a way of recording people. Their personality, character, status, the place and time they lived, the environment in which they live or simply showing beauty.
Difficulty – no self portraits this time around
August 30, 2006 at 2:23 pm #5737Participantjust a general opinion question – i have some shots that i consider to be portraits even though it’s not a photo of someone’s face. for example – a ballet dancer’s feet. or a pregnant woman’s belly. ok, those are the two that i have. 😛
what are peoples’ thoughts on that? i feel that it captures the essence of what that person is doing at that time – their character and the place they are in their life at that moment, which (to me) qualifies it as a portrait.
August 30, 2006 at 2:36 pm #5738Klahanie
ParticipantSounds good to me. 🙂
August 30, 2006 at 3:46 pm #5739ch4r7ie
Participantjust a general opinion question – i have some shots that i consider to be portraits even though it’s not a photo of someone’s face. for example – a ballet dancer’s feet. or a pregnant woman’s belly. ok, those are the two that i have. 😛
what are peoples’ thoughts on that? i feel that it captures the essence of what that person is doing at that time – their character and the place they are in their life at that moment, which (to me) qualifies it as a portrait.
problem with that is, if you show a guy with a hammer you think
carpenter
or you show a guy with a scalpel you think doctor
but if you show a guy picking a pocket, how are you supposed to know whether it’s a congressman or a lawyer?
August 30, 2006 at 4:23 pm #5740Participantproblem with that is, if you show a guy with a hammer you think
carpenter
or you show a guy with a scalpel you think doctor
but if you show a guy picking a pocket, how are you supposed to know whether it’s a congressman or a lawyer?
Dead intern? Ambulance? Okay that was lame, but your joke did remind me of an old favorite.
What’s the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping Tom?
One snatches watches…
August 30, 2006 at 5:07 pm #5741bobroberts
ParticipantMy opinion: The presence of a face in the photo is not important; telling a story or conveying something about that person is what’s important.
August 30, 2006 at 5:12 pm #5742Participantproblem with that is, if you show a guy with a hammer you think
carpenter
or you show a guy with a scalpel you think doctor
but if you show a guy picking a pocket, how are you supposed to know whether it’s a congressman or a lawyer?
Dead intern? Ambulance? Okay that was lame, but your joke did remind me of an old favorite.
What’s the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping Tom?
One snatches watches…
yeah?
i dont get it…
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August 30, 2006 at 5:22 pm #5743swampa
Participantproblem with that is, if you show a guy with a hammer you think
carpenter
or you show a guy with a scalpel you think doctor
but if you show a guy picking a pocket, how are you supposed to know whether it’s a congressman or a lawyer?
Dead intern? Ambulance? Okay that was lame, but your joke did remind me of an old favorite.
What’s the difference between a pickpocket and a peeping Tom?
One snatches watches…
yeah?
i dont get it…
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one snatches watches, the other watches … well you can figure it out 😛
On topic – I’m not sure if I have got this weeks challenge right. I went to wiki to look up the description but that didn’t help too much.
August 30, 2006 at 5:26 pm #5744ParticipantOn topic – I’m not sure if I have got this weeks challenge right. I went to wiki to look up the description but that didn’t help too much.
i’m thinking of it as environmental portraits – people doing what they do, or shots of a certain sort of lifestyle, etc. like….a construction worker on a jobsite. or a CPA at a computer (oooo, exciting!). or a student in the library. or a ski instructor teaching. something like that.
August 30, 2006 at 5:31 pm #5745ParticipantOn topic – I’m not sure if I have got this weeks challenge right. I went to wiki to look up the description but that didn’t help too much.
i’m thinking of it as environmental portraits – people doing what they do, or shots of a certain sort of lifestyle, etc. like….a construction worker on a jobsite. or a CPA at a computer (oooo, exciting!). or a student in the library. or a ski instructor teaching. something like that.
Thats what I was afraid of, I read headshots in the portrait wiki and ran with that (at the expense of more detail about the person)
August 30, 2006 at 5:51 pm #5746Participanti think headshots would be fine, too – it’s a pretty loose category….
any other thoughts on that?
😛
August 30, 2006 at 6:25 pm #5747Elsinore
KeymasterMy opinion: The presence of a face in the photo is not important; telling a story or conveying something about that person is what’s important.
That sums it up for me too 🙂
August 30, 2006 at 6:29 pm #5748KeymasterHmmm I considered environmental portraits but also headshots. I didn’t read it as exclusively environmental. If it was meant as such, I’d be in trouble myself 😉 But seriously, the description also mentions taking portraits for beauty, so I don’t think it’s just environmentalstuff. My 2 cents….
/0.63 cents after taxes…
August 30, 2006 at 6:35 pm #5749ParticipantHmmm I considered environmental portraits but also headshots. I didn’t read it as exclusively environmental. If it was meant as such, I’d be in trouble myself 😉 But seriously, the description also mentions taking portraits for beauty, so I don’t think it’s just environmentalstuff. My 2 cents….
/0.63 cents after taxes…
i agree, i don’t think it should be exclusively environmental. i probably just read it that way since that happens to be what most of mine are.
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August 30, 2006 at 6:49 pm #5750Participanti think headshots would be fine, too – it’s a pretty loose category….
any other thoughts on that?
😛
headshots would be the norm i’d expect, i just did a google of portrait, all headshots…
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