fahim mohammed
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Very close...
Natural light posed portrait.
Super images.
Excellent work Antonio.
Best regards.
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Super images.
Excellent work Antonio.
Best regards.
fahim mohammed
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Wolfgang Plattner
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Hi,
my father-in-law, a highly respectable 83 years old man ...
my father-in-law, a highly respectable 83 years old man ...
Antonio Correia
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Thank you Fahim ! 
Antonio Correia
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Very good portrait Wolfgang !
The vignette accentuates the character of the person.
The vignette accentuates the character of the person.
Wolfgang Plattner
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Hi Antonio,
I appreciate your words very much as I'm fascinated by your work.
I appreciate your words very much as I'm fascinated by your work.
Maggie Terlecki
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Hi,
my father-in-law, a highly respectable 83 years old man ...
Very lovely, Wolfgang.
Cem_Usakligil
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Here is my mother-in-law, who just turned 92 the other day.
Antonio Correia
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It looks like she is about to drink coffee !
Now that I see the image in the monitor it seems to me that it really is superb. The light is very beautifull !
Very well captured !
Now that I see the image in the monitor it seems to me that it really is superb. The light is very beautifull !
Very well captured !
Cem_Usakligil
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Thanks Antonio. She was about to have some coffee indeed.It looks like she is about to drink coffee !
Now that I see the image in the monitor it seems to me that it really is superb. The light is very beautifull !
Very well captured !
Maggie Terlecki
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She looks very happy and healthy! I agree with, Antonio; the light is beautiful and you captured a really nice expression on her face too.
Maggie
Maggie
jake klein
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Kaitlyn
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Here is my mother-in-law, who just turned 92 the other day.
Cem!
I wish her many more enjoyable times with your wonderful family. What a lady!
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Kaitlyn
Jake,
Oops, I nearly missed out on her! She's so darling and important, bless her!
Asher
Antonio Correia
Well-known member
Jake you have done a great portrait !
Soft light, lots of detail, nice DOF.
Well done !
Soft light, lots of detail, nice DOF.
Well done !
Antonio Correia
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I think it misses a flash on his shoulders and head.
Next time.
I have to buy a light stand.
Next time.
I have to buy a light stand.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I think it misses a flash on his shoulders and head.
Next time.
I have to buy a light stand.
Don't worry about the lighting faults that you wish you could have corrected. It's like a mother wondering why her newborn has a tiny birthmark on the back of it's bottom! This picture shows a man's posture and reminds me of August Sander's portraits, and they were not "Rembrands" either!
Asher
Antonio Correia
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Thank you Asher for your comment.
I know you meant as a compliment and I am also aware that my photography is more like old people used to do.
But in fact, it is what I like and get some pleasure from.
August Sander had a fantastic project which a few can afford:
"...The money earned from commercial commissions allowed Sander to work in his spare time on a grandiose documentary project entitled ‘People of the 20th Century’, aimed at compiling a typology of contemporary Germans and devising a social portrait of his epoch. Subjects for these images were selected from his acquaintances and customers.
Since Sander could not conceive of humanity separately from the environment, he conducted an active study of fauna and worked on a topographical description of German territories in parallel to the portrait photography. In 1933 the photographer began producing thematic albums dedicated to various regions in Germany, including the Rhine valley..."
I know you meant as a compliment and I am also aware that my photography is more like old people used to do.
But in fact, it is what I like and get some pleasure from.
August Sander had a fantastic project which a few can afford:
"...The money earned from commercial commissions allowed Sander to work in his spare time on a grandiose documentary project entitled ‘People of the 20th Century’, aimed at compiling a typology of contemporary Germans and devising a social portrait of his epoch. Subjects for these images were selected from his acquaintances and customers.
Since Sander could not conceive of humanity separately from the environment, he conducted an active study of fauna and worked on a topographical description of German territories in parallel to the portrait photography. In 1933 the photographer began producing thematic albums dedicated to various regions in Germany, including the Rhine valley..."
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
If Sander were alive today, he'd want to visit with you and would no doubt settle down in Setubal to capture the denizens there too! For sure the two of you would have had a great friendship!
Asher
Asher
Antonio Correia
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LOL LOL No doubt ! LOL LOL
Antonio Correia
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Asher Kelman
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Excellent pose and attitude! You do have a distinctive way of having people pose for you. I wonder whether you'd get to visit Brazil or Portuguese East Africa or else Goa and look at the denizens there. I'd like to know how different they'd be to you.
I was impressed in Mozambique how non-racist the people were. I wish we'd be that accepting. Now in Goa, you might find it's different as the Church was pretty hard on the native Indian inhabitants.
Asher
Asher Kelman
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This was earlier that night in a musty bar. Edit: f1.4 1/30th 3200 50mm manual white balance because of some neon lights.
-Adrian
Adrian,
I had copied this way back on to my hard drive, but forgotten that detail, and was wondering where I shot this! I was convinced that I had taken it, as I thought I remembered the people. That shows how memory can get altered by photography. Of course, now I realize that I just have loved this picture from the first time you posted your picture, Adrian!
I really dread to think of the veracity of testimony after many years!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I had the fortune of Kate visiting. The light was just right:
Asher Kelman:Kate in White
Ricoh GR 2014
Asher
Asher Kelman:Kate in White
Ricoh GR 2014
Asher
Antonio Correia
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Indeed a very nice and well done portrait, Asher.
The model has a fantastic expression and the overall white areas enhance her face and legs in a somehow sensual posture.
I also like the window and the light reflection on top of the frame.
You are lucky to have such nice and gorgeous models
The model has a fantastic expression and the overall white areas enhance her face and legs in a somehow sensual posture.
I also like the window and the light reflection on top of the frame.
You are lucky to have such nice and gorgeous models
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Indeed a very nice and well done portrait, Asher.
The model has a fantastic expression and the overall white areas enhance her face and legs in a somehow sensual posture.
I also like the window and the light reflection on top of the frame.
You are lucky to have such nice and gorgeous models
Antonio,
My fortune here is the complete trust she has in having her pictures taken and that's what allows her to be so as ease. When one person trusts like that, it's indeed a privilege to be able to point a camera and store some of that magic to share with you.
Asher
fahim mohammed
Well-known member
Asher, you know I generally do not comment on nude and semi-nude photographs. In this instance however, you have made use of the lighting and ( goes without saying ) a lovely person to produce a very engaging portrait.
But would you call this a grab shot?
Regards.
But would you call this a grab shot?
Regards.
fahim mohammed
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A grab shot of Ayesha.
From 5900 meters up in Acacongua to sea level in the Maldives....
From 5900 meters up in Acacongua to sea level in the Maldives....
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Thanks so much for the visit. Actually, Fahim, she was there that day to help me with sorting "stuff" to make room for a printer…I just had to get that shot too! …..and there's a chaperone, always!
Asher
Jerome Marot
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This is a very nice picture. Not only the person is beautiful, but the expression is engaging and I like the composition with the lit window at the top and the unkept bed.