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More portraits from my side
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Asher Kelman
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Oli,
A nice bunch of grabshots. Now do you mean portraits sneaked from your side? Where and when were these taken? How do you feel about opening up that shadows or is your wish to leave them as is?
Asher
A nice bunch of grabshots. Now do you mean portraits sneaked from your side? Where and when were these taken? How do you feel about opening up that shadows or is your wish to leave them as is?
Asher
oli murugavel
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the first one is my friend... the picture wat shot in a restaurent in Goa, India
The second one was shot in a temple
The third one was shot in a remote village in Tamil Nadu. India
And regarding the shadows... no i wont lighten them up... sorry! i love taking pictures in low lighting.. thats the only way to convay some mood.. its my way of taking photographs.. i have many many bright portraits but i love only the dark ones! LIGHT GETS ATTRACTED ONLY WHEN THE DARKS ARE EXPOSED..!
The second one was shot in a temple
The third one was shot in a remote village in Tamil Nadu. India
And regarding the shadows... no i wont lighten them up... sorry! i love taking pictures in low lighting.. thats the only way to convay some mood.. its my way of taking photographs.. i have many many bright portraits but i love only the dark ones! LIGHT GETS ATTRACTED ONLY WHEN THE DARKS ARE EXPOSED..!
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Me too! That's a special interest of mine. However, one can maintain the mood and still get good exposure.
No one is asking for no blacks or dark tones!
Not necessarily true. Try a white background with 5 central mid grey dots and a few light gray dots and no black. It will still look super-bright. Add a few black circles and the white will appear LESS bright!
Artistically, we want a distribution of light over all the tonalities. We don't need the rich details hidden. Yes, there is one standard for you since you saw the scene and the faces. When you see the portrait, it brings back 110% of what you saw. It's likely better then perfect.
By contrast, for us, if you show the picture as you saw it, we see the perfectly good portrait imprisoned behind a curtain of shadow (which your memory naturally pierces). We cannot always be truthful in photography, not if we want to share experiences. Art needs to arrive at the observer's mind.
I have no wish to change an artists ntent. However, sometimes the artist may not realize the gap between what the image evokes in another person who has never set eyes on the subject in the portrait.
However, if you wish to keep a veil over the faces, then that, of course is your own artistic prerogative, which I must respect. I do not believe, however that you really are re-experiencing your subjects' portraits in the limited way we are so confined. Still, that may be your artistic wish, as if to say, to us that we do not know them but you perhaps do. If that's the case, so be it. It's just your way and that is just what it is.
Asher
oli murugavel
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i agree with you sir...! check out mt new post