Here’s the Photo of the Day.
Like it or not? I’d love to know, and it would be good for everyone if you told me why.
[BTW, this image is from our “OGI” file. What’s that? Well…when Scott and I are editing photos after a shoot, combing through thousands to find the select few that see the light of day, we employ a practice that I can’t recommend highly enough. That practice is to put those surprise images–the unexpected happy accidents that have merit, but maybe aren’t relevant to the job we’re editing–into a file of their own with other like-minded (bizarre, unique, etc) images. We call that file “Otherwise Gifted Images”. That’s sort of what I meant by the title of this post. It’s got a double meaning… in one sense, like this image or not, the practice of saving random, unexpected stuff to a common file, or tagging it a certain way, is a good practice. In another sense, I do want to know if you like this photo or not. I’m bias, but I love it. In fact, I took a spin through that whole file last night and fell in love all over again with about 40 photos.. I’ll be sharing more of them over time.]
I like the division of light and shadow and the distortion between the 2 sides….adds to the feeling I get of distorted personality…like testosterone is raging and there is satisfaction in that.
I don’t know the context of the actually shoot though.
Thanks,
Jackie
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This is what I call a development reference shot, you know you are on to something but the experimentation needs to go further to achieve your final goal, sometimes you don’t get to that point and just move on but then one day in future something hits you and you know how to make the shot work.
Every artist needs to do this type of stuff once in a while and try to come up with something slightly different or new.
I like it. It’s interesting. It makes me think.
Don’t like it. The reason is that it’s a bad portrait. A good portrait provides a vivid view of a person’r state of mind and personality. This picture doesn’t do that. The slice and distortion detract from the person’s expression so you end up with little more than a smirk.
If I ignore the fact that it is a portrait, I can see why people might like it. It is an interesting art shot.
PS. Maybe I should add ( to my remarks above ) that this photo makes me think of some of the paintings of Picasso and Kandinsky. Have you been taking art classes?