Response to Dramatic Portrait (Response #186)

Uploaded 816 Days Ago by bennybedlam - 9 comments

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shotage said 816 days ago:

For me, this works perfectly for the theme, a shed load of drama and superb execution.

KevinG said 816 days ago:

I find photos like this -- with an underlying sense of emotional violence or betrayal -- disturbing. This is quite disturbing but in a subtle way. I think it's really welldone!

The only thing I wish wasn't in the image is what seems like a roll of TP behind the man's head.

It's very emotive image.

Ana said 815 days ago:

Is that guy dead back there?

smudo said 815 days ago:

for real? there are tears, but no sorrow, in her face. no running make-up either. what's the story behing this shot, i wonder. like it alot!

smudo said 815 days ago:

ah, benny, i figured it was you...;)

Snoops said 814 days ago:

I'm not good at portraits or people photo taking.. but i like this.. i think its her red hair that really stands out for me.. along with the tear... excellent :)

zorilla said 814 days ago:

This isn't a dramatic portrait. It's a whole damned novel - and one that I really want to read.

I can't count the number of reasons why I love this picture.

Flatline said 814 days ago:

Very cool! Not sure if she left him that way, or found him that way... and maybe he's not even alone right now. Good composition.

bennybedlam said 813 days ago:

thanks for the comments. the tears, well, my finger and a glass of water made for that. plus it was the end of a long shoot so i think maybe she was almost in tears anyway...

shot with a large softbox over my left shoulder and a fairly shallow depth of field.

if i could shoot it again? yeah, i'd get rid of the toilet paper, and have a stylist on the shoot because by this time her hair was looking a bit of a mess.

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