Brother and sister

Can't claim too much originality with this one, but I liked the effect of two pairs of nearly identical eyes looking at you. Hard to believe, but they don't really look that much alike in real life...

Please don't hesitate to check out and comment this and rest of the images posted in my "portrait of family and friends" folder.

Amazing. There are no words. Perfect cropping of the subject, which is half the battle in many portraits and scenes.

Can't claim too much originality...

I've always thought that originality in portraiture is overrated - it's all about expression. Done well, the shot reveals the personality of the subject, not that of the photographer. By that standard, this is highly "original" because it seems to tell me a lot about them.

My only complaint is that they don't seem to be looking in the same direction - he seems to be looking a bit to his right of the camera. Still a good portrait.