it's a texas thang...cowboy up! Texas - 35

Your portrait series is  very impressive, featuring many unique characters.

Very nice portrait. Well done.

A great pleasure for us: always wonderful portraits!

Absolutely marvelous portrait. I see a great face with a no nonsense expression. The focus is great and the light and shadow are equally great. Very well done!!

Line, very well done! I like the dark tone as it draws attention to the face and whiskers. The pose is natural yet distinctive. The framing is perfect. The POV works perfectly. I like the way the right shoulder fades into the background.

Unique style, perfect presentation!

Excellent lighting, fabulous character!

A very nice result with beautiful lighting, Line!

Great portrait!!!

Nothing to say more than see your news with this kind of subject and way is worked,compliments.

beautiful great lighting-expression -colors  (excellent work!!!)

Line

Excellent lighting and so much character. Beautifully seen and executed. Best wishes William

Both your characters and your art are being immortalized in this portrait series. Your process seems tailored perfectly for each unique person but in each image there is the same acceptance, rapport, trust and respect for the artist and his art - like each person is an old trusted friend. 

Thank you all for your words of encouragement. Always means a lot......

Line

My view: ... I suffer from social anxiety disorder. Since I don't interact easily with people, I have spent most of my life observing them..... A different kind of connection. I guess it has an important impact on my art.

Line,

Fascinating. Seems to have spawned a genius for this portrait work.  I am basically a shy person and will rarely do street photography because of that.  I recently got the courage to try street photography in New York of all places and using a tripod.  Boy did I stick out.  Surprisingly people's reaction to me put me at ease.  However this genius is created your series of portraits are museum quality and perforce are likely to end up there.  Congrats again on these amazing productions.

It took me a lot to get comfortable with street photography. The fact you were using a tripod is a good approach. I find that if I have the camera on a tripod or keep it up ready to take a shot, suddenly the roles are reversed. I am not invading peoples' space anymore...they are the ones walking into mine...