Making Ends Meet

Making Ends Meet

Another of your excellent portraits !

Perfect composition, and the use of your dof with your lighting is creating an incredibly strong narrative which is as well as open to all kind of interpretations.

 

*edit ... >> changed an old "but" into "and" ^^

Thanks Laurent. As usual, I wasn't thinking. I shoud have gotten the backround a little more in focus. I appreciate you stoping by.

honestly, I believe that the photo would be less powerfull if the background were more in focus

 

Thanks. That makes me feel a little better about it.

Sometimes I believe that "not thinking" may be the best way to turn a photo into art.

What I like very much in this portrait is the expression of the man, because it is a bit difficult to be sure about what this expression really is : we need to use our imagination.

 

And then we start to notice something is happening in the background. a woman sitting in a sofa. Is she reading ? is she working, does she have a baby in her arms ? nothing certain here, and that can only reinforce the hidden part of the whole story, completely in balance with the intense feeling of the man, feeling that he is hiding from us.

I know what you mean. Many times I've looked at a photo I've taken & couldn't remember what all was in the frame. Sometimes you just go with what you've got & it works out. Also I want to thank you for your input on this. I actually like this picture.

I also love this photo a lot.

And that's why I'm here so often ;-)

 

I like the image (expression, composition, out of focus woman and child in the background).

Self portrait?

 

Only drawback is the reflection in the mirror growing from the head.

Yeah, that mirror. I hadn't noticed it. No that's not a self portrait, that's actually my son. I guess in a way it IS a self portrait. Thanks for stopping by & welcome to Photo.net.