ingino

Aaah... when I was a teenager (many, many years ago), I had a poster with a B&W image similar to this hanging on my wall. At bottom was one word: ESCAPE. I would stare at that image and get lost in it for long periods, especially when my home life was difficult or stressful.

I think that your image would be better if the sailboat were more prominent -- either larger in the frame or a whiter sail. I think there's too much grey and not enough tonal variety or interplay of light and dark. But thanks for invoking the memory of my old poster.

This is one of the first headshots I took, about two years ago, for a

young aspiring actress. This was the shot she and her parents

selected to use. I scanned the 8x10 print which I had made by a local

lab. The only manipulations done to this image was some adjustments

in contrast, some sharpening, and a little softening of a few tiny

bumps on her skin. I used one 250-watt tungsten photoflood into and

reflecting out of an umbrella. Comments?