brendan_hohls

What an honest and beautiful portrait! Lovely! I like the lighting and composition and your lovely model's eye contact.

Hi Jim

Thank you so much!

Hi Jim

I really like the pose a lot!

What beautiful tonality and three dimensionality this portrait has!  Lovely!  I think that it is also a good visual twist that the viewer can't be totally sure whether it is a fold in the design at the elbow or the model's nipple subtly revealed.

Very clever!

Great mood! The trees are leaning into the storm and that reinforces the wave action.

Thank you so much David.

Dancers move so well, even when they are not moving.

Regards

Brendan

Is that mutton cloth that you've used? It is a very effective result!

What an appealingly mischievous face your model has!  Very well captured by you!

You have mastered capturing models totally at ease and comfortable with themselves.  Beautifully and sensitively lit shot!

Great spontaneity!  A lovely natural shot of a truly gorgeous model.

Gorgeous portrait!  I take the point about the model's head appearing large, but at the same time this actually works well for me.  The feeling is certainly accentuated by the placement of the model's arms.  She almost looks innocent and very youthful until you look a little further and you see that she is a fully beautiful woman.

Very nice!

Thank you so much Steve and John, your comments are much appreciated.  I have much to learn still....

What incredible prsence and energy your model has!  Well captured John!

Thanks a lot Mike!

Thank you Timo!

Thank you for the comment Gregory and Verena

Not much stops him doing what he wants to.  He lifts my spirits every day and I am glad that he lifted yours too!

Hi Gerald

He is a character indeed.  Very sweet, but also determined and can be mischievous.

Thanks for commenting.

Friends comfortable with each other!  Very engaging photo!

Great shot!  The trees have a slightly sinister energy and cause an emotional reaction, well done!

Beautiful model in a great pose, and your choice of lighting her really works!

Hi Amy

You have the skill to always draw me in and make me wonder exactly what it is that you have photographed.  I wonder whether it is a random thread or a pubic hair, but either way it is intriguing!

Wonderfully sensual and sensitive with a great pose too!

I love this image but agree with Tomek, I think that it would be even better with the eyes and lips in sharp focus and allow the rest to blur beautifully as you have done.

Wonderfully intimate portrait that is very sensitively handled! Bravo!