photoriot

June 20, 2003

Great expression. Cropping and enigmatic shadow on right eye add drama. Looking again, the shadow across the top gives a slight impression that it was shot secretly.

May 28, 2003

In the small size I thought it might be an avocado with something on top. Impressive shape either way.

May 16, 2003

I agree 100% with Thomas. Beyond that, the combo of symmetric and off-symmetric could be interesting to explore. I'll try to upload a crop that balances top and bottom more. Plus one could play with rotating the picture slightly.

May 11, 2003

The PS work does not stand out, which makes it all the better.

May 8, 2003

The thumbnail looks kind of spooky, at bigger size the detail makes it more like a snapshot.

September 28, 2002

I see the model's expression reflecting the fact that she is balancing the flowers. It reminds me of the famous portrait of Churchill in which the photog had just stepped up to him and taken away his cigar - his bulldog expression and the one in this picture nicely show the confrontational aspect of portraiture.

September 8, 2002

The bagpipe is a single-drone traditional instrument (gajda) of Bulgaria and Macedonia. Normally it is played with the "chanter" (in front) pointing down so that the musician can conveniently finger the intricate rythmns of Bulgarian dance music, but for this slow tune we see the chanter held up to display the musician's emoting quavers as he brushes the lower holes with his right hand, making the subtleties of shading more audible to the musician in the process. Theatrically we also get an image of the player perhaps holding the corpse of his beloved as he mourns. The music is unlike Scottish/Irish bagpipe in that it falls within an octave, replacing tonal range with rythmic complexity, tho for a dirge the differences may be smaller.