sam_portera

January 23, 2007

9th ward New Orleans in March 2006

Comments welcomed.

December 17, 2002

Someone please delete this soapbox political crap. This is a place for photographer's not to hear your lame political views........and the image sucks too!

September 5, 2002

Tan lines make the photo in my opinion. Stes it off from the other bizillion nudes Ive seen recently. Good job.

August 13, 2002

I like the other photo of your sister. This one.....Im not crazy about. I don't know what kind of lighting your using. Looks like one flash am I right? If so you need to move your light futher to the side and higher so that you get some shadows... soft shadows not to harsh you can use a reflector as your fill light (a white poster board will do. And the pose is too frontal. Have her turn side ways 3/4 turn facing away from your main light and turn eys facing the camera. Hope this helps.

April 26, 2002

I have sone successful pics of my tank using an off camera flash ata 45 degree angle to the glass, This way there is no reflection.

February 25, 2002

Needs more contrast otherwise great composition

February 25, 2002

Beautiful.

February 20, 2002

I love this photo! Simple. Beautiful.

February 20, 2002

Tom as usual you did a great job. I think the other photo of her is more flattering but both are very nice.

February 20, 2002

Well done. Do you use a handheld meter with your IIIc or just approx exposure? Love your other work as well!

February 18, 2002

The thumbnail looks like my aircondition filter! This is one of that shots that only look good at 11x14 or above to accentuate the scale. Nice

February 9, 2002

The b&w looks MUCH better than the color. Very well done.

February 7, 2002

Very nicely done. Well balanced.

January 25, 2002

agree. snapshots at best.

January 23, 2002

Sorry for my ignorance I see it was studio lighting. Did you print it?

January 23, 2002

I love it. Perfect. How did you light it? Stobes?

August 2, 2001

Nothing is wrong with it. Do you like it? If so who cares what others think. Art is very very subjective. What one likes, others will most certainly dislike. The fact that nobody commented on your photo does not make it a bad photo. Keep shooting the subjects that you enjoy.

June 21, 2001

Nicy angle. I like it. Was this taken on the street and the background removed in photoshop?

Good job.

June 21, 2001

I like this image and your exposure and printing are perfect. Is this a place you can revisit? If so you might want to try using a ND filter and a really long exposure like 30 sec or greater. The water begins to look like smoke. Any way great job!

June 21, 2001

Did you print it? You might try to increase the contrast a little. I love the composition (I usually hate photos of flowers but this I like. ) If the background was black I would like it more. Good job.