Emma #2

Ornello: you made your opinion known, now let it rest.

Dave,
I really don't give a #$*! what type of label goes along with this beautifull photograph. It looks excellent to me. I prefer it to your earlier post of the same girl. Your subject is quite striking, I love the contrast, all the lines created by her hair, sweater, features and the different textures of those same things. Great work. All the best. doc

mrcallow:

The point I was making that the images are technically proficient for the kind of work such a product photography or similar matter, but that portraiture is a wholly different thing, requiring radically different choices than those made here, from an aesthetic point of view, if one is attempting to work in B&W portraiture.

As they are presented, these are not 'portraits'. They look more like product shots, because the lighting is typical of that genre. I should know, because I have done that kind of work.

If one is concerned only with exposure, development, printing, etc., there is nothing to say: the image is flawless in that aspect. I do not presume the original poster need to be reasured that his work is technically superb. I am sure he is quite aware of its technical excellence.

The only thing remaining to critique, then, is the approach to posing, lighting, etc., and that is where I think the poster has a way to go. The best way to learn is to look at the work of the masters of the genre, as nothing I could possibly say will even approach the usefulness of seeing their work..

what I want to know is how as a MEMBER and not a SUBSCRIBER can Ornello post to the gallery. I had to pay and if he wants to play he should pay also.

lee\c

Ornello said "I should know, because I have done a lot of that kind of work.'

My question is where did you do this kind of work? At Sears or Wal-Mart?

lee/c

Lee I don't know, but this little tear in the fabric is about to be closed.

cool see all yall later off to eat

lee\c

Scarpitti should not be posting here, there is an access control glitch with the system, for now I have banned him by ip address and will investigate the access problem soon..

Sean, to view the gallery you have to be a subscriber right?

Mike