– Street Portrait (for and of Ellie), 2014 –
I seem to be spending more and more of my time, just wandering about looking at people and things and not taking photographs. Stylish from head to toe, Ellie rescued my day, photographically speaking. This was the fourth shot and is my favourite. Thanks very much, Ellie! Hope you like your picture.
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If you are interested in self-portraits, I recommend you visit Strata of the Self. It’s beautiful.
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Such a pure vision and great use of shadows in the eyes!
Thanks so much, Ellen! Ellie was great to photograph.
She is intense ! My goodness!
Yes, Ellie has a great gaze, doesn’t she?
More like a soul wrenching stare 🙂 Lovely girl!
I love the way she looks at you (and at the viewer).
Yes, very direct and honest. Thanks very much!
Great capture of a gaze that is direct, penetrating but engaged and welcoming 🙂
Hey, EllaDee! Congratulations! And thanks very much 🙂
Rescued indeed! Brilliant photo, Richard!!! 🙂
🙂 Yes! Thanks very much, Marina! 🙂
Great natural capture of a beautiful woman with no shortage of charisma…
Yes, indeed – Ellie was great to photograph. Thanks very much, Benoît!
ciao! keep wandering…if to be rescued by ellie. great shot.
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Ha, ha, yes, quite. Thanks very much!
Nice to be back and checking in on your posts again 🙂
🙂 Nice to have you back, Carla. Did you have a good break?
yep – I love the streets but it is really nice to exchange the office buildings for pine trees once in awhile 🙂
just wonderful.Thanks for asking Richard. I thought of you up in the mountains where I was walking over an old road with markings of tar smeared on the road. 🙂 no camera with me!
Gosh … Lovely! 🙂
🙂 Thanks very much, Gigi!
Great picture of a pretty girl!
Thanks very much, John!
Lovely shot again, Richard. There’s something almost haunting in her eyes (although it might just be the ‘come on and take the bloody photo’ look, hehe…) which makes her seem really human. 🙂
Thanks very much, Richard! Yes, Ellie has beautiful eyes. That could well be the look – if it was, she was too polite to say. 🙂
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Great shot, I really like the direct gaze in to the camera.
Thanks very much, Stevie. Yes, Ellie has a very arresting look.
That gaze is amazing, very beautiful with very little ‘make-up’, the best kind of beauty
I totally agree.
Not to draw attention away from all these great comments, I hope you don’t mind me commending you for your amazing consistency in delivering portraits with spot-on white balance and magnificent light.
Of course I don’t mind – I love being so thoughtfully complimented – thanks so much, John!
Good things come to those who wait! Ellie’s natural beauty shines through this wonderful portrait Richard!
Ha, ha, yes, indeed! Thanks very much, Patti!
There’s a depth here that is ever so compelling-like a painting.
Thanks very much, Elena – that’s a lovely compliment.
Great portrait. Nice to enjoy your work again.
Thanks very much, Conor. And yours!
Love the lighting, gorgeous!
Summer’s struggling through another week, so it’s nice and bright at the moment.
Stunning work, stunning subject. So much focus in that gaze. Great capture, lighting, presentation, discovery, framing, shading, focus.
Thanks very much, Steven! What a lovely compliment.
An arresting vulnerability to this shot, natural and lovely. And I agree with John too, suberbly captured.
Superb, even 😉
Aw, thanks 🙂
Thanks so much, Cath! You really say such lovely things. I’d like to know what Ellie makes of this shot.
Oh, I love Cath’s description ” an arresting vulnerability “, that it is! Breathtaking.
Thanks so much, Karen!
another nice portrait from you Mr Guest. I like the dark background.
Thanks very much, Cardinal!
A very striking image of Ellie!
Thanks very much, Cheryl – she was a really easy person to photograph.
My goodness is that a gorgeous portrait. Beautiful light and color.
Thanks so much, Chris. Really glad you like it.
This is a really nice one, Richard. I like the look in her eyes, kind of knowing.
Thanks very much, Ashley. Yes, me too. Ellie was such an easy person to photograph. I hope she gets to see this sometime.
Wouldn’t it be great if we all could do portraits of eachother?
I’m so sorry that I couldn’t get to see you when I was in England. 😦
Yes, that would be brilliant – really interesting. Me too, but maybe we can meet sometime in the future.
I do hope so. 🙂
Intense and natural – great portrait, Richard!
Yes, indeed – thanks very much, Anette!