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M.M. Meehan
{K:3751} 4/7/2003
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This one is very good. Puts me in mind of the portrait of that old old gentleman. You know the one. Its in your genes, I guess. :) I like the shadow over half of his face, but am not crazy about the slightly blown out lighting on his hand. Few hot spots on the sax. Is it a sax? So, I have knocked the lighting rate down a bit on this, even though it is one of my favourite portraits of yours.
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meprivacynet@meprivacy.net meprivacynet@meprivacy.net
{K:3974} 2/4/2003
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Great, kind and story-telling portrait.
PS: nice to see you too:)
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Jim McNitt
{K:11246} 2/3/2003
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Hi Verna:
The mask photo is my first upload here -- so it was very encouraging to get a near instantaneous welcome from a familar face, so to speak. The real irony is that Masquerade was directly inspired by your Aztec Princess which deeply impressed me -- along with many others -- on Photo.Net. A couple of days after I critiqued Aztec Princess, I noticed the pheasant Mardi Gras masks in my daughter's room. Not exactly a full Bourbon Street regalia, but they do have a fabulous texture. So over the weekend I dragged my daughter, her friend and the masks into the studio. True, I probably overdodged the eyes, but I couldn't resist. The more I dodged, the better the eye colors complemented the masks -- pure serendipity, I might add. Thanks, Jim.
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Andy Eulass
{K:13435} 1/29/2003
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I'm with what Toni and Bart said. Very natural and very pleasing. I really like how you used the lighting to get in under his cap and illuminate his eyes.
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Toni Martin
{K:5092} 1/28/2003
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Very well done on a portrait with a lot of character! Love the warmness of it!
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Bart Aldrich
{K:7614} 1/28/2003
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Nice, warm natural portrait. I used to play a Conn trumpet.
Cheers!
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