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[benqui]

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M10-R, Apo-Summicron 2/50

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[Kl@usW.]

vor 2 Stunden schrieb benqui:

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Could be worse.... (To use the highest praise that exists here in Swabia) , or else: excellent, Marc. It´s a highly artificial pose, but convincing. I like it. 

[benqui]

vor 10 Stunden schrieb Kl@usW.:

Could be worse.... (To use the highest praise that exists here in Swabia) , or else: excellent, Marc. It´s a highly artificial pose, but convincing. I like it. 

Thanks a lot Klaus! Yes I know the meaning of could be worse lol. My chief used to say: if I say nothing, it is good.

I tried several poses but I liked these artificial poses more than some of the conventional. 

[stuny]

Lovely.  I think we've seen your subject before.

[fotografr]

This is just my personal bias creeping in again, but I have never been able to develop an appreciation for photos of women who appear to be self-possessed of their own beauty and sex appeal. I'd never have made it as a model photographer.

[David Cantor]

1 hour ago, fotografr said:

This is just my personal bias creeping in again, but I have never been able to develop an appreciation for photos of women who appear to be self-possessed of their own beauty and sex appeal. I'd never have made it as a model photographer.

I agree, up to a point. Images of glamorous women usually tell us very little about what goes on under the facade or indeed anything about their personality.

[dritz]

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56 minutes ago, David Cantor said:

I agree, up to a point. Images of glamorous women usually tell us very little about what goes on under the facade or indeed anything about their personality.

Self possessed by their own beauty?  I would like to try that on for a couple of minutes!  For me, it would be delusional...  Yet, we project a fantasy upon others, which is to say, we are delusional about others... until something happens to wake us up!

[benqui]

vor 19 Stunden schrieb stuny:

Lovely.  I think we've seen your subject before.

Thank a lot Stuart! Yes you have seen Reelika before, more photos will come

vor 18 Stunden schrieb fotografr:

This is just my personal bias creeping in again, but I have never been able to develop an appreciation for photos of women who appear to be self-possessed of their own beauty and sex appeal. I'd never have made it as a model photographer.

Brent I always appreciate your fair and open minded comments which are helpful for me to see my photos from another point of view. I do not think that her post is self-possessed of her own beauty (especially not when you know her, Reelika is very calm and reluctant). For me it is like a play: your model should be like an actress, sometimes it must be drama, cliché or whatever. In this special case I liked the the frontal light on her face and her beautiful hair (and her pose)

vor 17 Stunden schrieb David Cantor:

I agree, up to a point. Images of glamorous women usually tell us very little about what goes on under the facade or indeed anything about their personality.

Yes David I totally agree with you. The photo shows what you and your model want to show or to create and is nothing about the personality.

vor 16 Stunden schrieb dritz:

Self possessed by their own beauty?  I would like to try that on for a couple of minutes!  For me, it would be delusional...  Yet, we project a fantasy upon others, which is to say, we are delusional about others... until something happens to wake us up!

Yes Dritz, I think a portrait is always a projection of your thoughts and fantasies. For some viewers it works, for others not.