lovely, lovely photo. the light and the background make it look very European somehow (ie. beautiful, old); and the composition draws you into the whole scene, not just the subject (a change from your recent portraits, where the subjects have been centre- or full-frame, and the composition's been portrait rather than landscape). in short: a beautiful photograph, and evidence of yet more variety in your work. bravo :). - andrea - www.andreamann.com I like this. - ckaroli - http://my.mashable.com/ckaroli I don't think this works, the portrait looks too forced and awkward. The subject looks like he's desperately trying to relax. - Jack it is a nice picture, the colours good, the saturation is great, ... and that's all. it looks good, but tell me nothing. - anita Interesting choice -- Soho itself takes on equal importance in this portrait, given the abundance of repeating columns in the background. It's also striking that he's looking off to the right, into the distance, as the viewer's eye is drawn in the same direction but backwards (down the street) -- it makes a neat visual "right angle" of sorts. - Alexis The wall and the sidewalk in the background are a distraction. You could crop a good deal of that out and improve the picture markedly. Like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewsjp/1325283389/
I check in every day. Thanks... - John Andrews personally, I like all that background in it, and think it adds to the photo. the gallery and the light falling on it - plus the cream and blue colours of the building and the pavement - give the portrait atmosphere and a sense of location. like many of these photos, it tells a story about where Bill and his subject were that day - which is part of what I love about this project! - andrea - www.andreamann.com I must say I prefer the original as well.. I really like the lines created by the building and the path, and the geometrical feel, as well as the lovely colours andrea mentioned.
fantastic job as always - rach The diagonal lines and shapes in the sidewalk, and the vertical columns help to draw my eye towards the subject. It is framed perfectly. - Carlton SooHoo - http://carltonsoohoo.com Very much has the look of photographer Chan Chao - mahonyWeb - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahonyweb/
I'm Bill Wadman, a New York-based photographer who after completing my first 365 Project, and then a weekly 52 Project, took it upon myself to shoot and post one portrait every day of 2007. Each photo was taken that day, and each day was a different subject. Some were be in the studio, some in the wild. Hopefully they are all interesting.
365 Portraits - The Book is now for sale on Blurb - Order Now!!
- andrea - www.andreamann.com
I like this.
- ckaroli - http://my.mashable.com/ckaroli
I don't think this works, the portrait looks too forced and awkward. The subject looks like he's desperately trying to relax.
- Jack
it is a nice picture, the colours good, the saturation is great, ... and that's all. it looks good, but tell me nothing.
- anita
Interesting choice -- Soho itself takes on equal importance in this portrait, given the abundance of repeating columns in the background. It's also striking that he's looking off to the right, into the distance, as the viewer's eye is drawn in the same direction but backwards (down the street) -- it makes a neat visual "right angle" of sorts.
- Alexis
The wall and the sidewalk in the background are a distraction. You could crop a good deal of that out and improve the picture markedly. Like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewsjp/1325283389/ I check in every day. Thanks...
- John Andrews
personally, I like all that background in it, and think it adds to the photo. the gallery and the light falling on it - plus the cream and blue colours of the building and the pavement - give the portrait atmosphere and a sense of location. like many of these photos, it tells a story about where Bill and his subject were that day - which is part of what I love about this project!
- andrea - www.andreamann.com
I must say I prefer the original as well.. I really like the lines created by the building and the path, and the geometrical feel, as well as the lovely colours andrea mentioned. fantastic job as always
- rach
The diagonal lines and shapes in the sidewalk, and the vertical columns help to draw my eye towards the subject. It is framed perfectly.
- Carlton SooHoo - http://carltonsoohoo.com
Very much has the look of photographer Chan Chao
- mahonyWeb - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mahonyweb/