Melissa Febos | Writer / Prospect Park December 13, 2007
OOOoohhhh. Not only is this shot great, but I get the first comment. Take that, Internet! - Peter Boysen - http://www.peterboysen.com no lights, no candels, no santa to be seen... but all the more christmasy... feels great. would love to trade places with her just now... - samsplanet a nice study in secondary colours! Gorgeous. - superfluous aussie I love this. I have nothing more eloquent to say than that.
I love beauty! - Jocelyn - http://www.myspace.com/jocelynryder oooh pretty. the colours... and composition... just very, very pretty. - andrea - www.andreamann.com PS. there's something of Narnia about this. was there a beautiful white horse just out of shot? - andrea - www.andreamann.com Andrea, you're totally right. She looks exactly like a grown up Lucy Pevensie. I absolutely adore this photo! - NicoleB Ahhhhbsolutely perfect. - Karen so magical. I love what andrea said about narnia, that is so right on. beautiful placement of every element of the photo, the trees, the girl, the horizon line, the arrangement of colors. - zed - http://www.zaedryn.com Yeah there is sort of a fantastical surreal quality about this - maybe the purplish hue of the trees... the velvet coat... and the model looks almost "pasted" into the scene (I know she wasn't) - which makes it look all the more otherworldly, like she was just transported there through a magic wardrobe... :) :) - Mindy Ooooooo -- perfect holiday shot, Bill -- thank you for this one. - nuno Nice one. It's good to see you vary subject distance a bit, my only meager criticism of a spectacular collection. - carpeicthus Wow, just like WOW!! - buckycatt Andrea's right - Melissa is Lucy at the end of the story - but beautiful in her own right, as well. Her colors - red and green and blue - match the colors of the landscape perfectly. It might be my favorite. - Sarah - http://saranne03.blogspot.com what an eye for color - henry Perfect per·fect –adjective :
Being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish. - Dennis Ray Nestor Jr. - http://www.ideaguy.tv fab! - Ulrich - http://uhilger.de Beautiful! :) - James Curtis Smith - http://www.justjames.org Dang, this portrait rocks my socks off - Drew I too instantly thought of Narnia when I saw this pic! - Amanda modern day fairy tale meets brooklyn.
outstanding... - story - prettylittlemess.wordpress.com :) - K Interesting... I zoomed in on the picture and lo and behold, the framing was just right, not too much brown tree and a closer image of the woman. Bill, you do this a lot, getting too far from your subject and putting way too much background in the portrait. The colors are great, though. I think your next one will be better... I peeked. - John Andrews not that Bill needs anyone to defend him, but I disagree with John - I think the framing of this is just perfect; in fact, the composition here is largely what makes the image so striking and special. the colours of the tree mimic those of her hair and trim of her coat; and I particularly adore the gentle slope of the fallen leaves, which lead to her. to frame it other way would lose all these elements, surely. plus, with 365 shots of people, I think it's perfectly fine to have some in which the subject is this far away! ;-) - andrea - www.andreamann.com success capturing snow falling. - rlb Beautiful - Charlotte Enchanted, pure and simple. - Meg - www.queenietakesmanhattan.blogspot.com Bill, you have totally inspired me. I have been looking through your photos for a couple days now... it's amazing to see all that you've accomplished just in this year alone, and your project is amazing both in its endeavor and in the work that it has produced.
This is my favorite so far from what I've seen this year. Everything about it is gorgeous, and although I've lived in Southern California for over a decade and love the weather and easy lifestyle it affords me... this photo makes me miss upstate NY something fierce.
Thank you. - Vu Bui - http://vubui.com I like all the composition. Perfect place and background ! - Victor Puig - http://www.flickr.com/photos/45street Hands down, this must be one of your best portraits. I love this image!
She is balancing the color of the creation around her. Gorgeous. - Trevor Carpenter - http://trevorcarpenter.com I love the negative space in this photo. Everything about it is perfect. - Kyle - blog.ten18photography.com Bill (y)~
I'm a lurker on this project of yours- always taken by the work- but this one- this one quite literally took my breath. - Megin - http://maine-lymegin.blogspot.com Beautiful shot! Composition, color, negative space, DOF. Just superb! - Mark - www.markalanfoto.com I love this one too! I just don't know how you have compiled so many different portraits, each one so unique! - Jonny - http://lintonstudios.co.uk/news/
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.
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- Peter Boysen - http://www.peterboysen.com
no lights, no candels, no santa to be seen... but all the more christmasy... feels great. would love to trade places with her just now...
- samsplanet
a nice study in secondary colours! Gorgeous.
- superfluous aussie
I love this. I have nothing more eloquent to say than that. I love beauty!
- Jocelyn - http://www.myspace.com/jocelynryder
oooh pretty. the colours... and composition... just very, very pretty.
- andrea - www.andreamann.com
PS. there's something of Narnia about this. was there a beautiful white horse just out of shot?
- andrea - www.andreamann.com
Andrea, you're totally right. She looks exactly like a grown up Lucy Pevensie. I absolutely adore this photo!
- NicoleB
Ahhhhbsolutely perfect.
- Karen
so magical. I love what andrea said about narnia, that is so right on. beautiful placement of every element of the photo, the trees, the girl, the horizon line, the arrangement of colors.
- zed - http://www.zaedryn.com
Yeah there is sort of a fantastical surreal quality about this - maybe the purplish hue of the trees... the velvet coat... and the model looks almost "pasted" into the scene (I know she wasn't) - which makes it look all the more otherworldly, like she was just transported there through a magic wardrobe... :) :)
- Mindy
Ooooooo -- perfect holiday shot, Bill -- thank you for this one.
- nuno
Nice one. It's good to see you vary subject distance a bit, my only meager criticism of a spectacular collection.
- carpeicthus
Wow, just like WOW!!
- buckycatt
Andrea's right - Melissa is Lucy at the end of the story - but beautiful in her own right, as well. Her colors - red and green and blue - match the colors of the landscape perfectly. It might be my favorite.
- Sarah - http://saranne03.blogspot.com
what an eye for color
- henry
Perfect per·fect –adjective : Being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish.
- Dennis Ray Nestor Jr. - http://www.ideaguy.tv
fab!
- Ulrich - http://uhilger.de
Beautiful! :)
- James Curtis Smith - http://www.justjames.org
Dang, this portrait rocks my socks off
- Drew
I too instantly thought of Narnia when I saw this pic!
- Amanda
modern day fairy tale meets brooklyn. outstanding...
- story - prettylittlemess.wordpress.com
:)
- K
Interesting... I zoomed in on the picture and lo and behold, the framing was just right, not too much brown tree and a closer image of the woman. Bill, you do this a lot, getting too far from your subject and putting way too much background in the portrait. The colors are great, though. I think your next one will be better... I peeked.
- John Andrews
not that Bill needs anyone to defend him, but I disagree with John - I think the framing of this is just perfect; in fact, the composition here is largely what makes the image so striking and special. the colours of the tree mimic those of her hair and trim of her coat; and I particularly adore the gentle slope of the fallen leaves, which lead to her. to frame it other way would lose all these elements, surely. plus, with 365 shots of people, I think it's perfectly fine to have some in which the subject is this far away! ;-)
- andrea - www.andreamann.com
success capturing snow falling.
- rlb
Beautiful
- Charlotte
Enchanted, pure and simple.
- Meg - www.queenietakesmanhattan.blogspot.com
Bill, you have totally inspired me. I have been looking through your photos for a couple days now... it's amazing to see all that you've accomplished just in this year alone, and your project is amazing both in its endeavor and in the work that it has produced. This is my favorite so far from what I've seen this year. Everything about it is gorgeous, and although I've lived in Southern California for over a decade and love the weather and easy lifestyle it affords me... this photo makes me miss upstate NY something fierce. Thank you.
- Vu Bui - http://vubui.com
I like all the composition. Perfect place and background !
- Victor Puig - http://www.flickr.com/photos/45street
Hands down, this must be one of your best portraits. I love this image! She is balancing the color of the creation around her. Gorgeous.
- Trevor Carpenter - http://trevorcarpenter.com
I love the negative space in this photo. Everything about it is perfect.
- Kyle - blog.ten18photography.com
Bill (y)~ I'm a lurker on this project of yours- always taken by the work- but this one- this one quite literally took my breath.
- Megin - http://maine-lymegin.blogspot.com
Beautiful shot! Composition, color, negative space, DOF. Just superb!
- Mark - www.markalanfoto.com
I love this one too! I just don't know how you have compiled so many different portraits, each one so unique!
- Jonny - http://lintonstudios.co.uk/news/