Bailey Portrait Of The Queen

[Rob MacKillop]

Just released. It has been described as "Instagram style"... What do we think of it?

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Very flat isn't it ?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

50mm lens on a Blad, apparently, just a foot or so from her face. Looks like they got on well...

 

[Hamish Gill]

Looks ok to me ...
What makes it Instagram style?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

He put a trendy frame around it. See: http://news.sky.com/story/1245988/baileys-queen-portrait-in-instagram-style

 

[Hamish Gill]

Is that not not the edge of the neg?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Probably! But people associate it with Instagram for some reason.

 

[Tom Dunne]

Never met the queen so cannot be sure about this; her eyes seem fine but the mouth looks all wrong to me. And it is not accurate as regards her age.
He should have stuck with the Holga.

 

[Pete Askew]

Maybe not his finest portrait but it is certainly a different portrait of her - it looks like his 'charm' got to her! And yes, that is the the negative mask.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I think it's quite friendly looking ... Slightly informal.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

It turned into a nice old lady, didn't it? Nothing more, nothing less. Like a nice old lady I know down the street. Nothing wrong in it really, but I know a lot of folks here who could have done just as good. Once you have a name, well......

 

[Paul Lange]

I have been unable to make my mind up about this one. I can see where it would be a challenge, the Queen is probably the most iconic person on the planet and one does has to remain dignified. I guess this kind of limited what he could have done.