Experimental portraiture with the purple paint

[Lauren Hunt]

After a few comments from the selfportrait photo that i ended up disliking, i had a go again, this time using a willing victim. i also edited a few to see what i liked, not too sure.

 

[Glen Roberts]

Not sure why but I'm not keen on the first and last versions, but I like the PP on the second & third, reminds me of David Bowie/Steve Strange from a few years ago.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Did you ever see that strange childrens tv show called "the tribe" ... The remind me of that!
He has the right face to be a kid out of "the tribe" too
2&3 are the better processed of them, the forth looks like it was taken in a photobooth... Quite effectively, if that was the intent...
3 is effective, although not my bag
2 is the better one, if a touch too washed out

What would 2 look like b&w with a little more detail in his nose and the stripe darker?

 

[Lauren Hunt]

Had a go at B and W

 

[Hamish Gill]

Bang on! That's the winner in my books!
The toning is spot on!
Much stronger image... Good work!

 

[Lauren Hunt]

Yay Thank you

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That B&W one's a stunner!, although I do still like #2 (the original)

 

[Paul Lange]

I normally find that if I like the composition of a photo but it's just not working for some reason it is usually a candidate for B&W. Sometimes the colours just distract and can ruin a good shot.

 

[Thomas brookes]

Yeah!!! Agreed b&w is great !!!!!!! Good work Lauren !!!!!

 

[Thomas brookes]

Just had a look back but maybe a level tilt to square his eyes up? Or would that throw the line out? Think it would be more striking if his eyes, nose and mouth were bang on???? I don't know what do ya recon?

 

[Lauren Hunt]

I did a Quick crop and rotated a little. Yay or Nay?

 

[Thomas brookes]

For me Lauren it's far more striking than the others!!!!!!!! It's a winner !!! With the other eye out it's striking he looks more tribal and purposeful, I don't know what the others think but for me the level and crop works really well, very precise. I can take more emotion out of this pic than I can off the others!!!! With a wife to be interested in fashion she said it would easaly pass for a perume advertisement any day !!!

 

[Thomas brookes]

Yeah I did another look back ( as usual ) striking is the word

 

[Pete Askew]

The monochrome crop gets my vote too Lauren, very strong image. Excellent stuff.

 

[Vic Shaw]

when I saw these at first my reaction was that it need to be cropped as the last shot, coupled with the B&W treatment it looks such a better shot and is now much more intriguing.


Vic

 

[Pete Askew]

Hi Lauren, I have been looking at the last crop again. Still like it a lot but have a look at a further crop just above the eyebrow (ie losing the hair etc). I think the more conventional frame size makes an even stronger image. What do you think?

 

[Vic Shaw]

I agree with Pete it does need a crop, I tried just below the spike of the hair and cropping just along the bottom up to the dark line of the chin.

Vic

 

[Pete Askew]

Hi Lauren. I like the collage you have in your album. My only suggestion would be to booth the contrast with a curves correction and to try to equalise the exposures a little more. A bit like this (but with a bit more precision with the dodge and burn (or better still in the 4 component images). What do you think?