The Framer

[Rob MacKillop]

I rarely get pictures framed, but if I do, this is the guy who does them. BTW, he hates this photo. I quite like it. It’s exactly how I remember him.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Expressive portrait, skin made of bark, eyes like needles. A heavy smoker, I suppose, right Rob?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Indeed he is a heavy smoker, and one suspects drinker too, or had been in former times. But he does a very professional job at a good price. No complaints.

Skin made of bark - check!
Eyes like needles - check!

He’s a character, and photography loves characters.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Smokers like me can recognise each other by their teeth. I hope you'll never take a portrait of me, Rob

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Haha. I would love to! Come visit Edinburgh…

 

[Geoff Chaplin]

"he hates this photo" I guess nobody likes to be confronted by the truth about themselves.

 

[Ralph Turner]

Excellent stuff. A bit of an ortho look maybe, with the skin tone/texture? Such a shame the man himself isn't keen..

 

[Rob MacKillop]

"he hates this photo" I guess nobody likes to be confronted by the truth about themselves.

I’m coming to terms with it, though it has been a long journey.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Excellent stuff. A bit of an ortho look maybe, with the skin tone/texture? Such a shame the man himself isn't keen..

It might well have been ortho, as I was using it around that time. I’ve never been one for keeping records…

 

[Ralph Turner]

... I’ve never been one for keeping records…

You 'n' me, both. For some reason I seem to think at the time that I'll remember a given detail, only to find I can't remember when I need to. You'd think I'd learn't this lesson after 50+yrs

 

[Pete Askew]

I think you have shown this before, but I’m pleased to see it again. A great portrait in any case.