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A portrait can be many things to many people. For me,
a portrait needs to include the environment, for a
person's
surroundings speak worlds of information about the
sitter.
Using my 5x7 inch wooden Kodak
ensures that every inch of
the surroundings will be in focus; and stopping down to
f45 and
opening the shutter for several seconds or even minutes
means
that the sitter is likely to be a bit soft. For me, the
softness
allows the inner person to be seen, a vision of the
ageless
spirit we all have inside us. |