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Hands hiding from a portrait can become the portrait
I hope to get back to more frequent posts soon, but this is the busiest season for photography (the kind I actually get paid to do). Just a thought or two about hands and portraiture...
Remember that great photo of hands making bread in my interview with Brad Slade? No? Well here it is:
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The photo at the top shows a kind of playful shyness as the smile peeks out through the hands. My son's hands also suggest that he can be both playful and stressed (a nail biter like his Dad).
Try doing a portrait that focuses on the hands of someone you love. And when you do, share your results.
1 comments:
Hey, no Mr. Linky! Nice.
I love photographing hands and do it frequently. Hands just seem to say so much about a person.
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