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neil_r
25th of February 2005 (Fri), 18:43
A while ago I posted some “headshots” I had taken of my son for his entry into spotlight. Well time has flown and he is now putting his CV together and preparing to send out invitations for the class “showcase”. This is my second attempt at this type of photography, crits, help and tips will all be welcome.

(Oh and if any of you are theatrical agents PM me and I will give you his details :lol: )

http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/photo/small/Oli_feb05_N6H3160.jpg

http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/photo/small/Oli_feb05_N6H3164.jpg

http://www.neil-rice.com/gallery/photo/small/Oli_feb05_N6H3162.jpg

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Jemmind
25th of February 2005 (Fri), 19:40
Your son is very handsome, reminds me a lot of an actor in a over here...Johnny Lewis...see here:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0507381/photogallery-hh-0
Nice pictures, although his lips look dried out.
Julie
schmoelzel
25th of February 2005 (Fri), 20:14
Hi Neil:

Really nice shots!! Like them all but #3 strikes me as the most appropriate for CV. I think you must have used a larger aperture here because focal plane is much smaller and the sides of his face are less focused than the eyes and nose. Nice job!!
JX
25th of February 2005 (Fri), 22:42
Hi Neil,

I remember your previous post with your son's head shot. I think these are much better. My question to you is did you use Photoshop to do your post processing?

I think your son's eyes may be too sharp. In photshop I applied a gaussian blur filter. See what you think. My point is, if you did use the unsharpen mask, I think cutting back on it would help.

Jim
Lamplight
25th of February 2005 (Fri), 22:57
They look great to me, and I'm not even wearing my glasses! :lol:
marie
26th of February 2005 (Sat), 15:40
I don't remember the other shots which you mention Neil
but these are really nice



http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif
after deep looking, if I had to choose I would pick the first shot

he has a good face for serious theatre

good luck to him in his future ventures
IanBMW
26th of February 2005 (Sat), 19:38
Nice shots....
Twist
26th of February 2005 (Sat), 20:01
Ian, if you happen to check back on this post. you werent by some strange chance in vegas this past week were you? I saw someone that looked just like you in New York New York hotel carrying a 300D with a battery grip.