"Environmental" Portrait

So I decided to do an "environmental" portrait. Not so much 'outside' as environment, but more of the 'working' environment.

what do you think?

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I like it!!!
Nice use of shallow DoF.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #7217069
I like it!!!
Nice use of shallow DoF.

Thanks. It was very hard to get down to f/3.2 when I was using a studio strobe. I had no ND filters or anything. ISO 50 FTW

Gonna leave a fingerprint on the negative!

i like it too i kida wish the hole hand was in focus, would a slightly smaller aperture bring to much detal to the face?.. purhaps she could hold the neg out more at f4 or f5.6?
just my 2Cents good shot

its a nice photo. but the person is the secondary subject matter and the film is the main subject.

a true enviromental portait has a person as the main subject, posing and looking at the camera(not in action) and the surroundings tells you the story that they are a doctor, or a developer, or whatever.
but it should look like a traditional portrait in the proper enviroment.

im not saying your photo is bad. dont get me wrong.

RacEcaR wrote in post #7228641
its a nice photo. but the person is the secondary subject matter and the film is the main subject.

a true enviromental portait has a person as the main subject, posing and looking at the camera(not in action) and the surroundings tells you the story that they are a doctor, or a developer, or whatever.
but it should look like a traditional portrait in the proper enviroment.

im not saying your photo is bad. dont get me wrong.

Haha ok. Who made you in charge of the "rules?"

I think they need to learn how to hold a negative.

Also, since this is a portrait, shouldn't the person be in focus and not the negative?

RacEcaR wrote in post #7228641
its a nice photo. but the person is the secondary subject matter and the film is the main subject.

a true enviromental portait has a person as the main subject, posing and looking at the camera(not in action) and the surroundings tells you the story that they are a doctor, or a developer, or whatever.
but it should look like a traditional portrait in the proper enviroment.

im not saying your photo is bad. dont get me wrong.

Exactly! The person should be the main subject, with the environment being the background. And they are usually not supposed to smile either. I did a working study on this sort of photography - it's hard to get used to, but really fun once you get the hang of it. You want the background to expression what their face normally would. It's a different look at the person really. A lot of music portraits are done in this manner. I think that this image is a nice image, but not exactly an environmental portrait. You need to see the person to start with.

Well it would depend on what the photographer is trying to say. Here (in my opinion) the person isn't as important as the fact that they are a photographer which is what this photograph is about. Its about performing the act not the actor. So in that regard I think its successful. Now if it were about the individual then you all would be right. I feel its a photograph about the verb not the noun. Just my 2 cents...

airfrogusmc wrote in post #7232077
Well it would depend on what the photographer is trying to say. Here (in my opinion) the person isn't as important as the fact that they are a photographer which is what this photograph is about. Its about performing the act not the actor. So in that regard I think its successful. Now if it were about the individual then you all would be right. I feel its a photograph about the verb not the noun. Just my 2 cents...

At least someone understands...thanks

scotteisenphotography wrote in post #7232499
At least someone understands...thanks

nice job!!!