http://i.imgur.com/kzUVtyd.jpg
― schlump, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 03:29 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2-GqYkwjTM
― never say goodbye before leaving chat room (Crabbits), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 03:33 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/lxpVt44.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
the style is ok if and only if they zoom in so far that part of the face must be excluded from the frame. ideally a maximum of 1.5 eyeballs will fit within the frame.
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
a maxim of beginner's photography, iirc: get so close to the subject that you hit them with the lens, then back off an inch
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
I know nothing about photography, but it was explained to me that this effect is produced by "lightboxes" which you can in turn see reflected in their eyes, and which in turn produce a kind of cats eye effect that makes everyone look a little bit exotic
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
Also presumably a heavy Avedon influence with the whole "you can see their pores" thing
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:26 (ten years ago) link
within the poresthere are more poreszoom in
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
This guy has nothing on Avedon xp
― 龜, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
duh
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
remembered a New Yorker article on Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo with one of thesehttp://www.newyorker.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/090629_r18589_p646-320-444.jpg
― anonanon, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link