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<blockquote data-quote="Lawrence" data-source="post: 576427" data-attributes="member: 16844">I shall most definitely let her know she is world famous on the nikonites portraits thread.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Thanks for the compliment mate.&nbsp; i do enjoy taking portraits and still get a thrill out of seeing one that just appeals to me. In a way I think portraits are very personal to the photographer and the subject because there are some that I simply love of the people I have only known for a short while yet find those same photos don't appeal quite as much to the subject (while others do) as they see themselves differently.But here is something I learned.&nbsp; If you take a photo of the famous Mona Lisa and flip it horizontally, so that her left side becomes her right, it looks all wrong.&nbsp; So looking at a portrait of oneself looks all wrong because it isn't what we see in the mirror everyday.&nbsp; And everybody's face has a lower side to it. Flip that around and the slight difference is now double accentuated.That's the end of the lesson for today!&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lawrence, post: 576427, member: 16844"] I shall most definitely let her know she is world famous on the nikonites portraits thread. :) Thanks for the compliment mate. i do enjoy taking portraits and still get a thrill out of seeing one that just appeals to me. In a way I think portraits are very personal to the photographer and the subject because there are some that I simply love of the people I have only known for a short while yet find those same photos don't appeal quite as much to the subject (while others do) as they see themselves differently. But here is something I learned. If you take a photo of the famous Mona Lisa and flip it horizontally, so that her left side becomes her right, it looks all wrong. So looking at a portrait of oneself looks all wrong because it isn't what we see in the mirror everyday. And everybody's face has a lower side to it. Flip that around and the slight difference is now double accentuated. That's the end of the lesson for today! :) [/QUOTE]

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