Corporate Portraits

[Pallycow]

Feminine head tilt is when the head is not facing the camera straight and go toward the shoulder. Come on man.. this isnt feminine.

Apparently you are not aware.

11. Proper Head Tilt- Never tip a man’s head to the high (feminine) shoulder as he will look feminine. Women's heads can be tipped toward either shoulder, but the feminine shoulder is more appealing.


That's taken from an article that is widely distributed on the internet.

The Rules Of Good Portraiture

Good to know I didn't mis interpret my reading last week. lol. Thought's that's how it read when studying portrait posing.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

yup.. Napoleon does look gay. Look.. .what you are saying is head "TILT". There is no tilting on my photo. The face is straight!

 

[Robin_Usagani]

this is tilt.. notice how my head is tilted?

 

[Pallycow]

are you high? those are two completely different poses and different head tilts.

 

[Brandon Hill]

I'm getting some popcorn for this thread.... :mrgreen:

 

[tirediron]

FWIW Charlie, based on the stated requirements, they look good to me, but I agree, the red channel does seem just a tad high.

 

[Robin_Usagani]

LOL.. people do bully here. My bad, it is tilted a few pixels. Sorry.. the head looks pretty straight here with my naked eyes without rulers.

 

[Pallycow]

am I missing something or did you post wrong images? I still see two catchlights in the eyes.

 

[cgipson1]

am I missing something or did you post wrong images? I still see two catchlights in the eyes.

Yea.. I know.. I just noticed that, and deleted the post... lol! Let me figure it out...

 

[kundalini]

yup.. Napoleon does look gay. Look.. .what you are saying is head "TILT". There is no tilting on my photo. The face is straight!

The head is tilted slightly towards the lower (masculine) shoulder. There is an approximate 30° rotation of the shoulders. He appears to have his weight on his rearward heel. Both elbows are bending. The artist caught a nice loop lighting for the subject. There is an interesting, yet non-obtrusive, background elements.

I wonder why this is a classic portrait?



EDIT: Sorry John, I got distracted before I hit reply. You're right.

 

[cgipson1]

Ok.. boneheaded stunt.. posted wrong images...

these are edited per the suggestions.. hopefully better?

 

[Robin_Usagani]

Yeah, much better.

 

[cgipson1]

Yeah, much better.

Thanks!

 

[Pallycow]

Shoulda confused them and edited out fill light on some and main light on others.

hehehe

 

[cgipson1]

Funny story behind my being asked to shoot these! The company has had three other "Professional" photographers in to shoot headshots and such this past year... and they all had major issues. Like shadows in the background, really bright flash glare highlights, focus and color issues, really uneven contrast, etc...!

I was asked to do some other shots (landscape stuff for website) for them based on some of my Flickr landscapes.. and then they asked me to do these. And I have been trying to stay away from this stuff... lol! I much prefer bugs!