The old portraits thread has been archived hence a new thread.

Guidelines via Wikipedia

"A portrait is a photograph of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer."

My closest neighbour:

My niece.

^^ Portrait ????

One of the excavator drivers on site. Sorry not Thai related but it is a portrait.

How to follow ^^that one^^?...with something completely different...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/56053365@N07/15911737366/in/photostream/

^^Now you see I've always wanted to be able to do those sort of shots but none of my site blokes will wear a dress or lie down in those sort of poses.

Got all the gear but no models.

^^Now you see I've always wanted to be able to do those sort of shots but none of my site blokes will wear a dress or lie down in those sort of poses.

Got all the gear but no models.

Perhaps you could do this type of shot - they must have some old engineering workshop dungarees ... ?

Mrs R looking thoughtful at a street concert (Ayutthaya).

Celebrity portraits expose hidden character

Nikos Aliagas, currently the TV host of “The Voice” in France and a well-known personality himself, loves finding the “invisible side” of celebrities and showing them at their most human. The French-Greek entertainer’s successful career as a TV and radio host and journalist has allowed him to interview hundreds of stars, including Meryl Streep, Robert Downey Jr., and Angelina Jolie. After every interview, Nikos asks to take a quick black-and-white photo. In these photos, he shows the celebrities in a whole new light.

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2014/12/05/celebrity-portraits-expose-hidden-character/

I don't think this guy is a celeb .... but a Dope...maybe?!

American Indian (Sioux?) at a Powwow on Oahu 2005

I don't think this guy is a celeb .... but a Dope...maybe?!

Think he has been watching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (If you know what that is).

20mm f1.7 on Lumix micro 4/3 - no flash as the batteries went flat after the first shot ...... oops!

back when you could travel to yemen... a fascinating country and great people

Just a young girl in a coffee shop...

Young vietnamese hooker in Phnom Penh

circa 1994 or thereabouts. She's actually

trying to learn English.

My closest neighbour:

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Where can I get an umbrella hat? That's genius.

Another portrait of my 'Muse'.

^^^ PE...I really like the weathered shutters too...seriously.

^^^ PE...I really like the weathered shutters too...seriously.

5555

Straight up, the shutters were the first thing that caught my wonky eye. The other eyeball was fixed elsewhere.

Leica KE-7A, Elmarit M 135 2.8 @ f5.6, 1/125th sec, Tri-X 400,

Hassie Flextight X5 scanner...gettin there...

just waiting . . .

. . for something ?

just waiting . . .

. . for something ?

Nice bokeh, which lens?