My dear friend and brilliant photographer Anoop Negi once wrote this about my photography at a time I did not think there was anything extraordinary in my portraits:
"What really is the definitive artist in Hiranya Malwatta is her heart stopping portraits. She captures these with a rare sensitivity that shows up in the image. Her portraits speak to you, eye to eye."
I still do not really know if I do any justice to my subjects. No matter how people always compliment the photographer, something I strongly believe when it comes to photographing faces (closeups) is that 90% of the work and credit belongs to the subject and it is very little that the photographer has to do in natural portraits. Identifying a good subject is mostly the tricky part and once you have this with you, rest is pretty easy for a photographer.
My subject here is a little girl who's blessed with a beautiful face and incredible talking eyes to go with.
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ReplyDeleteYour subject has lovely expressive eyes..
I do agree that a lot depends on the subject's ability to be comfortable in front of the camera plus the features and the emotive strength.
I would consider that ability of the photographer more important. That comes into play when you do not have a subject as good as the current one.....
I agree Anoop, it is with subjects that are not as good as this one... the actual talent of a photographer can be seen. When little girls smile, they always look beautiful. Thank you for the comment.
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