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Old 09-23-2003, 07:40 PM   #3
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I'd re-shoot. That impossibly glaring backlighting is going to be a fright. Even if you could capture it in paint (and you can't -- no one could), you wouldn't want to.

Figure out, too, some way to make this interesting for the subject. Tickle her or tell a joke or promise a visit to a fave place afterwards. She's so dour that I think you'll have to varnish this one with pickle juice.

Your portrait won't be of light, but "of the light" and its effect on the subject. Right now, that light background is completely overwhelming the portrait subject. Figure out a scheme in which the light is there solely to enhance the subject, and lends a range of value and color temperature to the portrayal.
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