Artist in Residence.

[John 2]

Taken at a local Art event. The entrants had to produce a piece representative of the town and its surrounds within the Day. This artist chose a portrait of the Mayor.

[rpcrowe]

Great shot. I might crop a tad off image left but, great as it is... Super lighting and color...

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[FootLoose]

Looks like the tablet is the modern version of the camera obscura. Interesting shot, John.

[John 2]

Thanks all for commenting. Greg, talking to him, he draws the lines by hand in photoshop but you can generate a grid from the Vanishing Point Tool in Photoshop and after seeing him, that's exactly what my other half has had me doing.

[ST1]

The artist seems to be quite talented and you’ve captured the scene well John.
I may have been tempted to crop the right side to remove the part frame in the edge, that would still leave a part frame at the top but it’d be an anchor for the top right corner IYSWIM.


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[Geoff F]

I would leave this image as it is now, John. Any crop is going to have unintended consequences with items around the general scene.

[John 2]

Thanks all for the additional comments. My feelings as well Geoff. Having things hanging out of the edge of the comp. isn't ideal but I guess its a trade off against showing his environment as well as him and his work.

[wilgk]

Really nice
I’m thinking a crop on the right, to remove that blue picture, but understand why you haven’t.

[Tom Barry]

Excellent as it is; the environment is important in this portrait.

[rpcrowe]

This image gives me the feeling of a Norman Rockwell Painting!

[John 2]

Thanks Kay, thanks Tom, thanks Richard. Richard, thanks for introducing me to Norman Rockwell. The jury is still out for me when it comes to his artistic style but I have never seen an artist before that can capture life's moments quite as effectively (and on occasion, as amusingly) as he has.

[shreds]

A good environmental portrait, that has all the elements necessary. It really brings the image to life.

I like it.

[John 2]

Thanks Shreds.