Sunday, January 25, 2015

Classical Environmental Portraits

Also in this issue:
  • Supplements covering the Sony A7s and A7 II are out!
  • Unfair tease about a use for 14-bit RAW
  • Seminar and Ebook updates
  • I Will Live Forever

A Classical Environmental Portrait
Leon Levitch's life revolved around the piano.  He passed away last November.
 A "classical" portrait is little more than a headshot, with the eyes placed roughly in the upper third of the vertical frame.  An "Environmental Portrait" is a portrait of a person in the environment in which they thrive - it tells the story of a person and who they are in one shot.

So what is a "Classical Environmental Portrait", then?