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Karin and Cynthia
Thanks a lot for the encouragement. I really need it. Actually, the original is softer. The one posted here became a little too contrasty while scanning it. It took me about two hours to do this, because of the darned teeth. Perhaps that should not be done in a professional portrait. I don't know too much about the conventions in the West, but in India, I had to paint some businessmen who insisted on showing their teeth, especially because they had some 24 karat gold ones as well, and so it was a matter of honour, blah, blah...
Anyway, I've got myself a 3.3 meg digital camera and two portable lights and a portable background. I can use two umbrellas or one umbrella and a softer box light, and everything disassembles and packs into one large suitcase I can carry. The company was Calumet in San Fran. I've done a lot of work with black and white and slide photography, but when I saw the results of my Sony DSC-75 digital camera (carl zieus lens), I couldn't believe the details that show up in the shadows. I can't wait to start taking my own portrait photographs now.
Tarique
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