Someone recommended on another topic that examples of what constituted a good photo reference might be useful to others.
Well, let's post photo reference here that we consider to be "good enough to paint from".
To my mind, a reference photo must first be compositionally sound, have good definition of the highlights and shadows from a good light source which comes from an appropriate angle to be flattering to the figure. The color needs to be reasonable - no photo is perfect - and the areas of highlight should not be too blown out or the shadows too deep that I cannot see what goes on.
So, here is my idea of a good reference photo.
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Shot by me.
From a digital Olympus C3040 at 3.3MP
About 16x20 inches out of the camera - can see the styration in her iris and the peachfuzz on her face.
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Let's see yours.
