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Beth, since my photos were all taken outside, except for the child on the chair, I assume you weren't referring to them. I always take my photos out of doors and, as Michele mentioned, try to shoot them from the same vantage point so that I don't run into mixing and matching body parts with different light sources.
Michele, it was fascinating to see your reference photos. What kind of camera, film and lens do you use? How did the girl react to your wanting a more natural-looking hairstyle? And what did you have in mind? I'm looking forward to seeing the finished piece after having had a peek at the process.
I too never work from just one photo; aside from the fact that everything is rarely perfect in one shot I think it's more interesting and challenging to build a completely new image on my canvas. It was hard to find examples of decent reference photos that were complete in themselves, to post here, because I normally pick and choose elements from a series of pictures. I actually started out as a photographer rather than a painter, and having the ability to select and delete body parts, backgrounds and so forth still feels like an incredible luxury.
Marvin, will you work from that photo or is it a value study? The subtle range of shades is lovely.
This is fun, seeing what others consider to be good resource photos, but then it would be nice to see a finished painting derived from them.
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