Michael F.
That's a really nice portrait. I too have done a lot of pieces of my daughter, though maybe not as many as you have done of your wife. I don't think I could do one from memory. I think that I could do a generic girl but that's about it. Although I have not really tried to do one from memory, I might surprise myself. I appeciate your comments and will re-read them. Like you, my journey has not ended.
Michael G.
For the record, I am not really a Michael posing as a Mike. My birth certificate indicates only Mike. My middle initial is O for O'Neal. With a quick calculation you can see that I am indeed a "MOM". What does this have to do with the subject, you might ask? I don't know, I would answer.
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I am saying that the emphasis of this forum is too skewed towards photos with almost no reference to drawing and painting from life as the best way to learn and perfect your craft. The message here at SOG is learn from copying photos, and the message is wrong.
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I think I became a member of this forum late last year. Like many I just watched and listened for a good while. Finally I got the nerve to pipe in on some innocuous subject. Since then I have ranged from being helpful to showing my full backside.
In the process I have tried to be giving of what I know. More than that, I hope that I have not tried to hide or be coy about what I did not know. I always figured that people would accept or reject my postings as they wished. I think that I would be flattering myself if I thought that I was offering a "direction" or "path" to be followed.
After a time I found that I could contribute what I knew about taking portrait photos. If I wanted information on a three figure composition (or portrait photography for that matter) I might give Peggy B. a shout. If I needed help on pastel flesh tones I think Chris S. would rush to help. Michael F. has much knowledge regarding design and composition. I think that by definition, any forum is going to be an organic, shifting body. People come and go, their needs come and go.
If you have a particular point of view, or a talent that you wish to share, then you should pick your spot and express it. As far as shifting/changing the direction of the forum, I say giddy-up. Jump in there and state your points of view. People will accept or reject them as they see fit.
If you choose you may have the last word. I think I'll go and harass some other subject for a while.
P.S. I think Stanka gets the prize for saying the most with the least amount of words.