My Corner of New Hanover
Wind-Blown
Posted by Russ Devan (New Hanover, United States) on 26 August 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
My youngest daughter at the beach a few weeks ago. I love the messy, wind-blown look to her hair from playing in the surf most of the day. It pretty much matches her little "hippy chick" look that she likes so much.
"The Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
- Zen Buddhist Text
Gavrus Bogdan from Bucharest, Romania
Lovely portrait, i like the usage of BW tones here.
26 Aug 2008 7:21am
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Beautiful shot. Big fan of b/w portraits
26 Aug 2008 2:11pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Nice. Very carefree and full of spirit in her expression.
26 Aug 2008 2:29pm
Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal
That is very beautiful - she is so serene with movement all around her.
26 Aug 2008 4:28pm
DonLon from Providence, RI, United States
Excellent portrait. Very good tonality and the whole mood is supurb. Really like the eyes and expression. well done!
26 Aug 2008 4:36pm
Betty from New Jersey, United States
It's a beautiful portrait! She's very pretty! Well done, Russ!
26 Aug 2008 4:41pm
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Congratulations: the model is a beautiful girl, and the portrait is great. I think that you had the inspiration in the exact moment to take this photo. It was the wind that blew you the instinct of the click. :)
I like it really very much.
26 Aug 2008 6:33pm
Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States
I like the freckles that peek out between the strands of hair and her pensive expression!
26 Aug 2008 8:15pm
Stovepipe from Ames, Iowa, United States
Every girl should be lucky enough to be this pretty and have a good photog for a dad!
27 Aug 2008 2:22am
@Stovepipe: Thank you for your kind comments. Both of my daughters are gorgeous and all my kids are a great bunch. But, then, I'm just a tad biased! Can you blame me?
Monte Stevens from Fort Collins, United States
I agree the wind blown hair really adds to the image. Well done!
27 Aug 2008 6:15pm
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
Hair that has been at the beach all day always looks wonderful, I grew up at the beach and loved my hair at the end of the day..love the portrait, just wonderful.
31 Aug 2008 2:28am
Nikon D200
1/80 second
F/8.0
ISO 100
200 mm