This portrait was taken in the studio late one evening with an old friend...is it a cigarette or what? Photogenic Flashmaster strobes, main light to the side and slightly behind to give "short" lighting on the face. Umbrella fill near camera. He has an interesting face....a lot of mileage on this guy. Any comments would be appreciated.

-- Mark (markphoto@xoommail.com), October 27, 1999

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He does have an interesting face. The expression on his face goes perfectly with the title. It answers the question for me. The only thing I don't like is that the smoke pattern (out of your control, of course) is a bit distracting from his face somehow. It would be hard to capture the best expression and the best smoke pattern in the same shot though!

-- Patrick Feltmate (pfeltmat@tupmcms1.med.dal.ca), October 27, 1999.