Here's something to continue the theme of images that are in the style of other photographers. I shot this on Monday, and looking at it, I saw similarities to some of Tom Meyer's photos.

This was shot for a promo card for an artist friend of mine. I digitally removed the fishing line (no joke) suspending the sculpture.

-- Mike Dixon (burmashave@compuserve.com), October 26, 2000

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What a job that must have been! Awesome photograph, Mike! Very nice work. I really like the tinting to this. I also agree that this resembles the style of Tom's. Good work.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), October 26, 2000.

Not only is it in Tom's style, he even bears a vague resemblance to Tom, from what I have been able to decipher from Tom's photos.

It's more commercial than what you usually show, but it works.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), October 26, 2000.

Jeff is right. In fact, this might BE Tom! What's going on here, fellas?

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), October 26, 2000.

Great photo.

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), October 27, 2000.

Mike,
I think it's a good photo but would prefer that the trailing fin of the center fish weren't running directly down his arm. When I first looked at it, my eyes fell directly into the center of the image and I thought, "Why is that antenna growing out of his elbow?"
If you are willing to remove the fishing line, how about clipping that fin as well?

-- John Thurston (John_thurston@my-deja.com), October 27, 2000.

Left a smile on my face mike(hard to do I'm from ny!), good job.

-- Altaf Shaikh (bshaikh@nyc.rr.com), October 28, 2000.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

John, Though clipping the fin makes the photo a bit neater, I'm not comfortable "editing" part of the artwork (which I'd consider quite different than deleting the fishing line).

-- Mike Dixon (burmashave@compuserve.com), October 28, 2000.

Awsome.

The black clothing is magic! it really draws attention to the man's face, despite what I would normally have thought would be distractions. Somehow it works here. Well spotted.

I even like the fish. :-)

-- Allan Engelhardt (allane@cybaea.com), November 01, 2000.

That guy would have to pay me a lot to take a picture of him laughing like that... or at least that's my standard line. You may have noticed a predictable and stagnant tendency in my photographs to allow only a smirk, and only if really neccesary.

A nice shot Mike, are you satisfied with it?... t

-- tom meyer (twm@mindspring.com), November 02, 2000.

I am satisfied with it. There are a few details that could be altered (I can -always- find something wrong with my photos), but the image has succeeded on every level that I consider important (for this image).

We did a number of poses where he was more serious, even dark and brooding. But Greg, the subject, is one of the least dark people I've ever met, and this expression is much more honest and representative of his personality than a more formal pose would have been. So I feel like I've done a good job of saying something about the subject.

As Jeff S. noted, it is a commercial image. When Greg and I were at a gallery Saturday night (part of Artrageous mentioned in the post above), he gave his new card to a guy we had just met, and the guy immediately called his wife over to look at the card and said he would put it up on his fridge! So it succeeded at attracting attention to the artist.

Then, the next day, Greg was at a cafe and gave his card to an acquaintance who, on seeing the work on the card, purchased a couple of pieces to decorate his office. So it also worked as a good sales tool by positively displaying his work.

I only wish all my photos worked as well as this one. . .

Now I'm left to wonder why you would charge a lot more for taking a picture of someone smiling. And maybe see if I can work it into my pricing. : )

-- Mike Dixon (burmashave@compuserve.com), November 03, 2000.