I think your portraits are wonderful too Marty, and I sympathize with your problem. As a general rule, I just don't do artwork for family members by request, but I'm willing to give them drawings that I've already done if they say, "I love that". What family members DO seem to like are portrait photos. Less subjectivity involved I suppose. Non-artists just want the picture to look like the person.
The first picture above is one I just happened to snap with a little point-and-shoot while Torey was in the backyard. By sheer coincidence the dress she was wearing matched the bougainvillea. Then I went into Photoshop and blurred the background. The family went crazy for it.
The second shot I took last month for Lexi's homecoming dance. She's fourteen now and went to the dance with a young man(!) Maria DelCasino spent a lot of time helping me get set up and get the lighting right. And again the family loved it. (Yay!)
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Jesus Christ! That's Lexi??!! Kids need to stop growing up!
Incredible shots. The photoshop blur is a great edit.
Tommy! These are so great! Really, really nice stuff. They would have paid big $$ to get these from a pro.
Thank you fort the kind words. Photos might be easier--if I had any photographic ability. For some reason, I'm particularly bad at composing and shooting photos....
And yeah, I can't believe how grown up the kids are. Yikes!
p.s. I love that you posted something!
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