Have you had your portrait taken?

[Rico]

We often admire the portraits on here, but has anyone had a photo (or other portrait) taken of them? Who did it, or who did you get to do it? What was it like being the subject? Did you like the result? And what did you learn? I can think of a few of you I would want to commission for such a job, but you would have your work cut out.

I don't care to have pictures of myself, but learning artificial light has been a project of mine for a few years. Mannequins do not reflect light properly (skin sheen, catchlights), so I usually stand in. 🙂 It's a challenge to make everyone look good - or at least interesting - but I believe it can be done.

Self-portraits by the aged Dutch Master Rembrandt should be an inspiration to supermodel and man-in-the-street alike:

 

[gekopaca]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladybugrock/5047360717


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillrachel/5255024017/

The first is really interesting. I can't access to the second.

 

[Roberto V.]

I don't have many pictures of myself.

Here's a candid shot by my best friend:

Untitled by Billie M., on Flickr

And a self-portrait with my Contaflex. Maybe I should shoot with it tomorrow.

Untitled by Roberto V., on Flickr

 

[Brian Legge]

Opps, thank you for pointing that out gekopaca. The photographer had the photo tagged as private which I'd missed. I removed that link.

It was much more traditional compared to the first shot. 🙂