djon
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By "sexy sixties" I mean people who are sexy in their sixties, and were sexy in the sixties...boomers and just before....
Show me some portraits of geezer couples, like me and mine. People who love each other, and deserve to.
As of tonight, and hopefully before Christmas, I'm doing portraits of two ancient couples of lovers, as well as another ancient and his child bride and their infant...all before Christmas, if the creeks don't rise...
...but my photos tend to be very direct and these people all have lots of character, ie wrinkles and dewlaps. How have you, or photographers you admire, done that beautifully, with soul..giving people who have lived and are living real, juicy lives , are full of life now, in their 50s/60s/70s and beyond..giving them respect, showing that they've got plenty of fire? And I don't mean makeup and weird comb-overs.
II'm thinking of very tight head shots, might even ask the couple to strip a bit so there's no turtle neck clothing to hide turkey necks, putting a little more wrinkly skin on display..no breasts, that's not what I mean...just heads, necks, shoulders at most....
Should I diffuse in respect for the woman's ego? Should I show the man as a titan of masculinity, like the drunken Churchill?
What do you think? Are you too young to believe this or are you past caring about love between couples?
Let's see some links! Got cojones? Got a woman?
Show me some portraits of geezer couples, like me and mine. People who love each other, and deserve to.
As of tonight, and hopefully before Christmas, I'm doing portraits of two ancient couples of lovers, as well as another ancient and his child bride and their infant...all before Christmas, if the creeks don't rise...
...but my photos tend to be very direct and these people all have lots of character, ie wrinkles and dewlaps. How have you, or photographers you admire, done that beautifully, with soul..giving people who have lived and are living real, juicy lives , are full of life now, in their 50s/60s/70s and beyond..giving them respect, showing that they've got plenty of fire? And I don't mean makeup and weird comb-overs.
II'm thinking of very tight head shots, might even ask the couple to strip a bit so there's no turtle neck clothing to hide turkey necks, putting a little more wrinkly skin on display..no breasts, that's not what I mean...just heads, necks, shoulders at most....
Should I diffuse in respect for the woman's ego? Should I show the man as a titan of masculinity, like the drunken Churchill?
What do you think? Are you too young to believe this or are you past caring about love between couples?
Let's see some links! Got cojones? Got a woman?
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