Composition: Formal portrait

Challenge #9 in the Ways of Seeing series. Hosted by jezsik.

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A portrait is an image of a person's face that clearly displays their likeness and may often display some aspect of their personality. A formal portrait is not a snapshot but a carefully arranged pose under effective lighting conditions. For this challenge, submit your best formal portrait of a single person looking at the camera. (Note Additional rules!)

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Announced:

Saturday, 12th September, 2009 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 19th September, 2009 – Friday, 25th September, 2009 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 26th September, 2009 – Friday, 2nd October, 2009 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No borders
No watermarks (e.g. signatures)
Retouch as required but no composites or distortion

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

The subject must be looking at the camera.
A formal portrait is NOT a candid shot!
No snapshots. Demonstrate that you took the time to compose the image.
If you see an entry that you feel does not qualify (especially snapshots), use the complaint button and state your case ... but do so well before the submission deadline ends.
Questions and comments are addressed in a thread in the "Challenges and Galleries" forum.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

151

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5307 votes

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