Sometimes a portrait doesn't include a person or a critter. See Elliott Erwitt's famous portrait of Pablo Casals, the cellist, made for the Puerto Rican Tourist Board (IIRC). Casals couldn't be there because he had had a heart attack. Yet Erwitt made a great portrait of the maestro ...
Amita Guha wrote: > > I know we usually get creative with our interpretations of the monthly > PUG themes, but I'm having trouble picking my submission for next month > so I was wondering...is a "portrait" usually defined as a shot of a > person or critter using a shallow depth of field, and with the subject > taking up a lot of the frame? Or could it just be any sort of photo of a > person? This will help me narrow down my choices a bit (which aren't > many to begin with because I don't shoot people much.) > > Thx, > Amita
