The golden ratio or golden mean — have you already heard about it? It's a very popular composition rule in the photographic world. But did you know there is a golden ratio for a face's beauty as well? What are those ratios based on, and how do people look like with those perfect features? Here' what I found. I wrote part one of this series in a very serious vein. Now it's is time to have some fun. A revised and scientific procedure I must confess. I felt quite inaccurate once part one had been posted. I did my Photoshop transformation based … [Read more...] about Reflections on beauty standards and photo editing, part two
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Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-19, 2019
The Weekly Wrap-up compiles interesting articles published this week on Photofocus. This week, we learned about beauty standards, creating a snow scene, using Lume Cubes with holiday lights, selling photography online, people in architecture and mobile sync with ACDSee. … [Read more...] about Weekly Wrap-Up: January 13-19, 2019
Reflections on beauty standards and photo editing, part one
In the past, retouching a model's face or body for magazines covers or ads has often been a source of ethical debate. Now in 2019, it seems like reshaping one's features have become globally adopted in photographs as in real life. What led to such a shift? Beauty enhancing vs. quest for youth Nowadays, botox, implants and injections are not only coveted by aging men and women. I became even more aware of this trend when I watched this widely viewed video called "I Got Surgery to Look Like My Snapchat and Facetune Selfies." It had been online … [Read more...] about Reflections on beauty standards and photo editing, part one
Photographer of the Day: Allan Jones
Category: Beauty Photographer: Allan Jones Photo: "Emily Hardisty" A soft, almost painterly portrait of Emily Hardisty earns Alan Jones today's honor. This study of a face shows beauty in her pose, her quiet pensiveness and knowing eyes. Moreover, the blur of the edges adds a subtle essence reminiscent of soft focus lenses from the days of film. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Allan Jones
Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Category: Beauty Photographer: Jeff Goldberg Photo: "Milk Bath Relaxation" Flowers both plant and mammal floating in milk. What a lovely idea! The colors surrounding the model compliment and mirror her complexion and her lips. The casual pose along with the model's serene yet piercing expression make the shot and earn Photographer of the Day kudos. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Photographer of the Day: Baspherical
Category: Beauty Photographer: Baspherical Photo: "Display Dummy, Düsseldorf" An otherworldly, film-noir look into a possible future is evoked with this offering-"Display Dummy, Düsseldorf." A close look causes wonder in the texture of the lips and skin as to whether the dummy is a mannequin or a person. In any case, this haunting possibility of a near-to-come future is enchanting and disquieting at the same time. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Baspherical
Photographer of the Day: Thomas Salinka
Category: Beauty Photographer: Thomas Salinka Photo: "Face-Anastasia" The quiet reveal of the model's strong eyebrow and her eye in "Face-Anastasia" grabs the viewer. Is she being revealed or is the zipper being closed shutting her off from her audience? These are two ways of looking at the same photograph. Either way, there is a story. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Thomas Salinka
Photographer of the Day: Plane Sight Images
Category: Beauty Photographer: Plane Sight Images Photo: "Untitled" Beauty is ageless. The serenity of the woman in "Untitled" is heartwarming. Her casual pose in an ancient church in France shows someone who is at peace, comfortable being herself. The painterly quality of this photograph is enticing. Well done, Plane Sight Images! Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Plane Sight Images
Photographer of the Day: Bernhard Garbers
Category: Beauty Photographer: Bernhard Garbers Photo: "Esther van Leeuwen" Beauty isn't always slick, styled and made up. Beauty shows through power, determination and grit. Today's photographer of the day, Bernhard Garbers returns with his portrait "Esther van Leeuwen." Her features — eyes, nose lips and her expression show spirit. Spirit is the core of beauty. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Bernhard Garbers
Photographer of the Day: KBT Images
Category: Beauty Photographer: KBT Images Photo: "Kristy Louise" High wire act or in this case, dangling from chains features aerial artist, Kristy Louise, shrouded in smoke in full flight. The photograph features her flexibility as well as the "this-is-what-I-do-everyday" expression that tells the view it's no big deal. The beauty of this image shows not only a gorgeous face but an athlete as well. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: KBT Images
Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Category: Beauty Photographer: Jeff Goldberg Photo: "Full Moon Glamour" Beauty. Glamour. What is the difference? Today's photographer of the day image does both. The glamourous lighting couples gracefully with the pose and expression of the subject under the full moon. The circle of fire and light creates an almost silhouette that frames the model beautifully. It is an arresting photograph. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Photographer of the Day: Michael Greening
Category: Beauty Photographer: Michael Greening Photo: "A Glamourous Kiss" It's October. The time of ghosts, goblins, and masquerades! Michael Greening returns as the Photofocus Photographer of the Day with "A Glamourous Kiss" just in time for Halloween festivities. The red light on model Torrie Ann's white opera glove and platinum blonde hair echo her lipstick. And the mask... Ah, yes. The mask. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Michael Greening
Photographer of the Day: Hellcat A-Go-Go
Category: Beauty Photographer: Hellcat A-Go-Go Photo: "Lorraine SugarKane" Set the WABAC machine for the days of pinup girls during the Second World War. These posters bouyed morale for countless G.I.s on the front and behind the lines as well. They were used as recruiting posters for the armed forces too. Photofocus Photographer of the Day, Hellcat A-Go-Go pays homage to this genre of beauty with his photograph Lorraine SugarKane. It's a well-done salute to the troops then and now! Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Hellcat A-Go-Go
Photographer of the Day: Foteini Zaglara
Category: Beauty Photographer: Foteini Zaglara Photo: "Amphitrite's Dream III" Foteini Zaglara again graces us with a fantastical image. This composition of a woman floating with serene grace is seen from beneath the water. Dappled sunlight filters in, revealing and concealing her shape at the same time. Everything is perfect, from her torso to the tips of her aqua painted toes. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Foteini Zaglara
Photographer of the Day: Ian Lewry
Category: Beauty Photographer: Ian Lewry Photo: "Steampunk - photo 56" I love steampunk! I love all of the meta-retro costume ideas people create around it. I can easily picture the woman in this photograph as the captain of an airship on a journey through dangers in some exotic world. I want to know her story. Isn't that what a successful photograph does? Pique curiosities? Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Ian Lewry
Photographer of the Day: Christian
Category: Beauty Photographer: Christian Photo: "The dancer" Dance is alluring, energetic and beautiful. The dancer by Christian shows grace, style and effortless motion all in a single photograph. Her extended arms in a wing-like costume combine with her strong profile to make this image compelling. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Christian
Photographer of the Day: Johann Walter Bantz
Category: Beauty Photographer: Johann Walter Bantz Photo: "Polo Club Chantilly FR" Beauty often shows in gesture and simplicity. This intimate moment at a polo field near Chantilly, France is the essence of beauty without artifice. There are none of the standard tropes of beauty. There is no elegant gown. There is no over-the-top hairstyle. Nor is there high-fashion makeup. There are only the woman and her horse. Beauty. Plain and simple. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Johann Walter Bantz
Photographer of the Day: Trevor Ager
Category: Beauty Photographer: Trevor Ager Photo: "Shaped by Nature" A deep navy blue sky somewhat obscured by clouds barely lets the moonglow through to create the background for the scraggly tree that stands in silhouette. A woman seemingly grows out of the ground next to it. She is wrapped in pink flowing fabric. This photograph, Shaped by Nature, has everything in it. Forboding. Death. Life. Hope. It's simply wonderful. This is one that a different story appears each time it's viewed. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Trevor Ager
Photographer of the Day: Allan Jones
Category: Beauty Photographer: Allan Jones Photo: "Holly Norpac" This intimate closeup portrait of model Holly Norpac is stunning, dynamic and arresting all at once. Her eyes rivet anyone viewing this study in sepia. Her simple bandana headdress, large earrings and multi-hued dreads frame a face that shines in porcelain splendor. Her eyes. Oh my! Her eyes. Enough said. This one speaks for itself. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Allan Jones
Photographer of the Day: Michael Greening
Category: Beauty Photographer: Michael Greening Photo: "She Shimmers in Green" Cosplay once again takes honors in the beauty category. In She Shimmers in Green, Photographer of the Day, Michael Greening, interprets the character Sam from Totally Spies. Model, Alicia Marie, displays the power of her inspiration. The beautifully lit portrait brings this animated television hero to life. Samantha is the rational, logical intellectual member of the team. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Michael Greening
Photographer of the Day: Darren M
Category: Beauty Photographer: Darren M Photo: Nala Early morning. Typhon Maria would hit Taipei soon. Nala poses seemingly without a care in the world. The soft light filtered through threatening clouds reveals her simple yet elegant look. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Darren M
Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Category: Beauty Photographer: Jeff Goldberg Photo: Reflecting Chicago Take a bathing beauty posing on a dark sandy beach washed with lakeside surf. Add a skyline of Chicago. Blur appropriately. Earn kudos as the Photofocus Photographer of the Day. The authenticity of Reflecting Chicago is the asphalt-like texture on which the model reclines. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Photographer of the Day: Fitz Crittle
Category: Beauty Photographer: Fitz Crittle Photo: This is Too Heavy The bejeweled full-finger ring leads us to the model's striking eyes, her face is ringed in golden curls. I love the quiet beauty of this photograph. Do you wonder what she might be getting ready to say? Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Fitz Crittle
Photographer of the Day: Jean-François Thibault
Category: Beauty Photographer: Jean-François Thibault Photo: View of the Horizon Wind-tossed hair on a woman staring toward the horizon. Her sunglasses casually resting on the top of her head. The waves of ocean pervade the foreground, surrounding her shape. Simplicity, seeing differently is beauty. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Jean-François Thibault
Photographer of the Day: KBT Images
Category: Beauty Photographer: KBT Images Photo: Elegance and Simplicity The title of this photograph, "Elegance and Simplicity," says it all as far as I'm concerned. The woman looks directly at us in what appears to be total attention the to her viewer. She is relaxed, composed and, well, quietly elegant. This is very well done, indeed. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: KBT Images
Photographer of the Day: Michael Greening
Category: Beauty Photographer: Michael Greening Photo: She Charges into Danger... Cosplay is one of the new forms of beauty photography. Here, Photofocus Photographer of the Day Michael Greening returns with "She Charges into Danger..." his take on Lara Croft as portrayed by Genieve Marie at WonderCon. This simply lit studio portrait is playful yet serious. Note the orange barrels on her guns. They indicate that this is truly make believe with toy weapons, not real pistols. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Michael Greening
Photographer of the Day: Darren M
Category: Beauty Photographer: Darren M Photo: Isabella in the Arcade Pink is the order of the day in "Isabella in the Arcade" by our Photographer of the Day Darren M. The candy color surrounds Isabella framing her with wondrous recedeing patterns in the background. Her lips echo the color scheme while her eyes hold our attention. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Darren M
Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Category: Beauty Photographer: Jeff Goldberg Photo: Abby in the Park 2 This is a classic theme in the art of beauty. A woman in a light colored flowered dress with a train stands in a serene meadow. She looks down and away, lost in thought. The contrasting colors of her outfit against the verdant forest bring her to the front of the composition. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Jeff Goldberg
Photographer of the Day: Kristian Bjornstad
Category: Beauty Photographer: Kristian Bjornstad Photo: Philadelphia 1 This is a very well styled portrait that is a casual catch at first glance. Look closer. See the hatband that matches her hair? The pinstripes in her jacket do too. The blue background makes the lady stand out as a good portrait must. This one is very well done indeed. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your photo or submit yours via the Photofocus website. … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Day: Kristian Bjornstad
Photographer of the Week: June 25 ~ 29, 2018
Weekdays, Monday through Friday, Photofocus curators share a great photograph in the categories of Travel, Beauty, Outdoor, Sports, and Street, respectively. Each selected picture earns its maker the title "Photofocus Photographer of the Day." Their work has impressed us and we hope, it touches, inspires & invigorates you as well. Our curators explain what they love about the image they have chosen. These are quick thoughts to help each of us become more aware of what's in an image and why it works. Every Sunday, the Photofocus Photographer … [Read more...] about Photographer of the Week: June 25 ~ 29, 2018
