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Aug152008

Superhero Photo Challenge: just bodies

DateFriday, August 15, 2008 by AuthorAndrea Scher

 Sometimes you don't need to see their faces to take an evocative portrait. This photo is from a wedding I shot recently. The grooms are there, standing strong on the top of a bluff.... I love seeing the wind flap their jackets around and how they seem to match each other crease for crease. Somehow you can see the love passing between them in the simple embrace of their hands.

This is the superhero photo challenge this week. Let's see what portraits can communicate without faces. Here are a few shots for inspiration.

 

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    Response: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
    by Debbie Schinker at Schinker's Shutterbug Site on August 16, 2008
    We all went to a salon to get hair and make-up (for the grown-ups) done for the wedding. One of the staff offerred to take our picture, which was nice. But I quickly realized we needed a hair picture…and it turned out to be one of my favorite shots of the ...

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Great shot!
August 24, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterElspeth
I had to go looking for one. This was taken at my daughter's surprise birthday party last year.

http://angelaklocke.com/2008/08/26/i-hope-you-dance/
August 26, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAngela Giles Klocke
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