From the course: Narrative Portraiture: Portraits of Two Texas Artists

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Lessons learned

Lessons learned

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: Portraits of Two Texas Artists

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Lessons learned

As I mentioned previously, one of things that I do after I have interesting life experiences is I spend time with my journal and I write down some thoughts and ideas, some of the lessons I've learned from different types of experiences. And after I spent time with Charles, I definitely had a lot to write about in my journal. What I want to do here is just share with you a few lessons that I have learned from that experience. And I do so by sharing a couple of images and also the lessons that they relate to. Well, this first photograph, for me it stands as a reminder to embrace the light that's there. In this case, the light was green. In other words, it wasn't very good, yet what wasn't good, in a traditional sense, was almost perfect for a portrait of Charles. The next photograph, too, reminds me about the importance of working with light. It was the middle of the day. The light was really harsh. You can see that by these harsh bright shadows. All that you need to do when you're in…

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