#176 of 365: Portrait of Heidi Potter

Heidi is the editor of a terrific Louisville website all about fashion, food, entertaining and more.

Check it out at http://louisville.styleblueprint.com!

Thnaks for posing for me, Heidi!



#175 0f 365: Portrait of Viola Moriarty

Thanks for posing for me, Viola!



#174 of 365: Portrait of Kathy Breedlove

Thanks for posing for me, Kathy!

#173 of 365: Portrait of Deanna K. Roberts

Thanks for posing for me, Deanna!



#172 of 365: Portrait of Denise L. Courshon

Thanks for posing for me, Denise!



#171 of 365: Portrait of Alan L. Weisberg

Thanks for posing for me, Alan!



#170 of 365: Portrait of Robbie Ferguson

Thanks for posing for me, Robbie!



#169 of 365: Portrait of Christine Ferguson

So, what's the point of The 365 Project?

Not just to post a new portrait every day, of course.

The idea is to practice, and - ideally - perfect the art of portrait photography.

After a year of this, if I'm not as good as any portrait photographer who ever lived,

shame on me!

So how's it working out?

Pretty well, I think. False modesty aside, I was a

crackerjack photographer when I started this. In my first 169 posts,

I've had the opportunity to shoot portraits of all kinds of people,

from the very young to the very old.

And the people I've shot have been fantastic. Everyone seems to understand what I'm

going for and they are totally cooperative. And I'm really happy with the portraits I've posted.

Which brings us to #169, my portrait of Christine Ferguson.

Kind of a landmark, I think.

In fact, in my own immodest opinion, I think this is about as good as a photographic portrait gets.

Why? In part because of things under my control. The focus and exposure are perfect.

You may find it odd to speak of "skin tones" in a black and white photo, but they do exist,

and in this case they are perfect.

I also love the strong chiaroscuro lighting which puts one side of Christine's face almost completely

in shadow - except for the tiny glint of light in the eye on the shadowed side of the face.

(Sometimes what is hidden reveals as much as what is shown.)

But portrait photography is a collaborative effort, and it depends very much on the model.

I've had lots and lots of really great models in this project so far, and Christine is

another great one. Proud to have been able to record her serene beauty.

Check out Christine's blog at http://bluegrassblogger.com.



#168 of 365: Portrait of Donna Roark

Thanks for posing for me, Donna!



#167 of 365: Portrait of Dazariah Roark

Cute!!! Thanks for posing for me, Dazariah!



#166 of 365: Portrait of Desiree Roark

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#165 of 365: Portrait of Denise

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#164 of 365: Portrait of Eamon

Thanks for posing for me, Eamon!



#163 of 365: Portrait of Colin

Thanks for posing for me, Colin!



#162 of 365: Portrait of Danny

Thanks for posing for me, Danny!



#161 of 365: Portrait of Elom Emge

What a cute kid! Thanks for posing for me, Elom!



#160 of 365: Portrait of Scott Emge

Thanks for posing for me, Scott!

You can follow Scott on Twitter at: @scottemge.



#159 of 365: Portrait of Kellan Emge

Kellan Emge is the proprieter of Paleta Pop Culture.

Don't know what a Paleta is?

Go immediately to http://paletapopculture.com to find out!

You can also follow Kellan on Twitter at:

@paletaculture.

In addition to being a purveyor of Paletas, Kellan is a Mom.

Here's a picture of her with her incredibly cute son, Elom.



#158 of 365: Portrait of Liz Nord

Thanks for posing for me, Liz!



#157 of 365: Portrait of Kyersten Taylor

Beautiful! Thanks for posing for me, Kyersten!



#156 of 365: Portrait of Jessica Taylor

Awesome!!!

Thanks for posiing for me, Jessica!

#155 of 365: Portrait of Paul Ogden

Thanks for posing for me, Paul!

Another shot of Paul is below.



#154 of 365: Portrait of Barbara Ogden

Thanks for posing for me, Barabara!



#153 of 365: Portrait of Jenny Parks

Thanks for posing for me, Jenny!



#152 of 365: Portrait of Kate Parks

Thanks for posing for me, Kate!



#151 of 365: Portrait of Jessica Parks

Thanks for posing for me, Jessica!



#150 of 365: Portrait of Dave Parks

Thanks for posing for me, Dave!

I just opened an account on Twitter.

My nom de twit is @PorterLance.



#149 of 365: Portrait of Michael Weisberg

Thanks for posing for me, Michael!



#148 of 365: Mollie Weisberg

Thanks or posing for me, Mollie!

Here's another shot of Mollie: