What makes a portrait photogenic

In response to: "What makes a portrait photograph photogenic?" 212 days old
by erol gurian [Visitor]

richard- i believe one of the key questions is your definition of " photogenic". what does "photogenic" stand for? attractive, beautiful, etc.? if so, i think you're beyond a scientific discussion
and more in philosophy, no? we should probably look into aesthetics, etc.
what do you say?
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In response to: "What makes a portrait photograph photogenic?" 630 days old
by andrew h [Visitor]

I wonder if your research will reach far beyond the portrait into such areas as how and why humans respond to others and what facial features are considering appealing, and conversely, threatening. more…

In response to: "What makes a portrait photograph photogenic?" 771 days old
by Richard Davis [Visitor]

My subjects will be know to each other but no so that they do not notice the changes occuring through age. A group of photography students would seem appropriate as they would have a recent visual memory of one of the group and hopefully would be proficient observers. Therefore I hope to recruit volunteers within the University of Westminster where more…

In response to: "What makes a portrait photograph photogenic?" 772 days old
by Christina Lauder [Visitor]

I find it quite coincidental that I came across your project considering I've just finished photographing a school of 400 kids and I always try to predict whether or not a child will be photogenic. I'm getting better at predicting however I am often surprised when the attractive kids aren't photogenic and the unattractive kids are.

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In response to: "What makes a portrait photograph photogenic?" 966 days old
by Nathan Shanahan [Visitor]

Very interesting challenge you have set yourself here. What troubles me however is the one frame in 50 you get where someone who is generally unphotogenic looks absolutely stunning.

Theory suggests that we are attracted to faces that are symmetrical in appearance. I've used this theory before to try and understand the "photogenic" phe more…

In response to: "What makes a portrait photograph photogenic?" 967 days old
by John Truscott [Visitor]

I think this is very interesting research you are doing.
My own feeling is that you will discover much of what a photogenic image is in terms of the difference in 3D and 2D only after you have taken these pictures of the same, and suitable, subject. Do you know who is going to be your subject yet?
JT.
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