i have no experence in studio portraiture, but i'll say GOOD CONTROL of lighting! haha at first when i saw the nick of antoniette i thought i would be going to see a french babe
black can still be french you know...
i have no experence in studio portraiture, but i'll say GOOD CONTROL of lighting! haha at first when i saw the nick of antoniette i thought i would be going to see a french babe
i have no experence in studio portraiture, but i'll say GOOD CONTROL of lighting! haha at first when i saw the nick of antoniette i thought i would be going to see a french babe
as in... u know.. antoinette was Queen of France and Navarre. so i thought she would be dressed up in those kind of dresses and stuff... anyway.. no point arguing on this anymore.. i was just a thought.
as in... u know.. antoinette was Queen of France and Navarre. so i thought she would be dressed up in those kind of dresses and stuff... anyway.. no point arguing on this anymore.. i was just a thought.
i have no experence in studio portraiture, but i'll say GOOD CONTROL of lighting! haha at first when i saw the nick of antoniette i thought i would be going to see a french babe
Where Antoniette is from is really irrevelent. This was brought up by some "narrow minded" person, who spent all his life looking up from a well.Thanks for your comments everyone. I will work harder. This Antoniette is from Kenya.
Wow, this comment made me stop, why cant a black person be french? Possibly one of the most idiotic posts ive seen in a while :nono: :thumbsd:
The shots are very good, the lighting is fantastic and post processing is good. Just watch out on the last one, it looks slightly tilted to me, a little off putting
I agree that the comments towards littlejt is inecessarily harsh.
Please focus the discussion on the photography.
Thanks!
-Roy
I think littlejt's is fair comment...since there's one really famous Antoniette. Similar to an imagery the name lolita conjures up.
heeheehee thanks everyone! I'm always happy when someone likes my pictures. :angel:
Jupiter, cool. Do feel free to drop by my studio anytime for a chat or quick view.
the arguement about marie antoniette doesn't really fly because if that was the case then if a girl was named denise, agnes, avril, alice, anne, audrey, celine and the list goes on and on; would expect lead someone to see a french woman since these names mentioned are all french and by right should conjure up an image of french womanhood.
And that's the point. This is not about being racist, the popular image of France is white. Although those who have been there know that Algerians, Muslims, Chinese, etc. are increasingly part of the French populace. But those who haven't been there-- why is it wrong to associate France with white? Even if he's holding on to a dated stereotype, how does it make him racist or bigoted?
because it shows that his world view is dated...and that he isn't open enough to think that french is more things than just the color white.
Harsh? So bigotry is now endorsed? Sorry, but I dont see anything wrong at all, except his remark.
That's not bigotry or racism. At worst, he's behind the times.
Racist is when people take on negative attitudes by virtue of race, eg. Jews are greedy, etc.
stereotyping can have negatives and positives and in this case he's made the assumption that french is white. He may or may not have meant his comment to be interpreted as racist but the fact of the matter is that is how it has been interpreted. His direct quote is :" haha at first when i saw the nick of antoniette i thought i would be going to see a french babe" may not be laced with any derogatory intent but it does say that he has some kind of racial discrimination behind his words doesn't it?
It's more accurate to say it's how you have interpreted it.
The reasonable interpretation is that he expected to see a white woman and saw a black woman instead.
Why is that racial discrimination? Did he say he hates black women?
Besides if he went according to your arguement about not putting much stock in names then he wouldn't have made the comments that led to this now would it?
so why then didn't he say that? What's interesting right now is that he is not the one saying anything to defend himself or clear up the air and you're the one doing all the debating that he should be doing. Don't you think he should be the one to explain himself? This is your faux pas to fix. It's his.