A Tale of Two Faces

It was a sad time for Lourcey Photography this week.  My favorite model – who has been a fixture in several of my prints and Christmas cards- moved away to Florida.  Before he left, I made sure to drag him in for one last session.    I printed up one of the images to give him as a going away gift and left it sitting on my entry hall table.  It just happened to be sitting next to a portrait I painted of him earlier in the year.  It certainly made for a very interesting pairing…

The painting on the left was done early in the year – when I was trying out a new painting technique.  I was going for a soft, Old Masters look – ala an old Rembrandt painting.  The black and white image on the right is a much more detailed character study.  I was just so surprised how different the same person can look with different photographic approaches.