Portrait of a Violinist

Posted by Mark on Feb 21, 2012 | 12 Comments

What exactly is a portrait? Is it when a busker with a violin spots you with your camera and freezes for a second to allow you to take a shot without a word passing between you? I'm going to assume it is, in which case here's a submission for #PortraitTuesday (+PortraitTuesday) curated by +Laura Balc.

The violinist was very talented indeed, playing along masterfully to a recorded backing track that gave the impressions of him being part of a large orchestra or amongst the musicians attending a masked ball in pre-revolutionary France. If there was one criticism of his work it would be that his repertoire seemed limited and he'd already looped around and started repeating some of his earlier pieces within about twenty minutes.

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12 Comments

Feb21

Rich Grundy

Great capture +Mark Hooper , love the fact that he paused a second for you too!

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Feb21

Julie Stropp

Very nice +Mark Hooper !! Love it!

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Feb21

Krys Zz

znakomite

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Feb21

Lynda Bowyer

Nice shot Mark!

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Feb21

Mark Tyler

Nice one! Great expression on his face!

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Feb21

Serein Lee

so romantic and lovely shot.

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Feb21

Geo Messmer

perfect shot..great +Mark Hooper

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Feb21

David Rousselle

very nice portrait +Mark Hooper

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Feb22

A maarufy

Great!

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Feb22

Mark Tyler

What was that about not really being a street photographer? I think your public would disagree! )

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Feb22

Akhil Kalsh

lovely capture! love the feel and the DOF..

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Feb22

Clare Cosgrove

Love this!

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