The Beaver Island Music Scene King by taffy

The Beaver Island Music Scene King

Joddy Crosswhite, pictured here, is a well known musician and sound engineer who calls Beaver Island home. At the porch party yesterday and tonite at the official performance, he sat in with the RFD Boys for one of the songs. Five years ago, he was a gracious subject when I was trying to participate in a portrait theme - https://365project.org/taffy/365/2013-06-07 - not a strength then or now! Taken during his set with the band last night during the porch party (singing Dream originally sung the Everly Brothers) and processed today for b&w using Silver Efex and LR.
very good b&w portrait.
July 27th, 2017  
You captured the gleam in his eyes, this is a fine portrait, in my eyes!
July 27th, 2017  
Very interesting looking guy!
July 27th, 2017  
Great portrait
July 27th, 2017  
Outstanding portrait
July 27th, 2017  
Taffy, this is wonderful! I really struggle with taking portraits well, and I have such a desire to figure out how to capture an image that naturally portrays the person's character and you have done it so beautifully here!
July 27th, 2017  
You captured his spirit.
July 27th, 2017  
Use of B&W seems to bring out the character. Terrific portrait capture. Fav
July 27th, 2017  
Fabulous portrait
July 27th, 2017  
This is a wonderful portrait study ,Taffy -- I love the capture of the light and twinkle in his eyes , the gentle smile in the half open mouth which brings the whole character to life . There is no comparison with your previous portrait , This one really portrays the life and soul of the musician -- a huge fav for me !
July 27th, 2017  
Wow a fabulous portrait , and such an intereting face ...fav
July 27th, 2017  
Oh, wow, I loved looking back at your previous portrait and comparing the two. This one wins hands down. You've caught the essence of the musician perfectly. Even better on black.
July 27th, 2017  
He looks a real character. Beautifully shot portrait. I echo what @jyokota says here. Hard to capture character but this works so well. Humming the song now too....
July 27th, 2017  
Like a lot of the others, I think this is really great.
July 27th, 2017  
Love it ...
July 27th, 2017  
A face full of character :)
July 27th, 2017  
What an interesting character he looks and nice portrait!
July 27th, 2017  
Rich with detail and I'll bet full of stories.
July 27th, 2017  
@beryl Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on the comparison to my first-year attempt. I too think this has improvement -- now the early one looks 'flat.' I'm guessing it was one of my first attempts to figure out lighting and now it feels a bit forced. I do think portraiture to be one of the most challenging areas. Probably another big difference is this was in context and pretty much a candid, while the other was 'candid' as he was telling me a story or showing me something, but he knew I was there to do a portrait.
July 27th, 2017  
Fantastic portrait lots of character captured
July 27th, 2017  
Wonderful shot, Taffy.
July 27th, 2017  
A great portrait and one of my favourite songs - Fav
July 27th, 2017  
Such an improvement on the earlier portrait Taffy! In this one his character shines through! Great detail and lovely light. Your processing choice is perfect here! Fav!
July 27th, 2017  
lovely shot of him, I love that beard!
July 27th, 2017  
Great portrait.
July 27th, 2017  
Kas
I like the way you have captured him, looking off into the distance. Makes me curious about what it is he is looking at.
July 27th, 2017  
I really like this. All the textures of his beard, coat, and the background
July 27th, 2017  
Love all the texture in b&w, great portrait!
July 27th, 2017  
A colorful character who looks good in b&w.
July 27th, 2017  
It seems to me that Beaver island is a very beautiful and a very musical place. I would love that! This is a really good portrait. All the textures fit so well together. The pose is natural and gives rise to curiosity as to what he is looking at and thinking. Massive technical improvement on your previous attempt - although you had a great composition there the first time, as well as here.
July 27th, 2017  
Lovely portrait with so much texture and details!
July 28th, 2017  
What a marvelous portrait! Equally as wonderful is to read about your music scene there! It's one of my favourite things about coming up here...though this summer has left little time to attend as much as I'd like!
July 28th, 2017  
Super portrait, captures the essence of the man very well.
July 28th, 2017  
Wonderful portrait.
July 28th, 2017  
I agree with Junko. I might suggest cloning out guitar fingerboard piec. It gives context but I think is more distracting than its worth
July 28th, 2017  
SO much better than 5 years ago
July 28th, 2017  
@helenhall Thanks Helen! Yes, Beaver Island is very special. For example, tomorrow if weather cooperates, I'll be wading into a pond to take photos with my photo buddy, Vickey. Then, I get to see my neighbor's daughter who is visiting from England (and is just a little younger than me, so it's a treat to get to see her) when we have lunch at her mom's probably out on the deck in view of the lake, and tomorrow night is the opening night for Baroque on Beaver with a string quartet from Chicago performing in our little community center auditorium. Not a typical day, but not terribly unusual in variety and interest. I do love it here.
July 28th, 2017  
Great black and white portrait!
July 28th, 2017  
full of character, great shot.
July 28th, 2017  
Such a wonderful portrait! You have been honing so many photographic skills in the last few years.
July 29th, 2017  
I remember the one you took in 2013, I can see the huge improvement in your portrait shot.
July 29th, 2017  
Fantastic portrait xx
July 30th, 2017  
Wonderful portrait!
July 31st, 2017  
Even though this is not in a genre you have a lot of experience in or desire to pursue, it really shows your growth as a photographer!
August 3rd, 2017  
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