Yesterday, I made a promise to blog a friend’s art
pieces. Although he told me to do it with pay, I insisted to do it for free.
“What are friends for?”, I told him. Besides, I am not a professional writer.
Just like our former dean always told us during lectures (Dennis used to mimic
this), “I just would like to UNDERSCORE…”
So I just would like to underscore that I am not a
professional writer (or a connoisseur for that matter). But I cannot keep myself from commenting positively on the
photos I have seen posted on the page of my friend, Dennis Valdez.
To tell you the truth, I never would have known that
he has talents at photography. For one, he never mentioned it before. Most of
our conversations centered on our common friends, the movies we saw, the
instructors we didn’t like (hahaha!), and everything else trivial and mundane.
So imagine my surprise when I saw his shots.
Enough of my prelude…Let’s get down to the reason
why this blog was created in the first place.
This is for Dennis Valdez.
He is a London-based photographer, by the way.
Initially, photography for him was just a hobby and now, inevitably, is
becoming a moneymaker (laughs). He got talents, that’s why!
His style of shoots
includes a long stretch of adult, alternative, beauty,
body paint, bondage, commercial, erotic, fashion,
fetish, fitness, glamour, landscape, lifestyle,
lingerie, nude, pinup, portrait, promotional,
sheer, swimwear, topless and wedding. He works with pay or trade, whatever he
means by that (You just have to ask him about this when you do business with
him). How convenient it is to work with him as he is willing to travel per
request just so you could have that important moment of your life be
immortalized by his camera. Furthermore, he also has this talent in photo editing
which you will find advantageous if you want something omitted or enhanced in
your photos.
So here is a glimpse of the four photos I put two
thumbs up upon seeing. Two of which I
got from the theme, Marie Antoinette (will post the other two later on a separate blog).
Marie Antoinette was a former Queen of France. I'm sure Wikipedia has a lot to say about what happened during her era but let’s
just leave History be history for now, alright? We don’t wanna doze off here (assuming you also hate History). My
concern is this photo.
I like how the lush greens were
captured in this photo (Trust Dennis to select a venue that jibes with the
theme, and his ability to zoom in and out for highlights). This model Marie
Antoinette, although her gown is simpler as compared to the flash-and-panache
clothing common to the 18th century, still looks so regal you could
imagine men offering promises to her feet. The tilt of her head, the innocence
of her eyes, and the lusciousness of her lips are all perfect. (Was every move
of the model done according to your instruction, Mr. Photographer? This photo
is just so, so nice!) Her beauty is so ethereal it made me envious.
Was Marie
Antoinette sad or regretful of something here? It looks like she was in this
photo. A long lost love maybe? Or was she just burdened by duties/obligations demanded
of her as a queen? Whatever she was feeling or thinking at this moment, we
could only guess. It’s just so amazing how one could capture numerous emotions
in just a single shot. A picture could paint a thousand words, indeed (Good
job, Dennis! I like how you played with lighting here to create this serene
effect). Looking at this photo, I feel like I want to time-travel back to this
era. It would have been really great to be sharing a cup of tea while I and
Queen Marie are having a tête-a-tête.
Interestingly, I have read on Dennis's page that this queen was
stripped of her riches and finery, imprisoned, and beheaded during the
18th century French Revolution. With such an interesting fact, I might
read history later, after all. :)
For more photos of beauty and wonder, feel free to visit http://purpleport.com/portfolio/Dennis/?referrer=Dennis. Thank you for viewing. :)
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