Portraits - My Final Image

After I had printed both of my favourite images, I was completely torn between which one I preferred. I much preferred the lighting in the Finn image but there was no real meaning behind it whereas the shaven picture didn't have as good lighting but I felt it was a much more engaging picture. If you read through my older posts you will see the message that is behind the shaven picture and how it is a lot more personal and has a better meaning behind it than the Finn image. This is why I have chosen the shaven image to be my final submitted image. I have gone around and asked a friends and peers which one they prefer and the mass majority of people have said that they prefer the shaven image over the Finn one. A lot of people said they felt it was a lot more mysterious and was a more engaging image compared to the other one. 

Another reason why I chose this image is because of the process of the project as a whole didn't quite go according to my original plan but still had a positive outcome. I shaved my model so I was able to paint him like a dog but due to unfortunate events my model was not able to make the final shoot. In a way I'm quite glad this happened because even though the final shoot didn't go ahead, I feel that if it did then people would have seen it in a more comedic way instead of artistic. This is why I feel that the shaven shoot is much better than anything that would've come from the dog shoot.