William Coupon

[Sharon Knettell]

Beautiful, simple but very sophisticated.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Thanks Chris, very inspirational.

[Julie Deane]

Hmm, interesting and beautiful. I wonder if this is the same photographer whose work I saw in the current Town & Country magazine. I picked up a copy just to look at the photo section for one article. Single light source, same mottled background. If it's a different photographer, maybe there is a "new" trend beginning...

[Michele Rushworth]

Wow - thanks for sharing that link. The photos look like old masters paintings, like a modern day Caravaggio.

I was surprised to see so much lens distortion, though, which is especially apparent on some of the hands. Seems like he used this device intentionally on a lot of the shots, for some reason.

[Richard Monro]

Chris,
What a great site. It demonstrates that great art posing never changes. Coupon has taken a page from Vermeer in his use of lightinhg from the side and slightly above the subject. The results are stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[Dan Landrie]

thank you

[Natalie Hunsaker]

I'd seen that site before but couldn't remember where it was--and then there you go reminding me. Little did I know, it was in my bookmarks all along! Oh well, just another reason this is a great forum.