In this week's Photo of the Week on the Daily Critique Craig looks at a powerful portrait and discusses the following:

 

- black and white and texture as an element of design

 

- quality of light

 

- high to low camera position

 

- shallow depth of field

 

- power of the expression of looking over the glasses

 

- cross hatched values on the diagonals

 

- Metadata - Leice M9, EFL 50mm, ISO 80, f1.7@ 1/350th sec