Frank Bara @ Leland Bobbé

I recently met Frank at a galley opening of a painter friend of mine, Glen Hansen. With his red shirt and red suspenders he looked like the second coming of Santa. I approached him about sitting for a portrait and he readily accepted. He came with his Santa gear but i decided to strip it down and make it about his great face and his emotion. As an ex-actor this was not problem for him at all. I shot in color but as I was processing the raw files I decided to see what it would look like in black and white. As soon as i saw it reduced to black & white his expression and emotion just jumped out at me. I couldn’t have been more pleased with the results.