Horizontal portrait sample
http://www.lightartforum.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=1152I have posted this in relation to Tommy Kelso's horizontal portait.
I believe that horizontal portaits can work and are valid.
In this sample I placed the model in front of - but well away from this ocean pool wall. I felt that the greens and blues pick up the model's eye colour, Shot wide open, the background shows as a pleasing blur of colours that do not distract from the subject.