The phrase "a good portrait" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a well-executed representation of a person, typically in art or photography.
Example: "The artist captured her essence beautifully; it truly is a good portrait."
Alternatives: "an excellent depiction" or "a fine representation."
The proletarians have voted that it's a good portrait".
A good portrait, artists say, should capture a subject's spirit.
If mere likeness were the criterion of a good portrait then Rembrandt would now be forgotten.
The mother of the children, sweet and wonderful as she is, is also a good portrait of the writer as sole breadwinner for a family.
A good portrait lens for a consumer D.S.L.R. would be a 50mm f/1.8, which can be had for about $100 to $150 for the most popular brands — Canon or Nikon.
A good portrait painter will find beauty in any subject, because there is a sense, surely, in which the human face will always appear beautiful, caught in the right pose, seen in the right light, understood in the right way.
To rectify this problem, I set about celebrating backers that contributed to my project with grand portraits in the style that wealthy powerful patrons were once celebrated, and just like artists from the past I used the latest augmented reality technology to demonstrate my technical ability as an artist and to empower patrons to reveal their inner essence as any good portrait should do.
To rectify this problem, I set about celebrating backers that contributed to my project with grand portraits in the style wealthy powerful patrons were once celebrated, and just like artists from the past I used the latest augmented reality technology to demonstrate my technical ability as an artist and to empower patrons to reveal their inner essence as any good portrait should do.
Moreover, in a really good portrait of a room, the room itself becomes a personality, with a story of its own to tell.
In short, the stimulus debate offers a pretty good portrait of the men and woman who would be president.
Unger actually gives a very good portrait of the élite world of money, oil, and political power in which the Bushes move so naturally.
