I built a very cool one forty years ago, when I was in high school.
But what about the pic I posted?
Second hint: He is an actor of stage, television and the big screen.
Third hint: He has been Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
Honestly, I would never have recognized him, either.
... Sean Connery?
Laurence Oliver?
Seriously or are you just punking my efforts?
It was supposed to be fun.
Not sure what that means. The dimple in the chin has to narrow it down somewhat. Patrick Stewart?
YES!!!!
You have it.
Circa 1960 about twenty years old and he still had HAIR!!!
The hair I knew would throw everyone off a bit. I really expected for it to be easy for some.
You are right. This is our beloved Sir Patrick Stewart. Oh! Did you know he had been knighted?
My daughter recognizes people from the insanity of hearing a voice.
I am a photographer and I look at faces always as if I was about to photograph them. Age is no challenge. The structure of a face is the same. The eyes do not move.. The ears grow and the nose grows, but the topography does not change.
It is the geography or the topography of a face that I recognize. For me it is just simple geometry that allows me to recognize people. I look at them and I have already analyzed the lighting scheme I would use to enhance their positive features while minimizing their negative features.
Positives and negatives applied to a human is obviously subjective. BUT, I have a pretty good idea, from many years of experience, of what I can sell to the people who love the people I photograph AND what features in any face will detract from sales.
You win this one Jack!
Posting the pic again just for the fun of it.
Sir Patrick Stewart.