Charlie
Photographing portraits in mid day sunlight is hard, hard, hard. The overhead light works against you; deep shadows and bright highlights. If this is the only time and place your can shoot your portrait subject you should have a reflector of some type, white board or aluminum foil, to bounce light back into the shadows. Sometimes a fill flash will work but I like the reflector better.
The Charlie Chaplin impersonator in this photograph appears to be participating in some sort of contest or Hollywood pageant. I like the way the photo-artist has distorted the background to make his subject standout. There are nice ketch lights in the eyes though they appear to be coming from two different light sources. Under the circumstance the photographer has probably gotten the best exposure they could.
The over head light has cast a shadow across the subject’s face giving them a raccoon appearance. A reflector or fill flash might reduce this situation but it would not completely eliminate it. I think it would be nice if the hat did not have the sticker, it is a bit distracting.
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