That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 22, 2019

“I just have to stay like this for a few minutes for you to capture my image while we have to stay like this for hours while he paints our image!”

Photographing the Fall 1870 issue of Bavarian GQ.

In the late 19th century when photography started to become popular, it was firmly believed by many that painting caught the personality much better than a photo. Of course having to sit absolutely motionless for relatively long periods of time led to some very unnatural-looking photos.

“ Quit your whining and sit still…. if we perfect this,we could have portrait studios in every Penny’s store “

“I think a photo of you picking your nose is not what we’re trying to capture here”

Your “Thinker” pose looks more like a drunken stupor.

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. Or to that security cam up there. Now, show us some thigh.”

After watching your session with the babe in diaphanous draperies, I’ll just hold my hat here if you don’t mind.

With his friend complaining so much he couldn’t help but think “Never mind. I’ll do it myselfie”

Van Gogh’s lazy brother taking the artistic road most traveled.

“This IS my good side!”

Do it look OK with the brolly between my legs?

We need a picture for the definition of Hayseed.

Herman was always one to thumb his nose at modern inventions.

The Photograph or A photographer in his studio: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philipp_Sporrer_Das_Foto_1870.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00173759 

http://www.kunsthandel-krausz.de/index.php/de/2-uncategorised/10-kuenstler?idKuenstler=487&PhilippSporrer 

https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd138486565.html 

all have info (the first 2 sparse) about this artist (the last 2 in German; again, Chrome can automatically translate), perhaps in addition to what’s indirectly pointed to by the first URL. This is a different caption repeat of the first work by him used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2018/06/12?comments=visible 

has the prior caption (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2185 (April 21, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

“If you buy the portrait plus a sheet of wallet sized, I’ll be on my way to affording a nicer studio.”

“I’m doing teen angst. Now take the stupid picture!”

“This is what I’ll look like when I turn up for the date, so may as well look like this on line.”

Watch the birdie… … and stop saying lens cap, lens cap, lens cap! :>)

“If you’re not going to smile, could you at least frown more cheerfully?”

I promised to pay you to pose, the least you could do is sit up and put your hands down.

“Attired in his very best clothes/ Adalbert struck a casual pose/ his best shirt he had got on/ with a few flecks of snot on/ and a finger thrust deep in his nose…

Leroy, starting his photo business, grabbed a bum off the street to practice on.he needs to think of another job.

Leroy’s discount travel photographs – we make it look like you went somewhere exotic, even if you can’t even afford cab fare