Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/01
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Funny thing about Wedding Newspaper pictures; I would have trouble getting
the bride to pick one she liked until a friend who did weddings all the time
suggest that I flop the negative. The bride is so used to seeing herself in
the mirror, that a non-mirror image doesn't look good to her. I did, and
never had a bride complain again! I also took a piece of half tone screen
from the photoshop, and stuck it on a piece of glass- l would lay this over
the print for the newspaper so that they could see what the printed photo
would look like.
for softening wrinkles- nothing like the cellophane, or better, a bellows
shade with a piece of plexiglass, carefully smeared with vaseline around a
center spot.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Roger Beamon <beamon@primenet.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, December 02, 1997 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Ultimate sharpness for portraits???? YUCK
On 1 Dec 97, ted grant wrote:
<snip>
>The bottom line is the 90mm Summicron is just too sharp
> and fantastic a lens to use on older women portraits! :) And not have
> them want to remove part of your anatomy! Your head, your head! :)
Only formal portraiture that I did was years ago for the newpaper shots
that would appear in the newspapers announcing the engagement, wedding
etc. These were usually nubile sweet young things. Sharp lenses didn't
bother them, but I often wondered what the difference would be between
the various softening devices compared to purposefully defocusing the
lens a bit?
- --
Roger Beamon
Naturalist & Photographer
mailto:beamon@primenet.com
Thought for the day:
Is a lady barrister without briefs a solicitor?