Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Dan, Thanks a lot for this invaluable information. Just curious: do you remember the proportion of customers choosing the "with green filter" portrait vs. the "without filter" portrait? I don't have any experience in portrait; as far as I remember, I did one in 25 years of photography. But I'm fascinated by the way people perceive themselves (of course because I worry about how others perceive myself :-) ). For example, I'm always disappointed by my own image that I consider too flat, too "smooth". I think I would prefer a "green filter" complexion... Is this attitude frequent enough or am I alone to be sick ;-)? - -- Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com) Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE) Lyon, France http://www.jcberger.com > I found that the green, or Yellow-Green (to a lesser extent) will darken > most men's complexions, giving more texture, or lending a more masculine, > 'swarthy' look to male portraits. It is a matter of taste- I used to shoot > with and without the filter, and let the subject or client decide on their > favorite. Character portraits of men, especially older men with lots of > interesting lines and such on their faces ( dare I say- wrinkles!?) are much > more interesting taken with a green filter.