Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Week #6 [Bérubé]
From: Doug Herr <merlin@flyingemu.com>
Date: 5 Feb 2001 10:38:10 -0800

On Mon, 05 February 2001, MEBérubé wrote:

> 
> Friends,
> 
> I seriously doubt that I'll make a better image than this in the rest of 
> this week so am posting week #6 now.
> 
> Any constructive comments will be very much appreciated. I am personally 
> thrilled with this entry, but it might just be because the subjects are my 
> wife and eldest grrrl. I'm back to photographing people this week with my 
> M5 after last week's brief digression with the digilux to photographing 
> unpeopled buildings, trees, shrubbery and rocks that I have always had an 
> easier time with but that so many LUGgers disdain. I got the Leica to 
> expand my paradigms to shooting more informal portraiture, so I will try to 
> do so more with the PAW project.
> 
> <sigh> I venture out of my comfort zone with this:
> http://www.goodphotos.com/01wk6.html
> (direct link to image for your convenience)
> 
> Carpe Luminem,
> MeB

This is a very nice mom-and-daughter portrait.  The dark side of their faces could use more light, perhaps with a reflector, but on the whole I'd be happy if this were my photo.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
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