RE: [Leica] Steve Unsworth PAW week 27

["Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>]

Ted

Thanks for the very kind words. The reason I've switched from Tri-X to
slower films is that in summer (not that you'd believe that it's summer
here in Paris at the moment - lots of rain today) Tri-X doesn't allow me
to use the Leica glass wide open. With the Nocti wide open is where it's
at :-)

It's rather difficult to believe that I've past the halfway point on the
PAW project. What I have learned so far is that I'm a people
photographer not a macro or landscape guy, I like using Leica glass wide
or nearly wide open, and that I really like shooting into the light.

The other thing that I've learned is to control the contrast better in
Photoshop - i.e. have blacks and whites as well as greys.

But perhaps most important of all, to me at any rate, I haven't fallen
out of love with Paris. As I said to some friends who asked how I found
things to shoot, where there are people there are photographs.

Plus of course there's the summer jazz festival in one of the parks with
tickets at 1.5 Euros a ticket ;-) Erik Trufaz today.

Steve

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ted Grant
Sent: 13 July 2002 21:34
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Steve Unsworth PAW week 27



Steve Unsworth wrote & showed:
> Week 27 is now available.
> The main shot was taken with the Nocti at f:1 in a Parisian bar. I 
> took about 20 frames of the these girls and they never even noticed or

> glanced in my direction. But they were having a _very_ intense 
> conversation.
>
> Alt 3 is back at Père Lachaise cemetery. I may try to put a little 
> album together when I've been another couple of times. Main at...
> http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_27.htm
> Alt 1 at...
> http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_27alt1.htm
> Alt 2 at...
> http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_27alt2.htm
> Alt 3 at...
> http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_27alt3.htm<<<<<

Hi Steve,

Love the main, a solid bit of Noctilux action and use where the lens
really shines with slow film use..

One thing I've neglected to say for some months and that is, it's always
a pleasure to open your PAW's . It's an even better pleasure to open the
main file and look through them all and see what you've produced. A very
good eye and technical ability to capture fine life moments through out
the year.

A fine examle to some of the others.

ted

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