Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon Stevens showed and asked: >> but please could you take a look > http://www.camera-craftsman.com/Doreen.html<<< Hi Simon, my immediate reaction was.... Why did he have her look straight into the camera? Yep it's a family exposure, sharp and properly exposed. However, it's so simple to have the subject, yours or any others reading this, to have another person there talking to the subject and creating a "subject listening eye relationship" not looking straight into the camera. and in many cases makes for a nicer face line shape. Yep I've had people look straight into the camera, hundreds and hundreds of times and most were OK! But! It only takes one person talking to the subject to distract them slightly off camera and it can become a very beautiful portrait. Not that looking into the camera wont create a beautiful portrait, but the subject just of camera usually makes for a better picture from my experience. ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html