Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/30

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Not a PAW...
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:48:14 -0500

Thanks, Jack - It does indeed...As to the shoes...I thought about the
crop you suggest...in fact I have another image with all the feet lined
up...But I wanted the one set of feet out of line...in part it is one of
those 'you have to know the background' shots, which I normally curse
about...the out-of-sync shoes belong to the apx 12-year-old (charming)
nephew of the bride, who was one of the groomsmen - the rest are all the
grooms adult former college roommates...so the kid was 'one of the
guys,' but as the photo will show those for whom it is intended, he
wasn't.

Best

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jack
McLain
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 9:19 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Not a PAW...


I agree... the shoe shot is far and away my favorite.  I normally do not
like to crop (rather do it with the camera) but I think this shot might
benefit by removing the far left figure.  I think this might make this a
tighter, more graphic image. The line of disembodied feet in a diagonal
partitioning of the frame might be nice.

My second favorite is the wedding photog shooting the bride and the
father (I assume father).  It illustrates the humorless, artificial
business of weddings.

Nice work
cheers

Jack McLain
Tucson, AZ
http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Not a PAW...


> B. D. Colen showed:
> > But new images...
> > From a shoot of the 24 hours before a wedding through the 
> > ceremony....I still have many more images to work on, but here's a 
> > group of initial picks... 
> > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/folder-6029.html<<<
>
> B.D.,
> Some damn fine photography! My favourite?  The shoes of the men 
> attendees! Just a first class photograph, but more important is to 
> have seen it in
the
> first place!!! Most people including pro wedding shooters wouldn't see

> it and if they did would pass it by because they don't have a 
> motivational
eyes
> and weddings are all about brides!!
>
> I mean at a wedding who looks at the feet of the guys? It's always the

> beauty of the bride everyone has the hots for to do pictures and what 
> do
you
> do?  See the shiny shoes!!! A beauty! FOM 2 material for sure! You may

> not hear worth a damn but you "shur got sharp photo eyes!" ;-)
>
> ted
>
>
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Replies: Reply from "Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net> (Re: [Leica] Not a PAW... the shiney shoe shot)