[Leica] Don's PAW More portraits, non Leica content

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

First time I see school portraits that are non sterile and really capture
the children's personalities. Congratulations!

> From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 00:05:13 -0400
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW More portraits, non Leica content
> 
> Every year I shoot head shots of the rising ninth grade class so that
> the headmaster and staff will know by name all of their new students by
> the second day of class.  This year I also shot the rising sixth grade
> class for the same reason.
> 
> Lighting is as simple as possible, almost always simple window light
> with no fill.  Turn the subject a little into the light and you have a
> wonderful look.  Take the subjects in less than ten seconds each and you
> get the true person.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album44/sixthgradeboy
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album44/sixthgradeexcitement
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album44/sixthgradewinsomeboy
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album44/sixthgradshootergal
> 
> All shots wide open with a discontinued Zeiss 85mm at 2.8.
> 
> Comments always welcome.
> 
> Don
> dorysrus@mndspring.com
> 
> 
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