[Leica] Shooting from the Shadow Side

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Richard said and showed:
Subject: [Leica] Shooting from the Shadow Side


> Of all the great one liner advices, "Shoot from the Shadow Side" must be 
> near the top. It is so obvious too once you start doing it. The light just 
> makes the texture much more interesting! Here's a series of pictures of 
> Mary Ellen Donald (and my ubiquitous wife), the acclaimed Middle Eastern 
> Drum teacher and performer:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=3038<<<<<<<

Hi Richard,
Thank you, as that's the one bit of advice, "Shoot from the Shadow Side" 
most folks remember from my lectures/teachings since I started to make use 
of light and shadow in this manner in my picture taking.

It's so simple, yet so effective in very nearly every discipline of 
photography. Once recognized if one simply looks for the "shadow side" then 
moves to that side their pictures will become more effective 99.9% of the 
time. ;-)

Glad you've "seen the light from the shadow side!" ;-) As it certainly shows 
the effect in these photographs.
ted