Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: IMG: My bride on peppermint
From: dlr at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Dec 2 01:21:29 2006
References: <C196254F.3FA69%mark@rabinergroup.com>
 
Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Men don't like pictures taken of them usually either. If they do its a
> fluke.
> I never feel the success of a picture of someone depends on if THEY like it
> or not. All their friends will love it. And my friends will love it. THEY
> will hate it. Or visa versa.

Pretty much sums it up. Stick to the friends :-)

> Doing portrait photography for decades I can say that men are more hard to
> please and generally more vain by far them women.
> And I'm not talking artists. I'm talking insurance guys and stock brokers.

Yes, I can see your point. I guess I haven't taken enough portraits of men.

Daniel
In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re: IMG: My bride on peppermint)