[Leica] IMG: Cello master class, using blur

Peter Klein boulanger.croissant at gmail.com
Tue May 12 21:22:38 PDT 2015


I'm always trying to convey the physicality of music-making in my still
photographs of musicians. With string players, one obvious method is to
slow the shutter so as to catch some blur in the bowing or the fingers.
But how much?  Too little, and it looks like a mistake.  Too much, and it's
mush.  I felt like maybe I'd hit the "Goldilocks" ("just right") spot with
this one, and I like how the two bows form a "V."  What do you think?
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/17584386211/>

Then there's this one.  I like the bow blur of this one most of all the
shots I took.  But I maybe messed up the framing.  Does it still work, or
is it an "almost?"
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http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/music/peledmasterclass/P5100318.jpg.html
>

Thanks for looking.  Enjoy!
--Peter


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