[Leica] Potato Photo

[John McMaster]

I was talking of the spud ;-) You need a 'gimmick' (e.g. Bruce Gilden) to get noticed these days....

john

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On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr>wrote:

>A mixture of having the big $$ name/contacts and being able to light a
subject well....

>john
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I don't think the self-portrait is lit well.  It's unbalanced, too bright on the right and too murky on the left.  It needs a bit of edge light from the left, or a small amount of fill to keep his cheek and shoulders from blending with the background.  One-light portraits just don't make it for me, especially on black (which I prefer as a background).  I need to see separation of tones/planes.
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Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
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