Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: studio photography
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:50:07 -0700

Roger Beamon wrote:
> 
> On 24 May 99, Donal Philby wrote, at least in part:
> 
> > Simple is supreme.  Study the work of Scuvalo (from Chicago).
> > Virtually everything he does is with one light.  He said he had to learn
> > to do it that way because he could only afford one light.  You might
> > follow suit and learn one light.  Then perhaps add another.  And forget
> > all those films.  Pick one and don't change for two years.  Learn it.
> 
> Amen! In my starving student days, I made great use of a window
> and one light. Loved it! It was later that I realized that I'm not
> bright enough to handle more that that. It was a blessing,
> however. Guys and gals, both, look great using the above.
snip

Just to be a nitty picky wise guy I think you are thinking Screbneski
from Chicago, I think Scuvalo is from the Bronx. Scuvalo learning the
one light technique from Horst P Horst. I also sounds like you've got
Irving Pen as an inspiration with the window. These inspirations have
been my own.
Mark Rabiner