Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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