Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]MArk- actually, when Ithink of Goth, I think of Morticia Addams of the "Addams Family" fame- with the severe hair pulled back and plain black clothing- no ruffles or jewelry. These girls- and I hesitate to besmirch their virginal reputations, look like some gals I once saw in a house in New Orleans run by the inFAMOUS Madam Fifi LaRue! :o) What we used to call 'Sportin' Ladies'! Of course, I am behind the times, being old decrepit and not familiar with all this new-fangled stuff! Dan (When I was young and had some hope- I washed my butt in Ivory Soap...But now I'm old, and have no hope and I wash my butt in any ole soap!) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 6:34 PM Subject: [Leica] Portraiture by window light > Jeff More has made it possible to post my first pic on the lug how > representative this shot is of me is any ones guess > > http://people.oven.com/jbm/temp-displays/Mark_Rabiner/Brazen_Bean_color.jpg > > Two Gothic Gals on a Magenta Sofa: > > Not Visigoths either! As neither of these gals plainly have a Visa card! > Actually the first definition of Goth in my CD dictionary is > 1.a. Of or relating to the Goths or their language. b. Germanic; Teutonic. > And neither of these gals even speak German! > People now think Transylvanian instead of German on this stuff now! > > This shot I got paid for if you can believe that it was done for a place called > "The Brazen Bean" where people sit around all night and drink Brandy and Smoke > Cigars. > > As these gals (really are) creatures of the night to shoot them with daylight > coming in from the back is a strange call. The fact is they were using this > couch as a makeup area the shoot was in the other room. But they looked so good > on the sofa I pulled out my body which had color film in it just in case which > was a Nikon*&^%$ and knocked out a quick roll. > > Getting these gals to show up to a shoot before sundown was quite a trick, money > needed to be involved and a free meal! > > The main shoot was in black and white in the other room. > > I might have cheated and bounced a flash off the ceiling. > > I think the film was Kodacolor 100 and I shot it 12/4/1995. > > The stuff happening outside the window I whited out. > > I can't tell if i shot this with my 35mm or 24mm Nikor lens. > Just before I went Leica! > > Mark William Rabiner