Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brougham, while in an obviously hypothermic coma, wrote: >Arriving to the US in the fall, the new immigrants settled in the >south. The first winter was mild. All was good. The next summer, >their brains boiled. All who had any sense left moved north. The >rest? They stayed in the south. :) > ><ducking behind his snow fort, and stockpiling snowballs for return >fire> And then came to his senses momentarliy and wrote: >I'd try some of the pro portrait films. The ones geared toward >wedding photographers. If a film can get a white wedding dress next >to a black tux, it has quite a range! Kodak Portra 160NC or Fuji NPS >160 come to mind. >Go for B&W. Use XP2. It's generally a low contrast film, so shooting >it in high contrast scenes can make it print about right on normal >paper. These are excellent suggestions for high contrast shooting - low contrast negative films! Along with other's suggestons for a tiny bit of fill flash (2 to 3 stops under the ambient exposure) you may tame that harsh sunlit look. Henry Ambrose A Happy & Prosperous New Year to All !!!!!!!!