[Leica] winter in GA

[Craig Semetko <csemetko@earthlink.net>]

Thanks Ted (and Jim Brick too!) for your informative, instructive, and
HELPFUL posts. The time you take to pass on your experience and knowledge is
MUCH appreciated. Can either of you recommend a specific book that is
instructive on making natural light work for you? (Or anybody else for that
matter, don't mean to be excluding anyone with good suggestions)

Thanks again,

Craig 

 > 
> Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 16:54:04 -0800
> From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] winter in GA
> Message-ID: <003401c1ab84$1d178d00$633f4d18@gv.shawcable.net>
> References: <B88069FA.1387%csemetko@earthlink.net>
> 
> Craig Semetko wrote and asked:
>>> My point is, is the LIGHTING good? I'm trying to get better at formal
>> lighting as well and I'm wondering if lighting is causing any of the
>> justified distaste for these shots. Or is it just hair, clothes, retouched
>> color and forced smiles that are doing it? I'm trying to learn here.<<<
> 
> Hi Craig,
> I don't have a problem with the lighting examples, as it's as an excellent
> teaching tool in how to see what kind of light looks good to your eye, then
> that's the kind of light effect you watch for when shooting by available
> existing light.
> 
> It has nothing to do with posing, it's just a better understanding of how
> light works and looks in the day to day real world. I keep telling folks and
> teaching, "shooting from the shadow side," actually quite simple really.
> 
> There are several solid examples in the subjects shown here. And that has
> nothing to do with how the subjects look in these pictures, as I'm talking
> about light not the posing, colour  etc.
> 
> It's like when I say, "shoot from the shadowside," I call it "Rembrandt
> lighting,"  Joe refers to it as "45 degree" light. Same thing. The examples
> in chapter #1; photos #4 & 11 illustrate this effect. Particularly picture
> #18.

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