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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW: Model shoot (non-Leica)
From: "GeeBee" <graham@geebeespaw.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:16:07 +0100
References: <BCEKKGNGDPMOIPMEJONBCEMFCFAA.phong@doan-ltd.com>

From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 18 July 2003 02:56
Subject: [Leica] PAW: Model shoot (non-Leica)


> Hi,
>
> I am taking a Studio Portrait class at the New England School
> for Photography (NESOP), where we learn studio lighting for portrait
> among other things.  While we were on a break and horsing around, I
> saw this image with the model framed by the shooting arm of another
> photographer and his camera.  I took a couple of shots before Clarissa
> noticed me:
>     http://www.phongdoan.com/NESOP_Portrait_I/crw_4495-clarissa.htm
> (DSLR, 50mm f1.4 at ISO 400, 1/30 sec,  available light)
> (That's NESOP_Portrait_I, in the URL.)
> I like the arm of the photographer paralleled by the model's left arm.
>
> Here's a shot I took of Clarissa for the class:
>    http://www.phongdoan.com/NESOP_Portrait_I/crw_4424-clarissa.htm
>
> BTW, "model" makes it sound very professional.  She's just the
> neighbor and good friend of one of the students in the class, and
> has not modeled before.  All the photos in the series were taken
> this past Monday.
>
> Comments, criticisms, etc., etc. welcome.
>
> - Phong
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Hi Phong,
 The shot for the class looks like a rock solid formal portrait of a
beautiful woman with no hint that the photographer is taking lessons or that
the model is an amateur. For me it is eclipsed by the informal "horsing
around" shot with the inventive framing. Seems to me you are already a step
ahead of the class. Thanks for posting.

- --Graham


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