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Subject: Re: [Leica] help critique my lighting
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:13:46 -0800
References: <BAY10-DAV49jIFbWEF20008604a@hotmail.com>

Eric

I will only comment on your lighting. Your posing is excellent.

Perfect lighting for passport photos or "wanted" posters.

Jerry

eric wrote:

> hello all-
>
> After years of available light shooting I couldn't resist the curiosity - I
> bought an alien-bees monolight and softbox.
> I shot my first roll of very simple portraits using the softbox as my
> main-light and a slaved vivitar 283 to light a white backdrop.
>
> contact sheet: http://www.faneuil.net/softbox_test.jpg
>
> Nice, but I wasn't thrilled with the results - they look a bit flat to me.
> Any critique (with lighting technique in mind) would be appreciated.
> The pictures are not supposed to be enthralling - my family relented to my
> modeling requests as there was nothing to do on a drizzly Sunday.
> BTW - my wife shot the pic of me.
>
> technical: all pics taken with R7, 90 elmarit, TCN (rated at 320)
>
> thanks
> Eric
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