[Leica] VN photos

[red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)]

One thing I take away from Shapiro's work is his ability to separate the
tonality of his subjects from the background.  Not only does he use DOF
judiciously, but by separating the tonality, he further focuses the eye onto
the main subject.

I try this in my tripod mounted work all the time.  You find that if you do
not, your shots turn out uninteresting, non-keepers.  But I use a hand held
meter, and focus my attention onto the scene to make sure it happens ( not
always successfully, I might add...)  Now to extend this to hand held
shooting, it will take me some work to see, and to remember to do this.

Really good learning experience.....really good.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net