[Leica] Prop preparation

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Thanks, I really needed that today!

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Oct 6, 2005, at 1:23 PM, GeeBee wrote:

> Much has been made of the way I use props to improve composition  
> and I make
> no apology for it. To my way of thinking if a shot can be improved  
> by a
> plastic flamingo then in it goes. I am willing to admit that the  
> crocodile I
> used to beef up my Florida holiday snaps was overly ambitious and  
> it was
> certainly not my intention to choke the Burmese Python.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4313978.stm
>
>
> As the props became heavier I made the move to inflatables to make
> carrying them easier but as I became more ambitious and moved up  
> from sheep
> to cattle I felt that I needed some help. The result is that I now  
> have a
> dedicated team to help me.
>
> Whenever I have the opportunity my team and I make for high ground  
> and I
> discuss the feasibility of prop placement within the frame with  
> Gupta my
> team leader. The set up is made easier if we can initially locate  
> by a river
> or stream, this allows the team members to inflate the props and  
> they are
> then able to float them downstream into the areas where they will best
> enhance the composition of the photograph.
>
> I realise that this may take some visualising if you are not on a  
> class 'A'
> drug so to help I took a shot of the team in action.
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/Props.htm
>
> --Graham
>
>
>
>
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