Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]May we see the shots? B. On 20-dec-2005, at 20:27, mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote: > The upshot of the proposed shoot was, "yes," and with no further > discussion of the $250 fee. So, Saturday afternoon I shot the > senior with her horse, Romeo. Outdoors with the odd snowflake. 24 > degrees. And a quartering breeze from the northwest. Brrr. > > All went well. Got a few excellent images among a number of > acceptable ones, despite the horse being a brat--they do that in > cold weather--and shooting against a cluttered background. The > stable is in town (weird zoning in the Denver area), with all the > wires, signs, etc., that make up the scenery in an older, urban > neighborhood. When Romeo cooperated, I used a couple 60'-high > spruce trees as a backdrop to avoid bits of aerial infrastructure. > If the shot had not called for a horse-faced horse and a human to > both be in focus, I would have shot the 85mm f/1.2 wide open or at > f/2.0 and just knocked the entire background mess into bokehland. > > Two items of interest. First, a 1-gig SanDisk Ultra II CF card > would accept only three RAW+large JPEG images (actually six images) > before balking and causing the 5D to report "CF FULL." Had extra > cards on hand. Good thinking, that. After downloading all three/six > images on the "Full" card, I reformatted it and the problem was > solved. > > Second (and not a photographic item of interest), The Goddess of > near-chump-change windfalls, if you can accept $250 as a windfall, > prompted my 15-year-old water heater to start puking its guts out > last night. That's $814-and-change to take a hot shower later today. > > Sometimes, a man's just gotta' grin and marvel at the synchronicity > of it all. > > -Chris Lawson > > > ---------------------------------------- > The backstory: > > I got a call from an almost-friend asking if I could shoot her > daughter's senior portrait. And muy pronto, to boot. "I'd be happy > to," I said. > > Not knowing details on exact location, number of wardrobe changes, > etc., I quoted $250, which would include 4x6 proofs but not batches > of wallet-size photos or custom enlargements. Easily a half day, > counting schleppage. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information