Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/28

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Subject: [Leica] more gun portraits (let me know if you get tired of this)
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Tue Feb 28 18:21:25 2006
References: <7629EB4795F39146A4D2ECC655CD68EA0747D790@asc02.asc.upenn.edu> <75E12B84-589E-4BED-9A27-3489E7041483@ralgo.nl>

Um, I guess I have to agree.

The first shots you showed on the LUG (was it just
2 shots?) had these very nice, rich saturated colors.

It gave those pics a certain signature.

So did what I recall was a more or less formal composition.

These pics don't enjoy the same color "quality" or signature
or whatever, and the pics have verticals going every which
way.  The messy setting also detracts greatly compared,
again, to the first two pics.

The first pics were like very professionally done family
portraits - but with nasty guns :-)  I think that's what caused
such a strong impression.

IMHO (FWIW, etc.), I think you should strive for the same
sort of formality (setting and composition) along with a the
color signature of the earliest photos you posted.

Fantastic project.

Scott

bruce wrote:

> I don't like any of them, Kyle.
>
> No.1- is perhaps the most pleasing, except for the fact that the  
> verticals aren't vertical; it's twisted.
>
> No.2 - I cannot believe that any pistol-toting woman would hold her  
> fire-arm behind the head of another. If she fired the noise would  
> deafen her colleague.
>
> No.3 - same thing .............. and the chair on the bottom left is  
> in the way.
>
> No.4 - think it would have been better with both sitting in the white  
> Ikea chairs in front of the TV, next to each other.
>
> I'm done.
>
> B.
>
>
> On 27-feb-2006, at 15:58, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>
>> maggie and gwen.
>>
>> gwen is the international PR representative for the Pink Pistols
>> (www.pinkpistols.org/ <http://www.pinkpistols.org/> ) a gay/lesbian  gun
>> rights group.
>>
>> feel free to email me your thoughts on or off list as to which of  these
>> works the best. your advice has been invaluable so far.
>>
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-1.jpg
>> <http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-1.jpg>
>>
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-2.jpg
>> <http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-2.jpg>
>>
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-3.jpg
>> <http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-3.jpg>
>>
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-4.jpg
>> <http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/ago/gwen-maggie/gwen- 
>> maggie-4.jpg>
>>
>>
>> (they're also both extra-class ham radio operators -- i mention  that 
>> because
>> i'm guessing 25% of the people reading this are as well)
>>
>>
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