[Leica] Re: [LRflex] Suggestions # 1

[rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)]

Ted -

Gee, guy, you've managed to collect 10 really damn good pieces of 
advice in one posting and I actually couldn't dream of debating a 
single detail.

I don't believe I've ever seen this much info of this much value 
expressed in so few words.

Bob Palmieri


On Jul 13, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Ted Grant wrote:

> OK crew let's see what happens with this one?
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> Photographer suggestions 1.
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> 1/  While you consider the best angle to photograph a person, it is
> preferable to continue
>
> shooting even though a number of  frames are rejects. If you hesitate, 
> you
>
> may make your subject uneasy, thinking you do not know what you are 
> doing.
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>
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> 2/  Good photojournalists master the art of portrait lighting, allowing
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> them to use available light to their advantage. It sharpens their
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> appreciation for the changing mood of light.
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> 3/  The best way to make an informal portrait, is to allow your 
> subject to
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> go about their business, finding your pictures during the activity.
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> 4/  Do not direct your subject with "look this way, hold it or point 
> there"
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> and finally "look in the camera and smile."  This type of direction 
> makes
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> your subject stop living and start posing.
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>
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> 5/  SLR cameras when used in low light, are usually difficult to 
> focus. To
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> improve accuracy, turn the focusing ring to its closest focus point.
>
> Then bring your subject into sharp focus in the viewfinder. Using this
>
> method the eye  recognises the sharpest image quicker than focusing 
> from
>
> the infinity point.
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>
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> 6/  Events where news photographers hang together as flys at a feeding,
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> take a few obvious frames;  break away and using a long lens reach 
> back to
>
> the subject for a totally different photograph.
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>
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> 7/  When shooting sunrise or sunset, most people look in the direction 
> of
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> the sun. The sunlight doesn't stop where you stand, turn around and 
> see what
> it
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> is shining on. Maybe a marvellous photograph is beautifully lit.
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>
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> 8/  Light is just as important as the subject, in many cases the light 
> is
>
> the subject. If you do not understand the magic of light, you will 
> produce
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> uninspiring photographs.
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> 9/  The on location portrait can often produce a superior likeness to 
> one
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> taken under studio lights.   People are more at ease in their own
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> surroundings.
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> 10/  Shoot field sports from a kneeling or sitting position. A lower 
> angle
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> increases the impact of the photograph, athletes appear bigger and
>
> background clutter is eliminated
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