[Leica] IMG: in focus and I like it? ;-)

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> I like skin a tad overexposed.
> I also like my Mother-in-law's tomato relish on my hamburger.
> It is a matter of taste.
> 
> I often bump up skin exposure - typically via yellow/orange sliders when
> converting to B&W.
> Or shooting with a yellow/orange filter with B&W film
> 
> like this:
> http://www.korenman.com/jalbum/Portfolio/slides/05.html
> 
> Eric
> 
That's quite a strong effect.
Not very "tad" like.
Measured in terms of exposure this would be a stop and a half maybe almost
two stops over!! 

And taken out of context as in we don't see a body of work with this
"effect" in there or dominating it in some way...
It makes to me an element of "disconcerting ness" for the viewer.

In a photography class there's always going to be a student who will come in
with a print like this calling it part of his vision or what have you and
the teacher shoots it down and so do the other students Sending him back
into the darkroom to print it right. Then it's a relief to see negatives
expressed in something resembling its proper "weight". ... Doing the subject
justice.

Mark William Rabiner
Harlem, NY

rabinergroup.com