Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agreed George. We all come at these photos with a set of expectations as to what a portrait should look like and how it should be lit. Kander was clearly trying to break through those perceptions and give the viewers something different. Mike D George Lottermoser wrote: > I believe that you're the second person, Mike, to comment on > having found a tad more with a second or closer look. > And, yes, if I were doing the sessions > I'd have dialed back one of those two lights > for a more sculptural and 3 dimensional look; > yet - I have to ask myself - why? > Because that's how I was taught? > Because that's what they and others expect? > Tradition? > To make them look prettier than they actually appear (most of the time)? > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > >