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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 03/02/2009: mother and child
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Feb 5 06:30:09 2009
References: <66711CC0-0068-4974-8CEE-50B8D83F5689@frozenlight.eu>

On Feb 5, 2009, at 2:39 AM, Nathan wrote:

> Charo is the youngest member of my team at work. I have shown her  
> before. Recently I saw her oldest daughter for the first time and  
> was struck by how the little girl was a veritable copy of Charo. So  
> the other day, when she had her in the office in the afternoon, I  
> took a quick portrait. It was the little girl's 4th birthday, and  
> while she was willing to pose for Mum's boss, she just wanted to get  
> it over with so they could go home to celebrate her birthday. So the  
> background is just a boring office wall, and the light is an ugly  
> combination of window and fluorescent overhead light--but that's  
> what B&W is for :-) Shot with the 50mm Summilux at f1.4. There is  
> bit of softness, but both I and Charo like it, and that's what  
> matters in the end.
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#467986422_WdCfw-O-LB

hi Nathan,

a lovely image of the two who do sort of look like twins   :-)

as for the background...I think you might try crop left and above to  
remove the walls, and concentrate on the faces and the eyes,


Steve
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Replies: Reply from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 03/02/2009: mother and child)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 03/02/2009: mother and child)