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Subject: [Leica] Squared
From: daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:01:20 +0100
References: <AANLkTinaawF51k=TxbObs9d8KFtUsGf1sy=LuCxhManR@mail.gmail.com> <072B66F9-0555-4FA4-B89D-DEC7CF5B799D@embarqmail.com> <AANLkTimQu6tR+t0JvaV06pFkhWopa_Fm5VKXnBg_e9oa@mail.gmail.com> <966DA4EB-B7B0-409E-9FC1-F348EC5081D2@embarqmail.com> <AANLkTinK+z0rAGarnpDgeLrZT32-xBiyxxN874rU5ZKk@mail.gmail.com> <4A17BC210B8D49A69338D17FA155B8C3@jimnichols>

They _are_ one stop lighter :-) Know that one. Maybe we should go to two?

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:
> Daniel,
>
> A nice collection. ?I am prompted to pass on a "photo truth" that my wife
> passed on to me long ago. ?Her family survived the 1930s taking 
> 4-for-a-dime
> direct ?positive photos at fairs and carnivals. ?They worked a circuit from
> Wisconsin to Mississippi. ?To make their African-American customers happy,
> they had to adjust the exposure from what they normally used, in order to
> bring out the facial features in a more pleasant manner. ?You might try an
> extra shot about one stop lighter.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel at 
> dlridings.se>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Squared
>
>
>> Could be, could be. It's not like you "sneak one in on the sly". No
>> secrets, "let's do one" (that's about all they'll give me. They can't
>> understand why you would take more than one.)
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The size and posture of a medium format may also make for a more formal
>>> response and interaction.
>>>
>>> ric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
>>>
>>>> These are all people I know well. I let them make the picture they want
>>>> to have.
>>>>
>>>> Full lengths are the most important, for them. They let me move up
>>>> closer if I want to, but they're less interested. The clothes are
>>>> important.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Many of the portraits here have a slightly more formal feel to them
>>>>> than the ones I remember from a couple of years ago
>>>>>
>>>>> i like the feel
>>>>>
>>>>> ric
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I told some stories other places. If anyone is interested, I'll re-fib
>>>>>> them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlridings/sets/72157625906417789/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All with a Rolleiflex that Phil Swango gave me, as long as I used it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>>
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Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Squared)
In reply to: Message from daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Squared)
Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Squared)
Message from daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Squared)
Message from ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Squared)
Message from daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Squared)
Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Squared)