Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]take care, but NEVER doubt the truth and power of subliminal composition choices ric arter > On Apr 5, 2020, at 2:24 PM, Bill Clough via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > Ada Williams was 103 and had caught chicken pox. The only photograph > possible was some kind of portrait. But it also serves as a great mistake. > One of the first lessons all photographers learn is the first thing you do > when taking a picture is to look behind the subject. I didn?t do that. When > the picture was published, one of the editors asked me if I realized what I > had done to Mrs. Williams. ?You should have lowered the restraint behind > her. Leaving it up, the shape makes it look as if she was in a coffin.? > It?s a bitter lesson I have never forgotten. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/RETROSPECT/Ada+Williams_+Houston_+Texas+April_+1973+___+01611.jpg.html > > > ?Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information