GESO: Anne

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks, Fernando.  I was too chicken to ask her to do "the portrait on the 
bed."  Cheers, Christine


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fernando" <fer.pdml at gmail.com>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml at pdml.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: GESO: Anne


> Hi Christine,
>
> I'm not portrait shooter, I like them, number 5 is the one I like
> better; I found the light a little bit harsh in the background in some
> of them.
>
> PS: You forgot the "portrait on the bed" shot ;-)
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Christine  Aguila
> <caguila at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi Everyone:  Anne is a colleague of mine, & I wanted to take some photos 
>> of
>> her, and fortunately she was very enthusiastic, and even said I could 
>> come
>> back again if I wanted a reshoot:  I find her lovely, & her eyes very
>> striking.  We met up at her house, & I had about an hour 1/2 to 
>> photographer
>> her on her deck.
>>
>> But, something very interesting happened:  I actually got so bored--not
>> because of Anne; she was great and fun; she has a really great sense of
>> humor--rather, I was so bored with myself photographing her; creatively I
>> felt dead, and I don't know why--look how lovely she is!!!
>>
>> My 1st guess at an explanation is that it was all starting to feel too
>> staged, and I think I feel I was kind of letting Anne down because of 
>> that.
>> Also, I'm so inexperienced at reading ambient location lighting and how 
>> to
>> best exploit it--& knowing this, I think all of a sudden I became 
>> extremely
>> self-conscious about this, and I think I had a little inner panic.
>>
>> Anyway, in 30 minutes I shot 61 frames, and I then said, "Let's quit.  I
>> feel done."  And I so shocked myself that I said that.  We had a great
>> girlfriend visit over iced tea afterwards & Anne liked a good many of the
>> shots.
>>
>> I've picked 5 to show you all here.  Anne 1, 4, & 5 are my favorites, 
>> with 5
>> being my number 1 fav.  In Anne 4, Anne is holding up a diffuser disk to 
>> the
>> right and out of frame (obviously ;-)).  Anne 3 & 2 aren't that great
>> because of the overwhelming highlights in the background.
>>
>> All shot with K10D & the DA* 50-135mm & all hand-held.  I'm a little 
>> proud
>> of that latter.  I think I'm getting better at wielding that kit around:
>> K10D, battery grip & DA* 50-135mm.  Ironically, the battery grip, though 
>> it
>> adds weight, balances the kit for some better handling.
>>
>>
>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=840824
>>
>> Comment/s critique/thoughts very welcome.
>>
>> Cheers, Christine
>>
>>
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