GESO: Anne

[Christine Aguila]

Thanks, for the good tips, Jack.  Much appreciated. We tried a smaller 
smile, but I didn't like them as much.  They looked too frowny.  I 
completely agree about experimenting with different lighting.  Cheers, 
Christine


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Davis" <jdavisf8 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: GESO: Anne


> Although a very 'posed' shot, I believe I like the light and texture of 
> #4. Improvements might have included a much softer background and/or the 
> fence stringer not passing through her head. All backgrounds are a little 
> busy.
> Suggest a shallower DOF and, although she has pretty teeth, a few shots 
> with a bit less of a smile.
> Maybe an even flatter lighting or some shadowy side lighting would help to 
> reduce her subtle shadow lines..which reveal her age to be greater than 
> 17.  <BG>
> Understandably, you're putting pressure on yourself to produce results 
> that please her and yourself. Can be very pressurized, especially while 
> learning the process.
>
> Best, Christine!
>
> Jack
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 6/12/08, Christine Aguila <caguila at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Christine Aguila <caguila at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: GESO:  Anne
>> To: pdml at pdml.net
>> Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 1:44 PM
>> 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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