Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi LUG folks There's bound to be a lots of handy techniques out there, worth sharing. I'd welcome your thoughts on the following. It might help to append the title with the appropriate subheading. Thanks. Smiling? Your job is to take 'mum friendly' portraits of a few hundred children in a day. Most are natural smilers. Others haven't got a clue. How do you get a nice, natural smile from the children in the latter category? After the camera clicks on a half decent smile, the subject hops of the chair and cracks a beauty! Using M6 and 90 AA. Sportsground Terrorist Gangs? Another part of your job (you accepted the mission!) is to take team shots, often of the under 9, 10 and 11 teams (hence the subtitle). How do you get their cooperation for the three to five minutes it takes to line 'em up and take three crowd-pleasing shots? You must also control the coach, manager and 20 odd parents (assistants!). Using R8, 50' cron and remote release. Difficult Individuals? There's one child in a hundred (usually a boy but not always) who's intent on being a problem. A real standout; the only troublesome one in a team that's otherwise OK. How do you deal with this little bundle of joy, for the portrait and then for the team shot? Others are generally within ear-shot, although you could always get real close and whisper! I am developing some techniques of my own, but I'd appreciate your suggestions, even those that I'd only be able to use in 'wishful thinking' mode. Regards Rick (just a little shell-shocked most Saturday evenings) Dykstra