Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 1/29/03 8:10:09 PM, dorysrus@mindspring.com writes: << Kim, I think you have found a very promising location and activity to shoot. http://www.vonseidl.net/patchouli/KMVSPAWweek4.html But as BD would say, without the title and/or explanation we would not know what is going on. So, somehow, you will need to include more of the person blowing the bubbles while still showing the "Nocti" glowing balls. This may have to be more of a set up shot or you will have to gain the trust of the persons blowing the bubbles. To overcome the bright lights behind your subject you will either have to shoot from the lighted side for fill or provide some kind of fill from the dark side. Fill flash would be easy but not really artistic and screams "taking pictures here". It is possible that with the Noct. you could have a large friend wearing white stand so there is some fill which would let you get more detail in the faces. Any possibility of using car lights or a flashlight? As usual with this sort of comment, let your personal artistic desire lead you and if the above is not at all where you wanted to go then the delete key works real well. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com >> Don, First off, thank you for taking the time to give me feedback. I like hearing where other people are coming from, because I think it's important to hear what others are seeing...whether they be nudes, places shots, etc. The Boardwalk is definately a destination point. These shots weren't really intended to be indicitive of the Boardwalk on the whole, because they're (to me) more emotive than illustrative. (IF that makes any sense). The ONE thing I intended to do while taking shots down there was to somehow begin to look at and perhaps start to capture the night time feel of the place, once the tourists have gone home, once the sun has gone down. There's a duality of having a slightly carnival like atmosphere while also being slightly seedy and almost sinister (in some places). So while I actually wanted these shots to be kinda dark, the bubbles merging into blobs of back lights, I'll try your suggestions in some future shots, trying some subjects/subject matter that would be illustrative/more interesting with more light....who knows, maybe some late night street nudes. ; ) Again, thank you for taking the time to make some suggestions. I'll think about implementing/trying them in a future Boardwalk session. Kim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html