[Leica] IMG: Another Informal Portrait

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Ted,

Glad you agree.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 6:37 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] IMG: Another Informal Portrait


>>>Personally, I prefer the informal, unposed ones best.<<
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> Hi Jim,
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> Absolutely, because it shows the heart and warmth of the woman rather than
> the facade of make-up and hair do!
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> ted
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> Thanks, Alastair. I think that, in Donna's case, it stems from the fact 
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> her father had a portrait studio, and she always saw him photographing 
> women
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> and girls who had their hair and makeup done as close to perfection as
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> possible.  The thought of a less-than-perfect portrait does not excite 
> her.
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> Personally, I prefer the informal, unposed ones best.
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> Jim Nichols
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> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> From: "Alastair Firkin" <afirkin@afirkin.com>
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> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 4:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Another Informal Portrait
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>> Well of course she should not be so reluctant. This is a beautiful
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>> portrait. Helen is the same and only in the last few years has she agreed
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>> that I should be able to take pictures of her: I won her over by saying
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>> "its not going to get any better" ;-)
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>> Cheers
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>> --- jhnichols@bellsouth.net wrote:
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>> From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@bellsouth.net>
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>> To: "LUG@Leica-Users.org" <lug@leica-users.org>
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>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Informal Portrait
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>> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:26:48 -0600
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>> Geoff,
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>> You guys have it easy with young, cooperative models who are pleased with
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>> their appearance.  Try to post an image of a person who has reached an 
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>> where he or she is very critical of his or her appearance.  I shot this
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>> informal portrait of my wife in July while testing a lens adapter, and,
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>> after four months, have finally received her reluctant ageement to allow
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>> me to post it.  Neither of us likes to admit that we are no longer the
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>> teenagers who fell in love about sixty years ago.
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Donna.tif.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
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>> Jim Nichols
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>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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