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Subject: [Leica] IMG: new studio portraits
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:25:28 +1000
References: <605251093.807811.1398534152608.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu> <1985533066.808723.1398534659648.JavaMail.root@uwm.edu>

Alan you will see both in my portraits. Beauty lighting is rightly popular
with the models for their portfolios of course


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 27 April 2014 03:50, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Apr 2014  Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: new studio portraits
>
> >Like the b&w, very evocative of an older portrait style, and the eyes!
>
> >Jay
>
> >> On Apr 24, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> >> A couple of samples from new portfolio work for a model looking to get
> >> established here.
> >> Zero skin retouching.
> >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/155361744
> >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/155361745
> >> Leica M (typ 240) with the Elmarit M 90.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >> Geoff
>
> =================================================================================================
> I beg to differ.  Older portraits would have hard-edged, more directional
> light.
>
> (I'm aware that modern taste dictates flat modeling of facial features)
> but I'm fond of harder shadows like George Hurrell used.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
> "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate
>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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