Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/23

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Studio BW portrai
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 15:13:58 +1000
References: <1411531154797.80443@uwm.edu>

Alan I know well your dislike of the double catchlights of course.
'so flattened by fill there is no three-dimensionality'  hey....Ouch.



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

On 24 September 2014 13:59, Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3 at uwm.edu> wrote:

>
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >This frame was just a play as I was setting up. It intentionally has no
> >fill and the main light has a modifier (a grid) on it. Ted you are spot on
> >that the main light is still too high (as shown by the only just caught
> >catchlights too) .I did make some much more conventional beauty portraits.
> >The model has been very happy with the rest of the work we  did. We shall
> >see what she thinks of this one ;-)
>
> >http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/157521109
> >
> > Cheers
> > Geoff
>
>
> ==================================================================================
>
> Yes, the light is too high, but I like this better than the ones that are
> so flattened by fill that there is no three-dimensionality. Plus - there's
> just the single catchlight! :^)
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/>
>
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>  for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
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