Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam Bridge wrote: >>> Since Kyle posted the two photos I pondered the difficulty of getting > reasonable photos of people speaking. I've been doing more of this lately > and I seem incredibly talented at getting transient expressions which run > from ludicrous to slanderous. Seldom do I get one that reflects the person > who is talking. > > So what's the secret. Just lots of photos and then sort out for the good > one? I'll have to buy a motor-M I guess.<<<<<<< Hi Adam, It's a piece of cake actually and as simple as listening to the cadence of the speaker's voice and for the moment when they something significant, lift their head and look out over the crowd / audience. That's shoot time! If you want dumb ass images of screwed up mouths, closed eyes or one, just bang away with reckless abandon and that's what you'll get, a bunch of as you explained, >>I seem incredibly talented at getting transient expressions which run from ludicrous to slanderous. <<<< However, if you listen to the cadence and when they say some heart warming phrase, where they pause a moment, look out over the unwashed for their reaction to what was said, the face takes on all the expression you'll ever need. Every politician does this all the time while making a speech, padre's giving a sermon and all those CEO's and the likes of Corporate presidents, to the ladies of the darknight league. The pause will be there and the look out over the audience happens as it goes with giving a speech The more you listen and watch, the easier it becomes. And trust me, from experience it works, as I've shot thousands of frames of just what we've been talking about. Obviously not all perfect but with a damn good positive hit record of some that were blown to 10 feet X 6 feet. :-) Yep hand held and using a 280mm 2.8. Piece of cake! ;-) I trust this helps. ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - ----- Original Message ----- From: "" <abridge@mac.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 12:08 PM Subject: [Leica] Photos of speakers > > I'd love some clues if anyone would care to share. > > Thank you > > Adam Bridge > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html