Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Ted ... I see exactly what you mean... I took lemonade (good light) and made a lemon (prosaic photo). Thanks for the lesson -- much appreciated. This is a specifc example / lesson I can take to heart (and eye). Best, /matt Matt wrote & showed: >>> Hi Folks, My first foray into this 2002 PAW work is now up for viewing > at http://www.uni.edu/kollasch/photo/paw-02/pages/week-01.htm OK Matt get ready! ;-) There was good light but you forgot "shooting from the shadowside" and the light that should have been on the boys left cheek is merely a full side lighting with no enhancement. If you had turned him slightly to his left until the light was doing it's little triangular Rembrandt thing on the right cheek, two things would've happened. 1/ It would've given better modeling / form / shape to his face and not so side lit. 2/ The hand could've had better definition because the "light would've been creating better separation" similar to the light on his face. At the moment the box with the hand has lost much of the light effect other than for exposure. By either moving the hand, twisting it slightly toward the window, or if the boy had bodily turned toward the window to correct for his face light it would've brought the hand into the better light. so there go eh. ;-) ted Ted Grant Photography Limited www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html