Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Hemenway noted: >>> BD showed us a picture of his son Nick. The first thing that I see in > that shot is Nick' eyes and then his smile and mutton chops. Then my > gaze travels left-right-left to his arms, then the background and then > the top of the automobile, which because of the reflection of Nick, > brings my eyes back to Nick's eyes. To me, the point of departure for > viewing the rest of the picture is the eyes of the subject.<<<< Very observant grass hopper! ;-) As eyes are always the main point of focus after seeing the light. If one gets the light right, followed by the eyes, rarely can one go wrong photographing people, quite often critters big and small also. It's keeping the shooting simple follow the KISS method:......Light, eyes, action, shoot! ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html