Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Barney Quinn showed: >>Three Informal Portraits<<< Hi Barney, Your on the right track... and possibly this will help next go around. Photo 1: Not bad although if you'd changed your shooting position slightly to your right and brought his head around to you it would've made a major face body line improvement by being slightly 3/4 angle and the light would've become an enhancing "Rembrandt from the shadow side!" It might have also eliminated the light reflection in the glasses. Maybe. Photo 2: I believe this is too high an angle, simply because if you compare photo 3 there's a marked angle improvement by going lower. Again, moving your shooting position to the right, actually in all 3 photos moving to your right would've improved every shot both for line of figure and face, getting away from the straight flat on angle, as well as improving use of the available light. I think that covers all three for angle and light. However, you might try a wider aperture, maybe even wide open for a few to soften some of the distracting background elements. I'd suggest having a look at Sonny Carter's latest post with musicians as they are beautiful in light use and composition. http://www.sonc.com/christmas_fest_music.htm Keep in mind always look for the "shadow side" for the light effect and in most cases you'll have immediate improvement in your pictures if you use it in this manner. Actually Sonny's first photograph is a prime example of "shooting from the shadowside" in a manner Rembrandt may have painted this situation. ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html