Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Aaron, The image you posted in response to my comments was very close to what I had imagined. I was envisioning a much tighter shot of just you son but from a high enough angle to show his had curling over the rail but the frame just barely larger than your son. It is all artistic vision, you are the artist so your vision wins. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 2/12/06, Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: > > Hi Don, > > Thanks for looking, and the suggestions. I think those are good ideas...I > took a number of frames, including some similar to what you suggested, but > ended up preferring the one I showed. I did try shooting from the bed, > with things parallel, in a more environmental but less intimate > version...is this along the lines of what you were thinking? > http://www.sandlerphotographs.com/paw/2006_06/images/alt1_00160020adj.jpg > > I would have liked to have his closed eyes more in frame, but I couldn't > find the right angle the way he was sleeping. I tried a few frames > focused > on his eyes, but in the end I preferred the one focused on his hand...to > me > the story was about the hand curling up over the edge of his crib, hanging > on to whatever he could grasp. Perhaps next time I'll find him in a > slightly different position and end up with something like you > imagine...I'll certainly keep watching for it. > > Thanks for commenting, > Aaron > > Don Dory wrote: > >Aaron, > >One of those images you will go back to as your son gets older. > > > >As you will have numerous opportunities to capture similar moments, try > >focusing on his eyes on the next go around, also try squaring up the > image > >by shooting from the bed so the edge is parallel to the bottom of the > frame. > > > >Don > >don.dory@gmail.com > > > > > >On 2/11/06, Aaron Sandler <aaron.sandler@duke.edu> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > > > More of the kiddo...this week we moved him out from sleeping in our > bed > > > and > > > into a type of crib that straps on to the side of our bed...One day I > > > checked on him while he was napping and found him sleeping in the pose > > > that > > > makes up this week's PAW: > > > > > > http://www.sandlerphotographs.com/paw/2006_06/index.html > > > M6TTL, 50/2 summitar wide open, BW400CN > > > > > > Best from rainy Durham, > > > Aaron > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >