Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm more interested in what you did with the lady afterwards :-) Philippe Op 7-jan-07, om 19:51 heeft Ted Grant het volgende geschreven: > Leonard Taupier offered: > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Candles... > > >> OK. I admit it. I'm a candle person. I have tried maybe 3 or 4 >> times in the past year to get that perfect still life, with >> candles and a glass of wine and maybe a flower in the picture, in >> a darkened room. But I'm not there yet. I'll keep trying though. >> In b&w. Very romantic. > > Hey Len old buddy maybe yer working too hard? > > Here's what I do, colour or mono. > Open bottle of wine, set glass, candle and interesting looking > woman at the table. > > Camera loaded with whatever film and ready to go, shooting with R8 > and whatever lens will work under these conditions hand held. Some > one else lights candle or candles, I focus, camera picks shutter > speed, it looks cool to me in viewfinder, I whisper nice things , > lady looks romantic, I go click! And? > > Very nice candle lit picture.:-) > > Then some one hands her a long stem rose and she does things > playing with the rose and I shoot as the expressions change. > > Final shot? She has the rose stem in her teeth kind of smiling > while holding up the glass of wine toward camera and also trying to > look suggestive with all this at the same time..... I go click!;-) > > It's a rap! Candles go out, pictures look interesting! > > See how easy that was? Now go for it old buddy! ;-) > > ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >