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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 17/01/2009: it is a small world
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon Jan 19 12:45:33 2009
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I believe that you're the second person, Mike, to comment on
having found a tad more with a second or closer look.
And, yes, if I were doing the sessions
I'd have dialed back one of those two lights
for a more sculptural and 3 dimensional look;
yet - I have to ask myself - why?
Because that's how I was taught?
Because that's what they and others expect?
Tradition?
To make them look prettier than they actually appear (most of the time)?

Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Jan 19, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Mike Durling wrote:

> Its a gut reaction, George.  Maybe charming snapshot is a more apt  
> description, since the photo doesn't aspire to high art.  The warm  
> expressions on Nathan's subjects draw me in whereas the general  
> effect of the others is to keep me at a distance.  Looking back at  
> the presidential people portraits I see that a certain percentage  
> of them have genuine warm expressions, but the blast of flat  
> lighting really puts me off.
>
> Best,
>
> Mike Durling
>
> George Lottermoser wrote:
>> I'm at a loss to understand
>> how this "is a great portrait"
>> and
>> the "Dehumanizing portraits"
>> are "bad photographs"
>>
>> for me: Nathan told a heart warming story of connection
>> (as he so often does)
>> and presented a charming snapshot
>> to accompany the story
>>
>> but "a great portrait?"
>> really?
>>
>>
>
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