Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Natascha's Close Up
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:46:11 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 25 Aug 2011 Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: 

>I'm going to be the contrarian here and say that I much prefer your natural 
>photos of your daughter and her friends.  These photos from the workshop 
>seem much too artificial, posed, and exploitive.  That's just a woman's 
>point of view.  I don't see that the lighting workshop added anything to 
>what you already knew.  They did provide models but there is no connection 
>that I can see other than posing for the photographer.  Sorry, but I think 
>your time would be better spent photographing people that you have a 
>connection with.  I do not like these photos.  I do like your photos of 
>your 
>daughter and her friends.  There is an obvious difference to me.  Am I the 
>only one?  Is it a gender thing? 

>Tina
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I agree.  More "heart" to the non-workshop ones.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
UPAA POY 1978
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ 


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