Hi Steve... Not to through you a loop, but you may want to consider more "natural" backgrounds. I personally appreciate candid portraits that include a bit of the person's environment, but at a large enough aperture as to avoid distracting details. To me, backdrops seem to encourage unnatural and wooden posing (perhaps its the photographer's fault). Tom Van Veen's recent baby portrait post (from another thread) is a great example (just put your thumb over that loud coffee cup <g>):
<http://www.bigdayphoto.com/tom/derek/042902/22a.jpg> The PUG is loaded with other examples, too. t On 1/3/03 11:30 AM, Steve Pearson wrote: > I'm thinking of going with a white sheet for a > backdrop for some b&w's of our new baby. Seeing as > how I do not have any "professional" backdrops, my > choices are limited. I also have light blue, green, > tan, etc. colored blankets. > > Any thought as to which might look best? > > BTW, I will be trying the Pan-F. Do you guys shoot > Pan-F at something other than 50 ISO? > > Thanks again! > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com >
