Hi Frank and Shel Thanks for the feedback, and you're right. The "model" is a friend of a friend (who later said that sitting for a shoot is an egotists dream - "it's all about ME") and I had a lot of difficulty getting her to relax.
Mostly am currently attempting to learn the craft of Studio portraiture first (all the technical stuff), and get into the art of it next (what will actually make a good photograph). Thanks again, Simon -----Original Message----- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 March 2004 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PAW - Session 1 Simon, First of all, take into account these comments are coming from a guy who doesn't do portraits. I think that technically, it's a very well executed shot. I really like the lighting. The focus is bang on, great detail, fading very gradually (her left eye is sharp, right eye slightly less so). I really like the nice tight framing. The problem I have with it is the expression on her face. It looks a bit forced to me; not natural. I think it's her eyes - I don't know, they're too wide open or something, but for whatever reason she just doesn't look comfortable in front of the camera. Or is it just me? Not a bad shot, but somewhat disquieting for me. cheers, frank "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer >From: Simon King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: PAW - Session 1 >Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:27:41 +0800 > >Hi All, >Haven't had a chance to read any of the (1200!) unread messages since >Friday, but thought I'd submit my first PAW. >This is from the first portrait session I've done with a willing adult >sitter; >http://members.iinet.net.au/~celsim/Session1/pages/Quarter1.htm > > >The others are http://members.iinet.net.au/~celsim/Session1/index.htm , but >that would make it 4paw, which is cheating. :-) > >Cheers, >Simon > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Premium with Virus Guard and Firewall* from McAfee(r) Security : 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=htt p://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines
