--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > frank said: > > BTW, the sample group portrait that you provided > us, > > the old guy in the middle looks like he's > constipated. > > I'd say, try to have your subjects avoid that > look. <snip> > > Trying to be funny (and succeeding) but he IS right > about that guy's look, and > the advice is very sound. >
I'm assuming that a real photographer would be taking many many photos of the same scene, bracketing and the like. I'm amazed that such a photo would "make the cut". It's not just that he's got that sour look on his face; it's reinforced by the hand on the stomach. Mind you, an ex-girlfriend mine works for a professional office, where someone took a group photo for their website. Her eyes are closed. It's like the photographer went in, took one photo, and left. Ends up looking less professional that no photo at all, actually. Geez, with digital cameras, there's no excuse for not taking at least a dozen shots very quickly - it would take next to no time, and would inconvenience the subjects for no more that 5 minutes... All the great lighting in the world won't make up for such sloppiness, IMHO. cheers, frank ===== "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
