On 12/17/05, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:27 AM 12/17/2005, Bob Shell wrote: > > > >On Dec 16, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Glen wrote: > > > >>What could I have done as a photographer to make her jaw less > >>prominent, and make her look more idealistic? > > > > > >There isn't much you can do for a chin such as hers if you want to do > >a shot like you did. Shooting down at the model from a high angle > >would help to de-emphasize her chin, but it wouldn't work for that > >photo. About all you can do for that photo is to get a different model. > > > >Bob > > That's what I thought. Personally, I don't find the chin to be distracting > in the levitation image. I think the models who criticized it were either > being a bit shallow or artistically short-sighted. Not all good images are > based on depictions of idealized beauty. For that image, I think the model > worked out well enough. > > Still, I didn't think it would hurt to ask if I could have done anything > differently, to have pleased everyone a bit better. So, I posted my > question to this list. > > Wait... What was I thinking?! > > THAT'S what I was really doing wrong! > > I was hoping to please everyone! :) > > Never mind... Problem solved. :) > > Thanks, Bob! >
Now that I think of it, maybe there is something you could try. If you could get Jay Leno in the same frame as her... cheers, frank <vbg> -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
