Wow... Great advice, Bruce. Looking through the images again, I see exactly what you mean about her being just a little too far back. Makes him much more prominent in those images than he should be. Well, with some luck, I'll be off to shoot another couple this weekend so I will definitely keep that in mind.
Thanks again. Jerome PS. Thanks for the compliment, Marnie. > The best part overall is that you were able to show some genuine spark > between them. That is half the battle. > > When shooting people in poses (even casual) little things count. In > the shots where she is kind of looking over his shoulder (several of > them), it would be better to actually have her lean out and come > around just a little more. His face obscures hers just a little too > much. Basically you are tying to put the faces on about the same > plane. It also helps for relative sizes of the faces. A little more > like this: > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/kuresa_0050a.htm > http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Steele/steele_0391.htm > > The third shot - what I call the near/far shot seems a little > disjointed - basically two people showing no interest in each other. > I would usually have the far one look at the near one in some kind of > loving gaze like this: > http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Latham/latham_0314.htm > http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Bullock/bullock_0127.htm > > Remember that there is no single way to do things. These are just > some suggestions. I think it is a great idea you had to be able to > get some practice without expectations being too high. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
