Frank, Flattering character study. She looks lovely and you've captured that expression of 'I don't really want to do this, but maybe if I look away from the camera I can pretend it isn't happening." Regards, Bob S.
On Dec 4, 2007 8:04 AM, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam's lovely portraits of his Better Half inspired me to send off one of > mine: > > http://tinyurl.com/3bvyu9 > > http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R0sahwEIbcI/AAAAAAAABBE/X1HA7-iBUjo/s1600-h/nov_26+003.jpg > > I've gotta tell ya, she takes a horrible photo. I mean, I've taken > dozens of her, and very few are worthy of anything but the trash heap. > She's a lovely-looking woman in real-life, and when we first met she > told me she doesn't photograph well. I told her, "Don't you worry, > I'll get a good one of you!" It's been almost a year and a half now, > and I have ~very~ few palatable photos of her. I know that part of > the problem is that she absolutely freezes up when she sees a camera. > > This is one of the few that don't make either of us cringe, and even > then it doesn't do her justice. I kind of like her "smiling eyes". > > This was taken at the Gelato shop at which I took last week's PESO > (the "Norman Rockwell" one, according to Bob W). While we were there, > she took this one of me: > > http://tinyurl.com/3ag66c > > http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R0xYSQEIbgI/AAAAAAAABBk/G_pELxjeZLo/s1600-h/nov_27+002.jpg > > She's a pretty good photographer (owns an Oly P&S), but don't judge > her by this one: Look at what she has to work with. <g> > > cheers, > frank > > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
