> My 1st guess at an explanation is that it was all starting to > feel too > staged,
I think you've done a good job there, but they do look staged and bit stiff. Maybe you gave yourselves too much time with only one situation. Once you've exploited it there's no point in continuing. 1,3 and 4 are the best. 5 is pretty good, but could use a better background. Maybe a Tuscan landscape with rocks and a stream, and perhaps a bit more enigma round the mouth, like this: http://avline.abacusline.co.uk/pictures/jpeg/pics/mona.jpg Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Christine Aguila > Sent: 12 June 2008 21:44 > To: [email protected] > Subject: GESO: Anne > > Hi Everyone: Anne is a colleague of mine, & I wanted to take > some photos of > her, and fortunately she was very enthusiastic, and even said > I could come > back again if I wanted a reshoot: I find her lovely, & her eyes very > striking. We met up at her house, & I had about an hour 1/2 > to photographer > her on her deck. > > But, something very interesting happened: I actually got so > bored--not > because of Anne; she was great and fun; she has a really > great sense of > humor--rather, I was so bored with myself photographing her; > creatively I > felt dead, and I don't know why--look how lovely she is!!! > > My 1st guess at an explanation is that it was all starting to > feel too > staged, and I think I feel I was kind of letting Anne down > because of that. > Also, I'm so inexperienced at reading ambient location > lighting and how to > best exploit it--& knowing this, I think all of a sudden I > became extremely > self-conscious about this, and I think I had a little inner panic. > > Anyway, in 30 minutes I shot 61 frames, and I then said, > "Let's quit. I > feel done." And I so shocked myself that I said that. We > had a great > girlfriend visit over iced tea afterwards & Anne liked a good > many of the > shots. > > I've picked 5 to show you all here. Anne 1, 4, & 5 are my > favorites, with 5 > being my number 1 fav. In Anne 4, Anne is holding up a > diffuser disk to the > right and out of frame (obviously ;-)). Anne 3 & 2 aren't that great > because of the overwhelming highlights in the background. > > All shot with K10D & the DA* 50-135mm & all hand-held. I'm a > little proud > of that latter. I think I'm getting better at wielding that > kit around: > K10D, battery grip & DA* 50-135mm. Ironically, the battery > grip, though it > adds weight, balances the kit for some better handling. > > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=840824 > > Comment/s critique/thoughts very welcome. > > Cheers, Christine > > > > -- > 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.
