On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Christine Aguila
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> I'm sure that Anne picked up on your feelings of ackwardness (slight
>> though they might have been), exacerbating the situation.
>
> Yea, that's what I'm worried about too! Even though I love photographing
> people (really love it), I do get nervous--you know, not wanting to waste
> their time--always wanting to work quickly and efficiently and
> creatively--smartly. I've got to learn to hid the nervousness better!
>
> Big thanks, Frank! Cheers, Christine
I'll respond to this by starting again with the caveat that I'm no
portrait photographer.
However, I once saw a documentary on Karsh, and several of his
subjects were interviewed. They all said he was one of the most
charming, urbane and witty men they'd ever met; a great
conversationalist. He spent the whole time in the studio talking with
them, making them feel comfortable, making them feel like ~they
mattered~. He walked around, air-bulb release in hand, snapping
photos, waiting for his assistant to change film, set lights, etc,
~knowing~ when he could snap without even looking back at his
assistant.
They all said that after a while, they didn't even notice that the big
studio strobes were going off, they didn't hear the snap of the
shutter, they stopped noticing the huge view-camera, they weren't even
aware that they were being photographed. Even though they were
receiving the odd instruction from him ("lift your chin"), it was part
of the conversation, and they forgot that they were in a studio.
He seemed like he really wanted to get to know them as individuals, he
seemed like he was really interested in ~them~ - and I'm sure he
really was! I guess that just having a "normal" conversation with
Anne (or whoever you shoot), would be part of getting both of your to
relax.
cheers,
frank
--
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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