Thanks, Bob. Yes, I'll be thinking about future possibilities. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:23 PM Subject: Re: GESO: Anne > Christine, > That's a fair job, but seems to lack spontaniety. > As Bob W said, maybe you need more situations. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Christine Aguila > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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. > -- 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.
