HI Bong: I'm very grateful for your excellent suggestions. I'm only
slightly better at making conversation during shooting, but that's not
saying much. I think my rapport with people will improve during shooting
situations like this when my rapport with my camera improves. :-) I'm still
too insecure about exposure et al & don't have enough confidence in what I'm
doing, but hopefully with experience that will change. Cheers, Christine
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From: "Bong Manayon" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: GESO Liu shoot
Hi Christine,
The unposed ones (#5, #6, #7) are the best--the can tell the story by
themselves. I would have taken the unposed photos first before
finally posing her; in fact, I would not 'pose' her at all in the
'formal' sense. By starting off with the unposed photos, you get your
friend used to you with a camera in your face. Throughout that
process you would probably be conversing with her--that is
important--because when you finally pose her 'formally', you still
continue that conversation. By now she is talking back to you and she
is used to not seeing your face but a camera and is impervious to the
shutter clicking; the job of the photographer is to wait for
expressions to come/go/change and fire away in those moments.
The lighting is perfect. The only thing I would be looking for is
what Dave mentioned; perhaps a close up of the yarn and needles(?)
with a shallow DOF with your friend(s) blurred in the background...or
something like that.
Cheers!
Bong
On 4/10/09, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Everyone:
1) For this homework assignment, I tried my hand at playing a
PJ/environmental portrait shooter. My colleague Liu was kind
enough to play
the subject--a famous artisan knitter :-).
2) This was all done with window light only. I shot 106
shots, got the 1st
cut down to 28, then picked these 8 for the gallery. Liu's
niece, May, was
with us, and for #2 she held a reflector photo left. The
window light was
coming from photo right.
3) We finished in the kitchen then Lui started showing May
how to knit; I
grabbed the camera and started shooting, but the 2 of them
were standing in
a darker part of the kitchen & I had to bump up the ISO to
get it. What was
amazing was how totally relaxed I became when shooting these
spontaneous
shots. When working in the living room for the more posed
shots, I was so
nervous and tense. The switch in feeling is so striking.
Hopefully, the
more I do this I'll learn to relax.
http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/liushoot/index.html
Comments welcome.
Cheers, Christine
That's a fascinating series of pictures and a great demonstration of why
unposed pictures are often so much more successful than posed pictures.
The
unposed ones are very good indeed.
Bob
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