On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 08:33:08PM -0400, paul stenquist wrote: > Most are quite nice, some excellent. My favorite is 30636. > > I would lose 4992, 4802, and 9459. All due to weird expressions.
Understandable. > Portrait customers count on the photographer to help them achieve a > nice pose. I realize that the young lady in 9459 may have problems Yes, she was born with congenital deformities. They're a bit more obvious in some of th eother shots in the set it came from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157606554366523/ > that prohibit a more attractive look. And while you photographed her > well, it's not the kind of shot that will help sell your services. A > tough call, but I'd leave it out of this group. That's insensitive > perhaps, but earning a buck at photography requires a bit of > insensitivity. I debated that too. I thought it might help if I showed that I could get a nice shot of someone with her challenges, that I'm not someone only interested in photographing "pretty people". But, I've never actively tried to sell my work, that's why I asked for advice. Anybody else have thoughts, feelings, or experience in this matter? > Paul > On Oct 23, 2009, at 8:08 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > >Last night I found out that I didn't get the job I was hoping for, > >which means that I need to get a lot more motivated about getting some > >money coming in. > > > >I just set up a set on flickr of some of what I think are my better > >portrait and people shots to show prospective customers. > > > >My goal is to show a reasonable variety of people and moods. Are there > >any that seriously detract from the set? > > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622648829306/ > >or if you prefer > >http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622648829306/ > > > >-- > >The first step is learning to take great photos, > >the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. > >Larry Colen [email protected] > >http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > > > >-- > >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. -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
