I like the pose and the wisp of hair over the face. Nice eyes. Dave
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been thinking that one way to sell portraiture would be "Portrait > Parties". Get a group of friends together, and by using the same setup on > all of them, and having them help each other rate and choose the keepers, I > could photograph four or five people in the time that it normally takes me to > do a full on portrait session. They wouldn't each get quite as much time in > front of the camera as one person would in a three or four hour session, but > they'd each get some good photos out of it. > > I did my first one yesterday. My friend Sharon, had a friend who recently > turned 50, and is trying to get into acting and modeling, and needs some > photographs for her portfolio. Sharon asked me about photographing her > friend, and we decided to try doing the portrait party and get all of the > friends in front of the camera. > > I was there for about five hours, spent about 3 1/2 hours actually shooting, > and was totally wrung out by the end of the day. They had dinner > reservations, so we had a time limit. We also had a whole lot of fun. When > women get together, they have fun in a much more exuberant way than guys do. > The fun that they were having really showed through in some of the group > photos too. > > Another thing that I think I did right was in addition to the sexy black > dresses, I had them bring some props for some fun and silly photos. It's been > my experience that the best photos from a session are usually the ones from > our getting a silly idea. > > Here's the birthday girl: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5484643997/in/set-72157626039968431/ > > Here's the whole set. I apologize for not having the energy to pare it down > any tighter: > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626039968431/ > if you prefer the plain flickr interface: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626039968431/ > > Comments and suggestions welcome and appreciated. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
