On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 2/28/2011 12:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> Comments and suggestions welcome and appreciated. > > Larry, I have just one comment here. It seems you made more than one shot > where the camera was looking at the model(s) from above. Just one example: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5484491399/
Yes, I stood on a chair for a few shots, because I like to vary the perspective a bit. With this setup, I couldn't shoot from below because that would show the top of the backdrop. > > If the person who's being photographed is not standing, it does not seem too > much of an issue. But if they are standing, such a viewpoint distorts the > relation between legs and torso. Again, it depends on the goal and conscious > decision of a photographer and their model(s), but I am thinking that here it > is not always flattering... You are, of course, correct. That is why I shot a few like that to get some variety, but did not shoot the whole series like that. My theory is that to get great shots, you have to risk taking some bad ones, and to guarantee that not all of the shots are bad, you have to mix things up a bit, knowing that'll ruin some but others will turn out. Think of it as bracketing the composition. > > Boris > > -- > 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. -- 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.
