It's curious that two women on the list got that impression, but so far none of the guys.
In reviewing the shot I think I see what you mean. But the kind of perspective distortion you're suggesting happens with wide-angle lenses used close up. This shot was taken with an 85mm equiv (the DA* 55/1.4) and from about 5 feet away. I'd have been shooting downward at no more than 7 degrees or so. So my guess is physiognomy: a relatively round face where the high-key lighting has exaggerated the width. I was going to do a little burning of her facial features to compensate, but my normally reserved leave-well-enough-alone voice gained enough courage to speak up this time. The other thing that might cause this is she's young and reasonably slim and she's wearing a black top which also tends to have a slimming effect. These are all factors to consider when planning another shot like this: be careful of odd and funky contrasts. Thank you very much for your appraisal and comments, Ann. On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I like all the other three better than the one you first showed - > in the first one (now the last) I thought the angle of the camera made her > torso look to small in relation to her head. > > The "Garbo" one is terrific - and she looks relaxed and charming in "fresh" > > ann > > > On 1/15/2012 21:41, Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> Additional shots from my shoot with the shy and reluctant "I look >> terrible in photos" Marzi last week ... >> >> http://goo.gl/hrPwz >> >>> From left to right: >> >> - "Once upon a time in the west" >> - "Madame X" >> - "Fresh" >> - "Mischief" >> >> The first three are lit solely by a bare, battery-powered 160-LED >> "video light" on a light stand. $79 at Amazon. Great lighting tool. >> >> "Mischief" is a rework of the one I showed before with pretty subtle >> changes suggested by a couple of people. >> >> Enjoy, and comments welcome. -- -bmw -- 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.
