Don't worry about others harsh comments, as Stan said it's easy to critic. I'm looking at it this way, I just got lots of free advise and ideas from 1 roll of film and a few minutes of her time, next time I'll also be armed with ideas and purpose rather than just shooting a roll not having a clue of what I want from the results ( and I think that is what showed the most ).
--- Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (The original message does not seem to have gotten > through to the list. > Maybe it was too long. > Because of this I now resend it split into Pt1. and > Pt2.) > > > (Sorry all, it got way longer than inteded. However, > since I spend some > time writing it I send it in full. > Some comments are slightly tounge in cheek, and will > only (to your > amusement I hope) show what a poor sucker I am for > female... well, > anything, really.) > > Brendan, > > Thanks for posting the pictures. > Unfortunately comments started on an unnecessary > negative tone. > > You are wise in asking advice from others. I only > hope you don't get > discouraged by some harsh comments that have been > offered. > > Anyway, I didn't fully understand the purpose of the > shoot. (I don't > know what you > mean by "test shoot I did for the models redo". Will > you shoot for > some sort of an agency, web model site, or are you > helping out in > providing Luba with shots for her portofolio?) > I am asking because when watching the pictures this > is one recurring > question that comes to mind.What is the purpose? > What are her > aspirations? > > I also wonder - have these pictures been scanned > from prints on a > flatbed scanner? > I ask because there is a general lack-luster quality > to them. If they > are prints this may, at least partly, be due to a > poor printing job or a > bad scanner (software). By this I only want to say > that the actual negs > may enable you to have better prints made. > Also, most of them can be improved on a lot just by > cropping and some > simple digital adjustments (which I btw had a go at > (only in my image > browser ACDSee - didn't bother to use Photoshop).) > > Since you pointed out that this is a series of test > shots, and the > purpose of showing them to us is seeking advice, > anything that I point > to is not intended as critizism, but simply comments > from my > "reading" of them. Ok? > > In general I agree with many points already made by > other members, > however I do disagree on one basic point that a few > posters have > commented on, and I find this very interesting. I > have obviously had the > completely opposite impression to those of a few > other commentators. > > I'll use Shel's comments, not to make an argument, > but just to show how > different impressions/interpretations of pictures of > people can be. > > "Apart from everything else, Luba's posing is > atrocious" > > It's funny how I disagree completely. I find her > very natural in front > of the camera. Being photographed seems like a > completely natural thing > to her. In fact, to me she comes across as a natural > talent for > modeling. > What shows though in some of the shots seems like a > slight uncertainty about what the photographer is > doing or expects of > her. If not > successful in this respect, it is mostly due to the > photographer, or > maybe some inexperience on her part. > On these pictures alone I wouldn't hesitate to offer > to shoot her. > > " - there's not an interesting, seductive, exciting, > stimulating, or > provocative pose in any of the images." > > Did we watch the same pictures? In a majority of the > images I find Luba > indeed interesting, very seductive, slightly > exiting, very stimulating > as well as friendly provocative... > > "In many shots she actually looks uncomfortable." > > Funny again. I haven't spotted a single instance of > her being > uncomfortable. To me it looks like she's enjoying > being shot, all the > way through. > > "There's nothing "natural" about her poses." > > Well, what's natural about "a pose" to begin > with...? > > [end of Pt1.] > > Lasse > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
