Walt, Take the opportunity when you can. A college buddy was very impressed with the 13 year old baby sitter. He speculated what a stunner she'd be at 16... and she wasn't. Sometimes it doesn't work out. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Bob. > > The great thing is that the girl is all of 13 years old, so she's still got > some growing to do. (I thought she was a few years older 'til yesterday, > when her mom mentioned it in passing.) I figure she's just going to keep > getting prettier for quite some time and will lose a bit of that cherubic > look as her bone structure takes shape. > > She loves having her picture taken, and was just thrilled with the > experience she had yesterday. I suspect I'll get some great photos of that > young lady in the years to come. I'm really looking forward to it. > > -- Walt > > > > > On 6/18/2013 2:17 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> >> Walt, >> That's a very nice set to start with. >> The model has an absolute 'moon' face. >> This could be good or bad for her photos, >> but it raises some real possibilities for you. >> Her smile has the Taylor Swiftish look like Frank mentioned, >> but some of the more sober expressions are really beautiful. >> She doesn't need to smile to produce a unique and attractive image. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:07 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I woke up today with an itch to take some photos and decided, what the >>> hell >>> -- I'll see if I can find someone to pose for me. So, I updated my >>> Facebook >>> status to see if anyone might be interested. Shortly thereafter, I got a >>> response from a friend of mine who's been telling me for quite a while >>> that >>> she wants me to photograph her daughter. She was ready to get it underway >>> within two hours, but I told her I had to make some arrangements with a >>> friend of mine to see if I could use his place to take some shots and >>> that >>> we ought to shoot for the early afternoon, just to give him a little bit >>> of >>> notice. I called, he agreed, and we all went out there and started >>> shooting. >>> This is the product after my initial run-through of the more easily >>> workable >>> shots: >>> >>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157634187251295/ >>> >>> All shot with the K-5 and F50/1.7 with my recently purchased flash unit >>> attached. I didn't bother with any wireless stuff as I wanted to play it >>> safe and didn't want any big surprises. Also, I didn't realize until I >>> got >>> home that I'd had the diffuser in my pocket the whole time. So, some of >>> the >>> shots came out a tad harsh, but overall, I have to say I'm pretty pleased >>> with what I was able to do. All shots were done hand-held with manual >>> flash. >>> >>> Comments appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- Walt >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.

