I watched Joe Craig work one time, while he was taking photos of my wife and I. He chats away, getting you to open up your feelings a bit or talk about someting important in your life, a hobby, a loved one etc., and voila he gets great shots. No explicit posing for the most part.
The stolen moments are when you capture someone being themselves. Photos I take of my wife are done that way, she doesn't like her picture being taken. More times than not she loves the result. Gerrit -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Walt Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 1:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GESO: Alisa W. photo shoot -- 6/17/13 (50 images) Yeah, that would be a good example, Bruce. I guess my philosophy is that people can pay you to take photos of their kids smiling and being cute, but they can't stop you from creating the images you want to create in the process. They can pick the ones they like and I'll be happy to keep the ones I like. And the fact that a more doleful-looking image was captured in the context of a turn-and-smile portrait session doesn't make it somehow illegitimate. Obviously, no one was suggesting that at all. I'm just spouting off here. But, in my admittedly limited experience as a photographer (not just as a portrait session photographer, which is extremely limited), it seems as though some of my favorite images are the ones that are stolen moments. I could be in the middle of a party where everyone is laughing and smiling and otherwise having a great time, but the shot I'm really looking for is the pensive wallflower. -- Walt On 6/20/2013 8:34 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Hold off taking that pill, Walt. Try to imagine the effectiveness of > this portrait with a smile: > > http://www.karsh.org/#/the_work/portraits/winston_churchill > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6/19/2013 2:25 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> On 18/6/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: >>> >>>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9075074744/ >>> Yeah that one's actually not bad at all, I just thought the guitar >>> was a but big in the frame for my taste. >> Thank you, Cotty. >> >>>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9075081144/ >>> Lovely composition, but it felt too too sad for me. But that one is >>> a fab pic. >>> >> And thanks again. >> >> I have to say, I'm a little surprised that I seem to like somber >> images more than others. They really have always been the photos that >> stick with me the most. >> >> I bet there's a pill for that. >> >> -- 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. > > > -- > -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. -- 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.
