Paul Stenquist wrote: >On Oct 30, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> BTW: In the case of fashion photographers the answer to why they take >> so many shots is often "because that's what the editors demand". Some >> will totally decompensate if they don't have thousands of images, with >> the slightest variation between any two, to choose from. If you're a >> working pro you have to deliver what the client wants (unless you're >> one of a handful of elites who can dictate to editors what you're >> going to give them). > >To that add that trying to get a model to strike that perfect pose with the >perfect expression is extremely difficult. So you have them try different >things and you keep snapping away. You simply can't get it in a reasonable >number of shots with most models.
Yep. At the college where I teach we have a bi-annual student-produced fashion magazine. On Tuesday at our Graphic Design club meeting were going through possible cover photos. Probably a thousand of them. The difference a small change in pose can make is astonishing. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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.
