Igor, I love that I can always count on you to really study what I post here. Keeps me honest. :)
I'm really glad you appreciate my portfolio collection. Thank you! Regarding this image: very perceptive of you to see the "power setting". Without going into it too deeply, I constructed the set for a series of Helmut Newton inspired images. This shot is really an outtake, an afterthought pose that I threw into the mix for variations. When you eventually see the 4-star images you'll see intimidating poses in the power setting and it will (should) make sense. :) Thank you for your -- as always -- thoughtful and insightful critique. On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:02 PM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bruce, > > I am very much enjoying your recent series -- "studies". > Yesterday, while writing this message, I looked through your new gallery > website again, and I enjoyed the fun combination (or even juxtaposition) of > live models and mannequins. (Or should I call them womannequins?) > > Now, here is what I've written yesterday about this photo, but didn't send > right away. > > > I am sure mine will be the only "dissenting opinion". > > I like the technical aspects of the photo: the light, the setting, > especially how the lamp, light and shadows render. > I like the artistic aspects of the setting. > But a couple of aspects keep bothering me. Both are related to the pose. > > First, the way she is slouched. > The combination (or juxtaposition?) of her look and the setting > creates some vibe that I don't know how to call. For the lack of a better > word, I'd use "power" (or a combination of strength and maybe even > intimidation.). > That slouching is neutralizing all of that. > But what do I know, - maybe that was the desired effect?! > > > For the second, I should share my childhood memory: > The very first film I shot in my life (B&W), - to start learning > photography, - included a few first shots of my father. He was took a shot > "straight on" at a relatively short distance. > To keep the long story short, - I had the obvious result to learn from: > what you get from the perspective... That's what I see kids are learning > quickly by shooting their own legs with the camera. > And the second association is with a backfiring compliment: > "Wow! You've got such legs! One is longer than the other!". > > > In this case, - the right leg of the model suffered that type of > "disproportional elongation". > > > And a minor thing, - I'd think that it would've been better without that > bright red in her "clothing". It clashes here with the setting (see my first > item above). Even though in many other situations, this red would've been > "powerful", here it seems out of the color gamma. It looks like a piece of a > backpack. > > I hope these thoughts would be useful... > > Keep it up! > (I mean your photo studies.) > > Cheers, > Igor > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> A shot from a creative shoot that resulted from a model cancellation >> and this model being suddenly available on about 12 hours notice. >> Sometimes fate hands you clementines. >> >> NSFW: fashion nudity >> >> http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/#!/index/I000031f3jQxo7HY >> >> Model Little Miss Maggie May ~ https://www.instagram.com/littlemaggiemay/ >> Hair & makeup: Judi Willrich ~ http://judi-willrich.com >> >> 645Z, DFA645 55mm/2.8 SDM, f:4, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO >> >> One light: Buff 86" extreme silver PLM above camera-left. >> >> Comments enjoyed! >> >> -- >> -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. -- -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.
