On 20 Nov 2020, at 19:59, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Igor, you needn't let lacking a "suitable backdrop" stop you. Just use > a wide aperture with a decent distance from behind your kid to the > background and let blur create a nice randomly mottled background. > > And, I don't know about you, but in these stuck-at-home pandemic days > I *relish* finding an involved project! Presently I am pursuing the > perfect pour-over coffee (using spreadsheets, weigh scales, > thermometers, and timers)
SwissGold coffee filter, Hario coffee scoop, mug, nice coffee, boiling water. > and just today I have added learning how to > make decent protein smoothies to my task list. Banana, fat-free Greek yogurt, fat-free milk, bit of honey. Stick blender, pint jug. Peel the banana first, and discard the peel. Or not, it’s up to you. There now, I’ve spoiled your lockdown. > > I can safely state that shooting portraits is a breeze compared to > consistently making good pour overs. :-) > > >> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 1:06 PM Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Cool photo, and a nice kid! >> >> Just on Tuesday, I took our daughter (who is in the "virtual mode") to the >> school, for the school photo. I was entertaining the thought of doing one >> myself, - but I lack any suitable backdrop. Besides, not doing this type >> of shots routinely would make it a rather involved project. >> So, I let it to be done by the people who are better set up than I am. >> I wish some PDMLers were closer. :) >> >> Cheers, >> Igor >> >> >> >> Bill Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:40:26 -0800 wrote: >> >> On 11/20/2020 11:35 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> Ok, so a sweet looking kid nicely photo-ed but what is with the silver >> hair? If she were living down here it would have to be purple or green >> highlights to fit in :-) >> >> Or is that just the lighting? >> >> >> ann >> >> >> She had her hair dyed bright blue a couple of months ago, the colour has >> faded to a kind of silvery blue >> >> >> bill >> >> -- >> 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.
