Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggestions

2010-02-10 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/31/2010 3:08 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I like the new crop better than the original. I think I prefer the color version. Those red potatoes are sweet! Paul On Jan 30, 2010, at 5:38 PM, frank theriault wrote: I haven't seen the original picture, but I do prefer the color version. It did s

Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggestions

2010-02-02 Thread frank theriault
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > I do to.  Frank made some good suggestions.  Thanks, Frank!  Cheers, YW! ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggestions

2010-01-30 Thread Christine Aguila
I do to. Frank made some good suggestions. Thanks, Frank! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "paul stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:08 PM Subject: Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggesti

Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggestions

2010-01-30 Thread paul stenquist
I like the new crop better than the original. I think I prefer the color version. Those red potatoes are sweet! Paul On Jan 30, 2010, at 5:38 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Christine Aguila > wrote: >> From: "frank theriault" >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:

Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggestions

2010-01-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > From: "frank theriault" > > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Christine  Aguila >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ya3lvye >> >> http://www.caguila.com/caguila/waitress/content/fundraiser_81_large.html > > >>> I think the right side of the frame

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: "Bruce Dayton" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 1:13 AM Subject: Re: peso waitress with potatoes Something else that can spice up the shots like these is to shoot very wide (16mm on your lens) and pre-fo

Re: peso waitress with potatoes with Frank's suggestions

2010-01-30 Thread Christine Aguila
From: "frank theriault" On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Christine Aguila http://tinyurl.com/ya3lvye http://www.caguila.com/caguila/waitress/content/fundraiser_81_large.html I think the right side of the frame isn't doing much for this photo. I'd be inclined to turn this into a square(is

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread David J Brooks
I agree with Paul here, the waitress looks to bright, which i'm sure she is in real life.;-) Dave On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:18 AM, paul stenquist wrote: > Good moment, but the light on the waitress is heavy. Here I would probably > have gone with the flash bounced off the ceiling, shooting clos

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread drd1135
Nice shot. I've been to the local version of that party many times. --Original Message-- From: Christine Aguila Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: pdml@pdml.net ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: peso waitress with potatoes Sent: Jan 30, 2010 1:42 AM Those yellow brick wall

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Those yellow brick walls you see came out s yellow; I had to quiet them > quite a bit.  As you can see, I hang out in all the most elegant places. > What does a photographer do, when setting offers so little inspiration? > > > All of

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:24 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > They seem to be all the same example... He really liked that one a lot... ;-) cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/p

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Dayton Something else that can spice up the shots like these is to shoot very wide (16mm on your lens) and pre-focus, hold the camera high over your head and shoot down. Totally different angle. I use this technique quite often in weddings. Here are a couple of examples: http://ww

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-30 Thread paul stenquist
Good moment, but the light on the waitress is heavy. Here I would probably have gone with the flash bounced off the ceiling, shooting close to ambient. (Which it appears you were doing.) Paul On Jan 30, 2010, at 1:42 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Those yellow brick walls you see came out s y

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-29 Thread P. J. Alling
They seem to be all the same example... On 1/30/2010 2:13 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Something else that can spice up the shots like these is to shoot very wide (16mm on your lens) and pre-focus, hold the camera high over your head and shoot down. Totally different angle. I use this technique qui

Re: peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-29 Thread Bruce Dayton
Something else that can spice up the shots like these is to shoot very wide (16mm on your lens) and pre-focus, hold the camera high over your head and shoot down. Totally different angle. I use this technique quite often in weddings. Here are a couple of examples: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Gal

peso waitress with potatoes

2010-01-29 Thread Christine Aguila
Those yellow brick walls you see came out s yellow; I had to quiet them quite a bit. As you can see, I hang out in all the most elegant places. What does a photographer do, when setting offers so little inspiration? All of a sudden, all the old gals came out of the kitchen. Corn beef, b