Thanks for the comments Lasse. I will consider your tips to get out of my bad photo moment. To shoot commercially is very hard here, too small a market and a lot of very good photographers filling the niche, but nothing is impossible. Luck is always around the corner. Regards.
Albano --- Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Albano Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > This is a self-portrait (I'm the taller at left), > with > > two friends in the rough streets of Boedo, in Bs > As. > > It's taken at about 1 am. The car was carried away > > yesterday, so I took it just in time. > > This is scanned from a 2x3 inch proof print, so > > quality is not at its best (but the scanner did a > good > > job anyway. I'm using an Agfa Arcus II, an old > flatbed > > with good performance). > > Exposure about a couple of seconds, camera sitting > on > > a window. > > All comments welcome. > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2159188&size=lg > > Hi Albano, > > Had you guys been more clearly visible (cropped a > bit more up front), and general resolution and > sharpness better, as well as a bit less contrast > (everything actually a bit towards some of the > Forsyth photos in another thread) - I think I would > have thought it be a real good picture. > You - the obvious bunch of good friends, very > attentive to being shot - make the best basic > ingredients for (one type of) good pictures in my > book. And it's a set up that's universally > transcending any physical or mental boundaries. > > I seem to recall that you, Albano, in another > message complained about lack of > inspiration/direction/subjects. I have seen some > good portraits by you. Why don't you set up a simple > plan of selecting people to shoot (go for kids one > month, pretty girls the next, business people the > next - whatever) and just go ahead with it, without > necessarily feeling forced to produce the ultimate > at each single shot. Just make sure you shoot. That > would be my advice, till you hopefully find your own > "natural" direction. > (I am also sure that, would you be given the > opportunity, you could do some creative advertising > and such, but since I don't know if you'd be > interested or what your and the business sitution is > in general, I can't say much more about it.) > Anyway, good luck with whatever you do. > > Thanks, > Lasse > > > ===== Albano Garcia "El Pibe Asahi" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
