Good shot and even more interesting story. At first the shadow bothered me a bit, but then thinking 'noir', it probably works well that way.
D [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Tom. She was actually somewhat cold and troubled. She appeared to be > the owner of an expensive clothing store in upscale Birmingham, so when I > asked her if she wanted to model I assumed she was much older than she really > was. Turned out, she was only 19. She had grown up in Toledo, Ohio and had > taken up with a young Russian entrepreneur who didn't seem to treat her very > well. I think he was angry when he found out she had modeled for me, although > this was as sexy and revealing as it got. She didn't like the way she looked > in the photos, although not for the reasons you mention. She thought her hair > looked bad, and she had various other complaints. Shortly after this, she > ended up pregnant. Several of her boyfriend's businesses, including the > clothing store, failed. They married and moved back to Toledo. Hope she's > doing better now. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Nice job, Paul. But! Always a but, isn't there. She is most likely a very >> nice >> person but from the photo and her expression I would not want to know her. >> If >> you were trying for the "gangster's girlfriend", or "prostitute" look you >> nailed >> it. >> >> Might make a nice cover for a "Private Eye" type paperback. >> >> Graywolf >> Website: http://www.graywolfphoto.com >> Blog: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/journal/ >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> I redid this pic to give it the look of a slightly faded fifties Kodachrome >>> >> transparency. At least it's my interpretation of that look. It was actually >> shot >> on Portra NC 160 with the 6x7 and 105mm lens. >> >>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1625224 >>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow >> the directions. >> > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
