Hi Christine, The unposed ones (#5, #6, #7) are the best--the can tell the story by themselves. I would have taken the unposed photos first before finally posing her; in fact, I would not 'pose' her at all in the 'formal' sense. By starting off with the unposed photos, you get your friend used to you with a camera in your face. Throughout that process you would probably be conversing with her--that is important--because when you finally pose her 'formally', you still continue that conversation. By now she is talking back to you and she is used to not seeing your face but a camera and is impervious to the shutter clicking; the job of the photographer is to wait for expressions to come/go/change and fire away in those moments.
The lighting is perfect. The only thing I would be looking for is what Dave mentioned; perhaps a close up of the yarn and needles(?) with a shallow DOF with your friend(s) blurred in the background...or something like that. Cheers! Bong On 4/10/09, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> Hi Everyone: >> >> 1) For this homework assignment, I tried my hand at playing a >> PJ/environmental portrait shooter. My colleague Liu was kind >> enough to play >> the subject--a famous artisan knitter :-). >> >> 2) This was all done with window light only. I shot 106 >> shots, got the 1st >> cut down to 28, then picked these 8 for the gallery. Liu's >> niece, May, was >> with us, and for #2 she held a reflector photo left. The >> window light was >> coming from photo right. >> >> 3) We finished in the kitchen then Lui started showing May >> how to knit; I >> grabbed the camera and started shooting, but the 2 of them >> were standing in >> a darker part of the kitchen & I had to bump up the ISO to >> get it. What was >> amazing was how totally relaxed I became when shooting these >> spontaneous >> shots. When working in the living room for the more posed >> shots, I was so >> nervous and tense. The switch in feeling is so striking. >> Hopefully, the >> more I do this I'll learn to relax. >> >> http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/liushoot/index.html >> >> Comments welcome. >> Cheers, Christine >> > > That's a fascinating series of pictures and a great demonstration of why > unposed pictures are often so much more successful than posed pictures. The > unposed ones are very good indeed. > > Bob > > > -- > 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. > -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- 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.
