On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Christine Aguila <cagu...@earthlink.net> 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.
I'm going to agree with those who have opined that the unposed photos are by far the strongest of the group. Wonderful essay! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
