On Sun, Jul 07, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > > I started out from the premise of "Photo sessions for the shy", and here is > what I wrote on the subject of making people feel comfortable in front of the > camera. I would greatly appreciate feedback, suggestions and further > ideas for future iterations on these topics:
Looks like a good start, don't forget to do a plain copyediting and proofreading session before you publish this. (You have a couple of spots where the wording is a bit awkward, I assumed you didn't want a writing critique at this point.) > The most important aspect of getting a good photograph of someone is > getting them to relax. It is hard to relax, however, when just about > every photo that has been taken of you sucks. What this means is that > the first step in getting good photos of someone, is to take, and show > them, photos of themself that simply do not suck. One thing you didn't mention is the option of taking photos of someone doing an activity. (Although this is far from guaranteed to work, I took a really nice photo of my mom cooking and she hated it because it made her look angry, so I deleted it.) That reminds me, I've seen advice somewhere (probably this list) that the photographer should make clear that any photos the model hates will get deleted. That probably helps reluctant models relax. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
