[LRflex] Re: Suggestions # 1
- From: bob palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:08:26 -0500
Ted -
Gee, guy, you've managed to collect 10 really damn good pieces of
advice in one posting and I actually couldn't dream of debating a
single detail.
I don't believe I've ever seen this much info of this much value
expressed in so few words.
Bob Palmieri
On Jul 13, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Ted Grant wrote:
> OK crew let's see what happens with this one?
>
>
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> Photographer suggestions 1.
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> 1/ While you consider the best angle to photograph a person, it is
> preferable to continue
>
> shooting even though a number of frames are rejects. If you hesitate,
> you
>
> may make your subject uneasy, thinking you do not know what you are
> doing.
>
>
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> 2/ Good photojournalists master the art of portrait lighting, allowing
>
> them to use available light to their advantage. It sharpens their
>
> appreciation for the changing mood of light.
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>
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> 3/ The best way to make an informal portrait, is to allow your
> subject to
>
> go about their business, finding your pictures during the activity.
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>
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> 4/ Do not direct your subject with "look this way, hold it or point
> there"
>
> and finally "look in the camera and smile." This type of direction
> makes
>
> your subject stop living and start posing.
>
>
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> 5/ SLR cameras when used in low light, are usually difficult to
> focus. To
>
> improve accuracy, turn the focusing ring to its closest focus point.
>
> Then bring your subject into sharp focus in the viewfinder. Using this
>
> method the eye recognises the sharpest image quicker than focusing
> from
>
> the infinity point.
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>
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> 6/ Events where news photographers hang together as flys at a feeding,
>
> take a few obvious frames; break away and using a long lens reach
> back to
>
> the subject for a totally different photograph.
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>
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> 7/ When shooting sunrise or sunset, most people look in the direction
> of
>
> the sun. The sunlight doesn't stop where you stand, turn around and
> see what
> it
>
> is shining on. Maybe a marvellous photograph is beautifully lit.
>
>
>
> 8/ Light is just as important as the subject, in many cases the light
> is
>
> the subject. If you do not understand the magic of light, you will
> produce
>
> uninspiring photographs.
>
>
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> 9/ The on location portrait can often produce a superior likeness to
> one
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> taken under studio lights. People are more at ease in their own
>
> surroundings.
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>
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> 10/ Shoot field sports from a kneeling or sitting position. A lower
> angle
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> increases the impact of the photograph, athletes appear bigger and
>
> background clutter is eliminated
>
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