[LRflex] Re: Some people faces
- From: "Marc Dufour" <foto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:46:47 +0200
Hello Steve !
There are no secrets in my pictures !
As a graphic designer I am, I had the luck to share many hours, working with
good professional photographers, and learning a lot from them.
But I think my background and training period in visual arts is what really
helps me to select, isolate and frame, achieving some pictures.
Technically, my photos are often just OK, but not outstanding. Not as the
ones I can see from pros I know (who use 35 format only in few occasions)
The only things I do (apart from getting the best lens I can, as everybody
here!) are:
- Observe the scene and try to select the visually important in it, The
Thing which really appealed me.
- Look for the best framing, the one wich will improve this important fact,
often isolating it.
- Begin to breathe deeply and slowly (seems a joke, but no!). Stop in the
middle of exhale and, in apnea, catch the picture (an old trick from the
army, they teached when I learnt to use rifles !)
I've to say I usually don't use faster speeds than 1/125, but many times
slower, until 1/8, as in sunsets or storm pictures.
I tend to close the diaphragm as possible, often with an extra 1/2 pass...
And really, nothing more, but some thousands of "just regular pictures",
before to get some more intersting ;-)
Cheers,
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 4:02 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Some people faces
> On Jul 5, 2007, at 6:08 AM, Marc Dufour wrote:
>
>> Dear Steve,
>>
>> I'm very moved with your kind words.
>> You're right, some pictures I uploaded in the LUG (and others you
>> can find
>> in www.marcdufour.net) have been object of large format
>> enlargements, on
>> occasion of local exhibitions.
>> Precisely, I'm uploading now someones here, to give them a greater and
>> permanent diffusion.
>> The only pictures I took with a commercial intention are the ones I
>> prepared
>> for my graphic designer activity.
>> But it's time to give to the other ones, these ones I caught for my
>> own
>> pleasure through the years, a chance to reach a wider audience.
>> Of course, I can supply a fine arts quality copy of each one, in
>> different
>> sizes. I'm at your disposal.
>> And, once again, very grateful with your comment !
>> PS: I just added a new chapter of People pictures, in the LUG.
>> Enjoy it,
>> please ;-)
>
>
> marvellous work, we all can learn from it.... personally I am not
> buying presently, though I'd love to...
>
> some of these images are fantastic...
>
>
> and I'd like to learn how you accomplish this work...
>
>
> technical details perhaps... if you would...
>
> thanks Steve
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Marc
>> foto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:03 PM
>> Subject: [LRflex] Some people faces
>>
>>
>>>>> Marc wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just added a second chapter of People pictures, in
>>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Marc/
>>>
>>> Marc.... you are a master photographer with wonderful use of color,
>>> great technique....
>>>
>>> many would be terrific enlargements and/or posters...
>>>
>>> maybe they have been made for sale already ?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>> ------
>>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
>>> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
>>> Archives are at:
>>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
>>
>> ------
>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
>> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
>> Archives are at:
>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
>
> ------
> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
> http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
> Archives are at:
> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
------
Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at:
http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm
Archives are at:
//www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
Other related posts:
