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Re: [OM] Paul's PAW - two new shots up

Subject: Re: [OM] Paul's PAW - two new shots up
From: Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:16:03 -0500
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> They each look fine, Paul, with Jamie's the better portrait.
>
> I might have:
>
> Moved Jamie to his left to remove the blue light from the shot;
> Used portait orientation to match the subject;
> Used colour for Billy;
> Got Billy to move a bit: perhaps turn his shoulders away 45deg and turn
> his head back, or tilt his head a little to his left.
> >
> > http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=5407
>

I agree with most of that.  I didn't think the light would have completely
blown out - I figured I could pull it down with highlights, but that turned
out to be not the case.  I should have moved Jamie a bit.  I wanted it
horizontal to show more context - that stage was his responsibility, his
"office", so that's why I wanted it blurred as a background.  The set was
fairly tall - perhaps I could have gotten away with vertical orientation
and still gotten the context.

I started using color for Billy, but the heavy underexposure made things
get ugly when I tried to brighten it up enough.  The first problem I
encountered was the banding that happens with that Panny 20/1.7 when you
try to tweak the image too far.  The only way I could get something I was
comfortable with was to go B&W.  I definitely need to practice doing fill
flash and balancing it with the background so it just makes the subject pop
and not look like a flash photo in a dark room.

I do agree that he should have been angled a bit, and not straight on.  I'm
getting more comfortable asking for these shots - now I just need to
concentrate more on composition.

Thanks for looking!
-- 

Paul Braun  WD9GCO
Music Junkie

"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Harlan Howard
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