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Published: 2010-03-01 10:11:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 786; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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From a session today, emulating the Black Series of Marilyn Monroe. Model is Julianne from MM...[link]Thanks for the visit!
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I took a few shots of one of my grandkids laying on the bed ( all clothes on.
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Ha...what does youth know?!?
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exactly what I was thinking....lol
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You have got that 1950 -1960's feel going perfectly -- I love this!
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Thanks, sweetie. This is the culmination of a lot of experimentation and "not quite right" but this series worked perfectly. Now if only I can do it on demand...
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I know the feeling -- it is way too familiar. Easy to do when there is no pressure, but get a client and ... yikes! Just remember, we're both getting better and the future is ours! Own the future! hahaha That's my little pep talk anyway.
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Thank you so much...very nice words! And the future IS ours...let us seize the day!
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Carpe Diem my friend!
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Another good one Jack. I've been practising with lighting lately with my model Penny. I don't have as much room as you do, so most of my stuff is close ups. I'd love to be able to do something more like this
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I don't know how much space you are working with but this was shot in an area eight feet by ten feet...smaller than an average bedroom. In fact, the background, "floor" and the bench coverings are just black sheets.
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I have to use my front lounge and with the furniture in here it doesn't leave a lot of space. I'm probably working in a slighly smaller area than you. Doesn't leave room for many props does it
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Nope...and you do such nice work in that space, too!
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Ahh thank you so much Jack. So how have things been with you lately. It seems ages since we had a chat. How are your girls doing. I bet the little one isn't so little anymore
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Not so much. She's in school and already reading (at 4 1/2), counts to 100 and is learning to count backwards from the same, can start a conversation with you in three languages and count to 10 in four...and is a sunny, funny, happy girl to boot. I'm very blessed! My other daughters are healthy and reasonably happy, so life is good on that front. I'm slowly recovering from more cardiac foo (had a stent put in last month) and am busy with the photography business.
How about you? How are things in your life?
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Good news about the girls. I didn't know you'd had surgery Jack. Hope everything is OK now.
Things are OK. I have another grandchild due in July so that will make 5 although we still don't have contact with the one grandson. I last saw him when he was 6 months old and he will be 4 in March. That's very upsetting for me.
Married life is still good. Paul supports me with my photography as he got me into it so that helps. We would just like to find an outlet to make money from it. I'm practising hard at portraits so I can advertise to do portfolios etc but can't always get my settings right. My memory is getting worse and everything I learn I then forget by the time I do the next shoot. I realy need to write things down. I'm also getting confused a lot lately. It's OK doing it with Penny as she has patience but I can't do it like this if I have a paying customer... what would they think? I did some photos for a friend of ours and she was bloody hard work. 5 hours and it wasn't until the last 20mins we finally got something. Every time I suggested an expression I just got blank!! It put me off for a while.
I love doing the portraits but I think I may have to stick to my flowers. So I'd be grateful for any tips
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I should be getting tips from you, sweetie. Your recent work is so very good. We've both improved a lot with our technique, haven't we? As for the portrait work, taking notes is a good thing...I do it all the time. Between that and the exif data from the camera I can keep track of all the variables. And getting models to give you an expression is the hardest part of what we do...don't be afraid to make them do it. Tell them, "look, a picture is just a picture unless you give me a good expression." I find a lot of my girls are fans of America's Next Top Model (I'm sure there's an equivalent in the UK) and Tyra Banks is always preaching to have "fierce eyes," meaning to have expression. So that helps too.
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It has been interesting to see how we have both improved our technique and we still seem to travel the same road as each other. We still go back to our flowers though don't we? 
Someone gave me a tip how to get the model to sit more upright. Tell them they are a Princess and how beautiful they are and they seem to go into a more regal postition.
I stood to the side of my camera with my remote and pulled all the facial expresions and body positions I wanted that particular person to do and I still got nothing. My body and jaw ached by the time I had finished
Now here's another how alike we are... I watch America's Top Model every evening as it's on at 6pm and repeated at 7pm so I always manage to catch one of them. I used to think how brilliant the photographers were to get such stunning photos. Then one of the shows Jay said something about the post processing and then I realized those photographers are no better than you and I. They have someone to set up the camera, lighting etc. All they have to do is point and shoot. Now THAT I could do no problem.
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I do both the shooting and the post processing on my photos and, yeah, I can completely relate both to the results they get and what you're saying. My personal goal in all my people photography is to create "that" image with little or no need for PS. I can save an average photo...provided it's posed correctly and the model brings something to the table...with various PS techniques and make it at least interesting. So I see the advantage of knowing as much as possible about that side of the art, but nothing will ever take the place of creating it right the first time.
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I try really hard to get it right as I don't realy want to spend time processing them. Penny likes me to get rid of her freckles though and that does take time
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Thanks for the comments!
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you're very welcome
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