I can see why she would be your favorite model, Pat. I think she just became my favorite model also. :)
Thanks, Ed http://lightandsilver.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Pat White > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 4:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Your favorite model, your ideal model > > > My favorite model was, and is, my ex-girlfriend, who's been > posing for me for seven years now, in spite of a succession > of boyfriends. As an esthetician, she knows plenty about > makeup, and she really enjoys posing, occasionally asking me > to come over and shoot her. When I used to rent studios, > before I set up at home, she would split the cost of the > shoot with me, including studio rental! We've shot for hours > at a time, indoors and out, and I now have over 2000 pictures > of her, one of which was published in the French magazine > PHOTO, and is still on their website, under 'resultats du > concours newton', or directly, at: > www.photo.fr/concours/gagnantsnewton/gagnants2> .html > . Not > all the photos are as shocking/daring as that > one (we do a lot of fashion shots as well), and I hope to see > some less controversial ones in print in the future. > > I've hired pros in the past, with mixed results. For nudes, > I somtimes felt shy to ask someone I'd just met for certain > poses, and I found that "willing to pose nude" doesn't always > mean "ought to pose nude", so three recommended pros didn't > get a second session. The best-looking pro, on the other > hand, did great fashion and portrait work with me, but > refused to do nudes. > > Also, pro models often have little desire to contribute their > own ideas, while with my favorite model, it was always a > collaboration, so that she was my muse as much as my model. > While some shooters approach each session with a > predetermined image in their mind (so do I, occasionally), I > often try various things, and 'know it when I see it'. For > this to work, I have to have a relationship (working or > otherwise) with the model, so each session tends to be better > than the last, as we get to know each other. > > As for dream models, I'd like a session with Nadja Auerman, > the German former super-model (see the book "Nadja", with > pictures of her by nearly all the top fashion shooters). > > Pat White > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery > at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
