I agree with you - vulnerability is precisely the right word. Makes the shot stand out.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bruce Walker > Sent: 07 May 2012 16:07 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO Lee > > Frank, I thank you for bring this up. I share with a lot of people the > inability to read subtle expressions. I will freely admit to choosing > this shot as a keeper to retouch and present because of the framing, > the sharp eyes but overall softness -- technical reasons. I saw a > contemplative vulnerability in her expression, but didn't think about > it much more. I was hoping for a relaxed, natural look. > > It's tricky shooting anything close to a candid with Lee because she's > always "on". As soon as she sees a camera pointed at her she starts > going through a routine of poses, even while just sitting. I may have > caught her midway between two canned expressions (she specializes in > pinups, so has a fine repertoire of pouts and giddy smiles), or I may > have caught a "why doesn't this guy just go away and let me chill here" > look -- I dunno. > > Anyway, I think this works because it is ambiguous. Once I started > thinking about your observation I figured, this is good--makes you > think. In other words, it is not obvious. For me "not obvious" is > desirable in a shot. > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:15 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Technically this is a brilliant shot (as all yours are) but I see a > look unease and trepidation on her face, especially in her eyes. It's > as if she was being very sexy but suddenly saw something that she's > afraid of. > > > > If that is what you were going for then the photo is a success. > > > > I will be interested see if anyone else gets that from her expression > or if it's just me. > > > > Cheers, > > frank > > > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." > > -- Christopher Hitchens > > > > --- Original Message --- > > > > From: Bruce Walker <[email protected]> > > Sent: May 7, 2012 5/7/12 > > To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO Lee > > > > Shot first, rhetoric follows ... > > > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/7150745325/lightbox/ > > > > Many would say this couldn't be done: vintage K100D Super, ISO 800, > > DA* 55 wide open at f/1.4. Accident totally waiting to happen. > > > > "It'll be uselessly noisy!" ... "It'll all be way too soft!" ... "6 > > megapixels isn't enough!" > > > > You be the judge. > > > > At a posing and direction workshop held by my friend Neeto da Silva. > I > > was kind of a guest participant, and I got this in the chill-out area > > while Lee and I were waiting our turns on-set. Model is Lee Riley, > > hair & makeup is Christine Chan. Retouch is moi. > > > > Comments welcome! > > > > -- > > -bmw > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
