On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30 December 2012 06:23, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2012 was a year of many firsts for me. Among them were my first: model >> shoot; studio shoot; workshop attended; themed creative shoot directed >> by me; solo exhibit of my work; work with professional models, MUAs >> and stylists; fashion design (post-it notes, posterboard, coat-snaps >> and braided wire!); sale of my mounted work. >> >> This year I fully embraced lighting as an equal part of the >> photographic process, and studied it deeply. While I concentrated on >> portraiture and glamour, even my street, live music and landscape >> shooting hit personal peaks. >> >> These twelve shots are a selection of some of the best from these >> firsts and peaks. >> >> http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157632373356239 >> >> I'm looking forward to what 2013 brings. > > Hi Bruce, > > Pretty impressive best of given it's your first year of studio > shooting, you are producing admirable work. Late this year I attended > my first group model shoot, I learned quite quickly that I don't have > the foggiest notion of adequately directing a model. I've a lot to > learn but intend if at all possible to do more of the same this year. > You obviously have the technical side nailed but I now appreciate that > there is so much more to this type of shooting.
Thank you, Rob. I was very fortunate to connect with a professional product and fashion photographer at my first studio workshop. She observed the hopeless attempts that I and a fellow photographer were making to get some life out of the models and agreed to setup a private workshop to tutor us. At this same workshop, the two of us watched in open-mouthed amazement as she coached a first-time model into creating outstanding poses and expressions. The model was so impressed, she also attended our directing workshop. I believe that directing models is one photography skill that you cannot get from reading tutorials or watching webinars. You need to experience a live one-on-one session with a skilled teacher and models to get the nuances. And in my case at least, one session won't do it. Practice, practice, practice. :-) -- -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.
