Thanks for that Graham. The idea of one, manual, camera, a portrait
lens and Tri-X is very appealing. If only I had the b*lls to do it
myself ... ;-)
Chris
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
+44 (0)7092 251126
www.threeshoes.co.uk
homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 4 Apr 2006, at 05:14, GeeBee wrote:
> I got this in my inbox this morning:
>
> Hi Graham,
>
> I don't know if the chaps on the OM mailing list would be
> interested, but
> there
> is a great piece on long time OM-1 user Jane Bown in yesterday's
> Observer
> Review. Her portrait of The Queen is across the whole of the centre
> spread -
> 24
> x 17 inches in size, nothing else there at all. Jane herself is on
> the front
> of
> the Review, photo by Eamon McCabe, no slouch himself when it comes to
> portraits.
>
> Jane is one of my favourite photographers, and is known for her
> discreet
> technique and her minimalist kit: OM-1, 85/2 and Tri-X. Most
> exposures are
> at
> 1/60 @ f2.8 and she apparently doesn't bother using a lightmeter.
>
> The text (but not the photo) is online at
> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1744697,00.html
> However, with a Google News search I found a cropped vertical image
> fom the
> same
> sesion (taken just a few seconds earlier or later, I'd estimate) at
> http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/
> 0,5936,18700224%255E912,00.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.
>
>
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