Nice tips Ted. Do you have an image or two to show 'before/after'?
Thanks in advance
jez
On 10/06/2012, tedgrant@xxxxxxx <tedgrant@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 10 Jun 2012, at 07:55, Chris Crawford wrote:
>>
>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?prodId=1042
>>>
>>> This was a hard one. I had to shoot it under a tent at the park downtown
>>> where all the events and festivals are held in Fort Wayne. The white
>>> tent
>>> gave really beautiful soft light on this bright sunny day, but the tent
>>> has
>>> open sides , which would let the extremely bright sunlit background show.
>>>
>>> I
>>> stood my friend in front of the stage, so its pretty busy, but was the
>>> best
>>> background there. It took a lot of burning in of bright spots to balance
>>>
>>> the
>>> image, but I think I made her look pretty good considering the challenges
>>>
>>> of
>>> the site.
>
> Good morning Chris,
> couple of quick comments . Please don't be offended as it's merely
> suggestions for the next time. And of course I'm not there on location, so
> what I suggest may not be possible.
>
> 1/ this is the perfect "passport head position" straight into camera. Not
> really flattering. Yes it looks exactly what she looks like.
>
> 2/ Next time even with the mixture of back ground.... sometimes it's the
> best in the place so you shoot nearly wide open and throw it out of focus as
>
> much as possible.
>
> 3/ Turn her shoulders more to a 45 degree angle, then bring her head back
> toward camera as this should slim down her neck and face possibly creating a
>
> more flattering face effect. Then have her tilt her head slightly while
> looking at you and try to make a straight line down the side of her face
> right down the neck line. Again it might thin out her face with just a very
>
> slight tilt of head... but very slight. Then try to squeak a bit of a gentle
>
> smile out of her. OR? Don't have her look into the camera but have her look
>
> for something behind you that you've already picked out. Then ask her to
> find it. This makes her mind and eyes in action almost forgetting you are
> taking her picture because mind and eyes are concentrating on finding the
> object you've asked her to find.
>
> It' always best to break the subject away from thinking about having their
>
> picture taking. Besides it puts life in the eyes looking for whatever is
> your object. Always best to have a couple of spots then you can change where
>
> she must look without telling her to turn her head in a certain direction.
>
> I trust this is some helpful
>
> cheers,
> Dr. ted.
>
> PS: By the way this fashion of direction works with CEO's and children. A
> very good technique once you've tried it a few times.
>
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