On 12/30/2010 5:07 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:
> I have never been able to get a good portrait of my grandmother, since she
> hates being photographed. She's my mother's mother and my only living
> grandparent. I found this negative that I shot in August of 2008 and scanned
> it. I like this one! Should have scanned it when I shot it.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/grandma2008
Great composition and you caught a nice expression.
I know you like high contrast, high key and grain. Someday, I've got to go
through Indiana and look at your prints, to
see if they hurt my eyes less than some of the web images. ;-)
I think something of more conventional portrait tonality, etc. is kinder to
her.
<http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Others/Crawford&image=grandma_8-31-08a.jpg>
After all, she's the last one - be nice. :-)
> Shot with OM-4T and 85mm f2 Zuiko
The classic portrait lens worked very well here.
Moose
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|
