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- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Posed photos. Suggestions appreciated.
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- From: hpb@hpb.cis.pitt.edu (Harry Bloomberg)
- Date: 18 Nov 92 05:16:28 GMT
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- In article <6751@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu> 6500rick@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Richard J. Bessey) writes:
- >
- >What can I do to make the standard desk shot more interesting?
- >Also, what else can I do in an office?
- >
- 1) Pay attention to the light. If the office has a window, perhaps
- you could use the soft, even lignt entering through the window. If
- you've got to use flash, do anything to avoid harsh shadows that would
- show up in the photo. Try attaching a Lumiquest or 3x5 card, bouncing
- the flash off a low white ceiling, or take the flash off camera.
-
- 2) Place the subject against a background that says something about
- the individual. For example, try standing a math professor in front of
- a chalk board of equations. Perhaps you can photograph the individual
- at work.
-
- 3) Try something goofy. I was forced to shoot head-and-shoulder
- shots of the Student Programmers of the Month. I obtained two 3.5 inch
- floppy disks and made the individuals hold them next to their heads like
- "Mousekateer" hats. This made the disks look like large, square ears.
- I also shot the students in profile and made them look at a disk as if
- contemplating the disk's contents. You'd be surprized at the "off the
- wall" things people will do when commanded by a photographer.
-
- Harry Bloomberg
- hpb@vms.cis.pitt.edu
-