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created April 29, 2005
Sitting done March 27, 2005
I'm really sorry to be devoting a significant portion of my verbiage to my digital camera woes, but the frustration associated with unreliable equipment has been putting me "on tilt" during the sitting. I find that if I put a finger on top of the hot shoe accessory & press it into the camera body a bit, I can get it to work for now. Of course, my hand is contorted, and holding the camera is uncomfortable, but I am so happy to get the camera working again that I make a lot of digital exposures of this next setup. Normally, I switch between the digital & the film camera, but for this page, I make a lot of digital exposures.
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Here's
a favorite from this setup and
from this sitting. It's a
little surprising that I like it,
because I typically prefer perfect
or even exaggerated posture. Despite that, I
like the tonality throughout the
image -- there is sufficient tonal
separation from Victoria's hair
& the background, and I like
how the sheen of the leather leash
makes it stand out from the
shadows on her thigh. I like
Victoria's unusual shape -- this
isn't a standard "stock"
pose. I like how Victoria's
lean & muscular body is
emphasized. I also like the
expression on Victoria's face --
she awaits your next move. One
last image, for the foot
fetishists out there! I
love the distortions that you
can get with wide angle
lenses. Many people get
a telephoto lens for their
second lens, but for my money,
a wide angle lens can't be
beat. You can always
crop a normal lens image, but
you just can't fake a wide
angle lens. So, if you
do interiors or studio
photography, I suggest you
consider a wide angle lens. Cute
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It was our intention to devote only a small part of our sitting to fetish product photography. After this setup, we put away the Spartacus Leathers products & work on some other ideas. Somehow, I like the second, third, and fourth sittings with a model more than the first sitting. The first sitting is always exciting, getting to know a new person & seeing a beautiful woman nude for the first time -- these are wonderful experiences. But after a couple of sittings, I feel more empowered to try new things. For example: I feel I do a better job photographing models who are standing or sitting than I do with models who are lying down. If I could tell you why, I'm sure I'd do a better job at photographing horizontal models. But I don't know why. During my last sitting with Kristin, we tried a few horizontal images, which I liked quite a bit, but Kristin wasn't feeling all that well, and when I asked her to lie down, she had uncontrollable coughing fits. So, I decide to try to pick up where Kristin & I left off -- I ask Victoria to help me with some horizontal pictures. This sitting continues with Victoria Gets Horizontal Thanks again to Spartacus Leathers!
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