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Another Lens Featured. Julia Trotti

on May 23, 2024

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Julia usually sticks to prime lenses. But this time it’s a Zoom.

Her favourite prime is probably 85 mm for portraits.

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Film Maker’s Story. India.

His Dad gave him First rudimentary camera. Took to the lush jungle Of the sub-continent Like a skipping roebuck. Easily journied As if it were A harmless city sidewalk Free of danger. But danger. Eyes alert always for A shoot, a subject. But also deadly eventualities. Viper constricting Mother tiger with cubs Wild boar Insects with bites insidious Leeches, ticks. Enormous wasps, beetles, stinging ants. Flash floods. Quicksand. Sixth sense to understand The do’s and don’ts All smiling. Waving hello to each Discovered subject. In his Jungle. And National Geographic came calling.

Some feature films never lose out (near to the heart of my Dad. Navigator. He was in Scotland during the Battle of Britain. Up in the air over the North Sea)

Sunderland on the water out of Cromarty Firth https://sites.google.com/site/conversationabove/conversation-blair?authuser=0

A special day for a Photo Op. Are you ready? Check things like the following.

Local hospitals each feature the Mennonite scenes of Waterloo artist Peter Etril Snyder. A lot of them. All excellent. 1 Have you checked the weather 2 Are you interested in a particular time of day 3 Take along light rainwear just in case 4 Will there be an assistant offering wise quiet help. No chatterbox. Extra hands. Perhaps to hold a shade or lighting enhancer/reflector 5 Will the subject matter require aperture emphasis. shutter speed emphasis or manual 6 Some happy direct conversation will settle down and relax your portrait model 7 Can you frame your main subject with architecture fence tree branch 8 Avoid centre shots. Align your subject about one third from either side of frame. 9 Experiment with different facial moods in a shooting session 10 Pets and small children are tricky subjects. Jerky movements.Settle in by waiting for a while. Everyone relaxes a bit. Think about options of angle. 11 Study the magic of backlighting 12 Usually in a face and shoulders close up you will

Another Lens Featured. Julia Trotti

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