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Late afternoon at home. Now we moved into the open sun. This time we used the posterboard to shield the sunlight from hitting the subject directly, while keeping the beautiful lighting on the background plants. With the light blocked from her face, we were able to get nice open-eyed shots again.

Fran Klaas

  
 
 

Patrick J. Whalen 		 

Hi Fran, really nice portrait, great use of the reflector.


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December 20, 2003

 

Leonard Pierce 		  Excellent portrait and explanation, Fran!! Thank you for sharing your technique.


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December 20, 2003

 

Fran Klaas 		  Wow! Comments from real people! Thanks so much for taking the time. Understanding and using light effectively is my long-standing weak point, thus it's where I need to be focusing. Thanks, Pat and Len, for the encouragement.


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December 21, 2003

 

BetterPhoto Member 		  suberbly composed/balanced photo, beautiful subject.


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December 30, 2003

 

Suzanne 		  I stink at lighting. Thank you so much for the tip. I love the portrait. Portraits are my favorite...people are great to photograph.


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December 30, 2003

 

Steve A. Stephens 		  I think the only thing I would change would be to change from a horizontal format to a vertical format...in otherwords turn your camera 90 deg.s..I've told my students that people are standing or sitting in a vertical oreintation..to turn the camera 90 degs...other than that a lovely shot with excellent lighting...


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January 02, 2004

 

BetterPhoto Member 		  very lovely. love the backgroud, very flattering lighting on her face too. nice job.


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January 06, 2004

 
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