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Paolo De Maio
{K:34932} 10/17/2003
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Spectacular mood and wonderful seascape.
Nice idea and lovely model
Superb Terry!!!
Paolo
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{K:1833} 9/2/2003
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I like the setting, she seems really concentrated.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 6/27/2002
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I like the glow of the second ball, as it adds a mystical feel to the image. I agree though, that the candle light is almost too hot (or at least in the scan it is!)
The warm light is what keeps drawing me back into this photo... I think I've looked at it 4 or 5 times already!
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William R Eastman III
{K:2141} 6/27/2002
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Thanks for the reply. Believe me, I am aware of the time frame shooting. Thought my comments might spark some imagination in some of the others on this site as well. Like I said, the concept is good. E-mail me your web address so I can see more. If you don't have one, e-mail me anyway and we will find a way to get you one. bill@eastmanphotography.com
And yes, I liked the other shot as well. The glass ball played a much more central role.
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Terry Drymon
{K:154} 6/27/2002
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Hi William,
Thanks to post... first let me tell you a little bit about the shot and how it came to be. In the late '70s I was doing a lot of fashion and model photography and the girl in the photograph was one of my " discoveries" after working with her for several years I knew that she had major potential, and so in the early '80s I took her portfolio to the Eileen Ford agency in New York.... shortly after that she was on the fast track to become what later was termed " supermodel " about the time this photograph was taken she had signed a contract with Elizabeth Arden for about $5 million ...... her going rate a day was about 10,000 .... so it's kind of a payback that she agreed to fly down to Florida to do a day's shooting on the beach for me... for my next year's ad in The Black book.... which was at the time the Bible for photographers nationwide.... I've lived in Florida all my life and their is probably only one day a year... In the summer where it is overcast all day.... unless were having a hurricane....... so I loaded up my car with toys to take to the beach and although the crystal balls were one of my favorite at the time.... I just happened to throw in some candles as well..... by the way I did shoot probably over 20 roles that day..... but as my luck would have it it rained all day.... and if it wasn't raining it was miserably overcast and flat...... I am attaching one of the other photos from that day.... which I really like because I've never seen the Gulf of Mexico this shade of green...... but by the end of the day I was almost in tears because I was trying to do a Florida sunshine be shot...... and it just wasn't going to happen...... another coincidence was that I had a friend with me who was from New York and she was the rep for some of New York's big name photographers in the '60s...... one of the quotes she gave me..... I later found out was a favorite of Ansel Adams.... it is Chance favors the prepared mind..( pasture) so she said the day is not over until the sun goes down..... about sundown... or so its said by my watch I went to the car and got out the candles... I sure didn't think I had much to chance by trying some candlelight.... but when I started setting the shot up you could not see a horizon line.... or hardly even tell your the beach..... but as I was shooting some Polaroids for exposure.... the clouds lifted and I got the Orange horizon line.... and the little magical puffy clouds that you see in the photo.... if I could have controlled the clouds and the lighting.... I'm sure that I would have tried every combination of elements in this photo.... but... the shot happened within about five minutes because another cloud came and wiped out the horizon line again.
I really do appreciate all the input from everybody here because the only way you learn is some trial and error and hopefully good input from people like yourself.
Thanks again
Terry
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William R Eastman III
{K:2141} 6/27/2002
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This is a nice concept, Terry. I see a lot of opportunities here and I would have shot at least two rolls on it.
For me, the simplicity of this shot is spoiled by two many elements. The one larger ball is fine. But the second ball pulls my eye away from the subject.
The same is true for the sky. It breaks the photo in half, cuts across her head and diminishes the mood a little. I would have liked a slightly higher angle (you could have tilted her head away from you and brought her nose towards you and the higher angle would have lost nothing from the pose. The texture of the ocean behind her would have been incredible.
Your 'candle power' might be just a little hot--I would have done some variations. I love the light on her but I'm not sure if it isn't a little too much. There are a lot of excellent technical folks on this site that can comment on that--also a filter to drop a little of the orange.
As for the ball. As we can see it is the magnificent minature window into the world behind it. I would have really played with this. I'll leave it to your imagination.
Again, great concept. Not a lost opportunity. But a nice palate to learn from.
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