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Comment by Dario Impini on November 16, 2009 at 11:30am

Good gear; you're well stocked to operate. ;^)

Comment by Paul D'Andrea on November 16, 2009 at 11:20am

Thanks Dario. I have a Nikon D300 and mostly use two lenses: Nikon's 24-70 2.8 and their 70-200 2.8VR. I also use Nikon's 105mm 2.8 macro fairly often. I also have the 50mm 1.8, but prefer the two zoom lenses.

Comment by Dario Impini on November 16, 2009 at 10:43am

No no, you're fine. No critique taken. One size definitely does not fit all in this arena.

Comment by Paul D'Andrea on November 16, 2009 at 10:25am

Sorry, Dario, I didn't mean that to come off as a critique on the way you're working with subjects. Obviously, it's working *very* well for you. :)

Comment by Dario Impini on November 16, 2009 at 10:22am

Very nice work Paul; good diversity in those shots. What camera/lens combination do you use?

Comment by Paul D'Andrea on November 16, 2009 at 10:21am

Also, some images from this weekend. I've been working pretty consistently on photo projects related to my day job lately, so it was great to have some down time this weekend to work on my own stuff. It was like taking a nice deep breath.

Comment by Dario Impini on November 16, 2009 at 10:20am

Well you're right -- I dont think there's any one "right way" of doing things, ESPECIALLY in photography. I just appreciate that Glamour Shots beat that approach into me because I dont think I would have found the right personal formula for myself. Different people work different ways, but I think it would be pretty universally true that scuttling around in the dark in brooding silence is probably not the most effective way of getting good results. With live human subjects anyway.

Comment by Paul D'Andrea on November 16, 2009 at 10:16am

Interesting, thanks for the explanation.

I've been thinking quite a bit lately about my interaction with portrait subjects. I've worked pretty hard to understand lighting and how to work with and shape light. It's nice to (mostly) get that down and out of the way so I can get to what seems to be the heart of good portrait, the interaction between me and the subjects.

I'm like you Dario, I'm fine just sitting back and observing, mostly. It's been a bit of work to be more interactive. I think it's been helpful for me to realize that I need to find my own way of doing this. Finding my own way has been a good lesson in all of my photography. I'd see one photographer working in some way and sort of assume that because this guy is further along than I am I should just emulate. I have to keep remembering that I need to take whatever is at the heart of what I'm trying to learn and make it my own.

In the case of working with subjects, while I am pretty quiet, I'm also very curious and (mostly) like people. So my with my subjects instead of being loud and outgoing (which is not bad at all, it's just not me and would come off as forced) I'm trying to me more genuinely curious about my subjects, who they are and what they're about...

Comment by Dario Impini on November 16, 2009 at 9:38am

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