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March Image -
Model Hand on Shoulder 2
How I did it -
Well, soon the snows will end and maybe I’ll be shooting something other
than women. On the other hand, maybe not…..
This young lady was photographed at a class for nude photography, given
by Robert Farber who is well known. More than half the sixteen or so
attendees were, in fact, professional photographers. I, myself, have
taken courses with Robert from time to time over the years. He has a
very special way of looking at things which I have, unfortunately, been
unable to replicate.
Anyway,
there were 16 of us, and 2 models so I had to take what I could. This
image was originally photographed with a Nikon D3X, ISO set to about
1200, lit by a mixture of fluorescent and window light. She was not
particularly posing for me, or for anyone at the moment, but I was able
to catch a good position. The original color image was rather blue because
of the surrounding color temperature, but I was able to make all the
proper corrections in post processing. This is my black and white rendition
– various blemishes and birthmarks removed via Photoshop, lots of changes
in tonality, mainly with the interest of opening the lighting on her
face and eyes, some stray hairs removed. Luckily, my attempts to focus
on her eyes with the lens (a 70 – 300 f4) just about wide open, worked
out pretty well.
The
work around here is really improving. I’m going to really have to stretch
myself to keep up.
Best
to all.
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Jerry Appel - Biography
I have
been involved with photography for more years (45) than I care
to contemplate, over the past several years moving actively into
digital imaging. My work has had some pretty decent exposure --
appearing in solo and group exhibits within the United States
and abroad, in travel advertisements, in various photographic
yearbooks and in four books of which I have been either author
or co-author. The most recent is "Far Away Faces -- A Guide
to Better Travel Portraits" (1998). I have been awarded a
number of medals in the Austrian Super Circuit Competitions over
the past few years, two during year 2001. At this time, my images
are carried by four galleries in the New York area. All are invited
to visit my
website to see other examples of what I do. My email is gappel6
at optonline.net
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