We both laughed when we saw the final image of this pose. I think it's over the top cliché and thankfully so did she. But when it surfaced in a computer cleaning this week I looked at it again but from a different perspective; one of just being able to let go on any given day and have fun.
But the interesting thing about photographing people is that you go out with a plan in mind and your plan ends up being pure crap but all the stuff you shot on the way there and all the stuff you shot after you got the shot you thought you wanted ends up (many times) being where the good stuff is. This is one of the few "hard" direct flash in sunlight shots I was able to do with the little Sony Nex 7. The camera and me and the flash just didn't seem to often work in the same "language."
This was obviously done with the Sony Nex 7 but on this shot I used the much disparaged 18-55mm zoom lens. The little chrome finished one. It really wasn't bad at all. But once you get past f5.6 I guess every lens looks better and better.
The area behind Noellia is the spillway down stream from the actual pool. The spillway is where people go to get into the cold, clear water if they can't or won't pay the admission price for the actual pool. In Austin there always seems to be a workaround.
The Nex-7 is still a great little camera and my choice of a compact travel camera with interchangeable lenses. Excellent image quality at 100, 200 ISO, OK at 400 but not a high ISO machine.
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"But the interesting thing about photographing people"
ReplyDeleteJane Bown was good at that, usually with either a 50mm or 85mm Zuiko and an OM1.
https://photoworks.org.uk/jane-bown/
A Noellia portrait always makes for a good day. She puts starch in my stride. Thank you Kirk!
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