tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738638194491589540.post7479354815814547220..comments2022-03-14T21:13:37.037-07:00Comments on James Dyas Davidson: My first experience of using a studio and a modelJames Dyas Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08428488190437785671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738638194491589540.post-53622068004863643362010-09-30T13:43:30.678-07:002010-09-30T13:43:30.678-07:00Thanks for the comment Suzie - and yes, you've...Thanks for the comment Suzie - and yes, you've just made perfect sense. In fact, you have just hit the nail on the head. I could feel there was something missing on Sunday and that was it - a purpose to the shot. <br />Liz's talk was a great wee inspiration talk last night and I will 'play' again, as I think I have this year. But, you can lose your way a bit and, as I said in my blogs from the 'hospital bed', I'm going back to my project I started a couple of years ago and make it better. I need to try to stay positive during a lull/low point so I need to get back to my 'comfort zone' as well as play.James Dyas Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311549460545502656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738638194491589540.post-53228032909424384062010-09-30T05:05:11.026-07:002010-09-30T05:05:11.026-07:00I wanted to chat last night about it but didn'...I wanted to chat last night about it but didn't really get a chance.<br />You seem a bit flat about it all and not as excited about studio work as I thought you'd be.<br /><br /> I think you're right - if you don't really know what/why your doing it - then it's hard for you to get really excited about what you've done. Is it a classic pose for grannies wall? Is it a funky pose for a magazine? ...Is it part of an exhibition collection looking at a certain theme (eyes/colours etc) ? Obviously it's none of these cos you were practising but do you get what I mean? <br />Are you selling the scarves (ie Millars shots) or trying to show the girl's eyes? If it was for any of these specific reasons then you would have a set of objectives and you could decide on whether or not it was a success or if not, how you could improve the image. <br />Yes it's all subjective but I think we still need a set on objectives to work to in a situation like this or we will never know how to improve on an image.<br />Posing is different for all of these situations and it just takes time and practice to get the "flow" right but ultimately there are good poses for females that will make them look slimmer or sexier or powerful or submissive or whatever you want and when you've got them sorted, the flow comes. But if you don't know why you were doing it in the first place then it's hard to judge the outcome. <br />It's harder than getting the exposure right because a camera won't get bored of you playing around but as you say the model will lose something in momentum or expression while you play.<br />I do seem to ramble on a bit in my comments, but I'm just really trying to think out loud, because I find it helpful too.<br />Am I making sense or should I shut up?Suzanne Edge (Edge Photography)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13668085465697116800noreply@blogger.com