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Well, some unfinished business- I got some favorable comments on "that guy and his daughter" on another post a while back, so here's a better version, with the (extended) family- Ruby's mom Jannine included. I posted one of her before in fact- "Window Light;" this is from the same session, thought it'd make a CD cover but I'm not sure, its got some exposure problems, though looking at it now it doesnt seem so bad... .... They're both long time poets and performers. Ruby's showing the same inclinations- Jan tells a story now of how she and Ruby were admiring a tulip in a vase on the kitchen table, and Ruby asked "Mom, does it hurt the flower to bloom?" "My jaw dropped" says Jan, "through the floor, and all the way to China..." Anyway, family resemblance, anyone?



-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), November 24, 2000

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this is just a beautiful shot. the father makes me wish i had never gone to law school, and the daughter is simply stunning. what wisdom in those young eyes! great job, chris. and the hell with vancosin if he thinks *this* is pandering.

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), November 25, 2000.

Yep, this was a grab shot on the midway at a big summer music festival in upstate New York... an EOS moment.. the light on rubys face is the straight print.... MY jaw dropped when i saw it on the contact sheet...

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), November 25, 2000.

Beautiful, both photographs. The top one is near perfect. I'm wondering, though, why her skin tones seem a bit unnatural. It may be some shadowing. But I'm nitpicking... Nice work! The one on the bottom, for being so close up, I think there must be some digital artifacts or something that cause it to look a bit "off-sharp" in the eyes. I like the close-in feel.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), November 26, 2000.

Yeah, that's the problem i have with the close up too, it was not originally intended as that tight, its a little square extracted from a 35mm neg. Had to jump through some photoshop hoops to try to de-shadow that eye too.. Just wanted to compare eyes from mom to daughter.. On something like this I usually throw up my hands, colorize it and hit the watercolor filter in p-shop.... Hmm, guess I'll have to try that...

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), November 26, 2000.

How would I know they were poets if you hadnīt told me? (wink wink - forgetaboutit :) These images show how much you can do with models that arenīt afraid to be natural in front of the camera. Great personalities all of them, and very well photographed.

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), November 27, 2000.


>How would I know they were poets if you hadnīt told me? (wink wink - forgetaboutit :)

Well, you wouldn't. I know you're just funning me- but several people "picked this out of a lineup" in another thread as a great shot, without knowing anything about it, so it can obviously stand without explanation. I won't say another word about it- but i truly believe that the test of a classic picture is that it can express itself without written help.... the who and what and why are always interesting- especially to us photographers- but the "heaviness" of the picture should not hinge on it. That instinctive looking for the caption- that's newspaper's influence on photography, the job it lends itself to almost too well....

In the aw shucks department let me say that the top shot is truly an "F8 and be there" kinda thing. in fact the exposure WAS probably F8...

Thank you for the compliments Christel.. over and out-

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), November 27, 2000.


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