Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/30

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Subject: [Leica] Ted Grant--Photographing the "Shadow Side"
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sat Jul 30 22:09:43 2005
 
Oops! My bad, you are correct too, I misread it. Dyslexia struck again. Yes,

Light ---> subject
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                  You (not necessarily at 45 degrees)



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NO, that would be shooting from the light side! It's not rocket science - 
you shoot from the dark side, so there is more texture, tones and mood etc.

At 09:46 PM 7/30/2005, you wrote:

>Do you mean put the subject between you and the light?
>
>
>>First is look for the light.  Almost always the
>>best light is coming into the lens; meaing move to put the light
>>between you and the subject or shooting from the shadow side.
>
>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please 
>use richard at imagecraft.com)
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