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Re: Mason Thelen Studio Portraiture Triptic

Amanda — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:37:09 -0000

Hi Alec,
I LOVE these images. just awesome. hope you are well. need to catch up sometime.
amanda

Re: Mason Thelen Studio Portraiture Triptic

Mason — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:40:38 -0000

I still love the dwarfish stool I'm sitting on.

Your edit of the third picture in the series really turned it into a great image.

Re: Mason Thelen Studio Portraiture Triptic

Alec — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:01:59 -0000

Hey Wes,

Thanks for being here and for the questions. The distortion is a result of TWO phenomenon: 1) VERY WIDE ANGLE LENS...18mm, 2) Proximity - I was extremely close to the subject, his hands being only inches from the lens. So, that you found yourself drawn to his hands is a good thing, since this was quite by design. If you wanted to include the hands but maintain a more traditional proportion, you would back up several feet, put on a longer lens, and compress the dimensionality of the image.

Thanks again for being here, Wes. Have a great weekend.

Re: Mason Thelen Studio Portraiture Triptic

Wes — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:56:24 -0000

âThree great sides of Mason (questioning, happy with the world and corporate). There is the usual distortion of the hands in the third one, when the camera is close. How do you take a portrait like this one without the distortion? And, is the distortion a distraction? It doesn't bother me but it is noticeable.

Wes