p.107 #10 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
There are a lot young ladies in China that dress up in traditional costumes in scenic spots, like in gardens. There are a few photographers that take their pictures and give images to them for a fee. Win-win situation! I took quite a few images and a few time they asked me how much when I showed their images. Haha, I told them for free, of course. They were surprise!
Here is one of the occasions and later on, I saw this girl was photographed and the photographer, a young female photographer asked her to do some Chinese-style poses, which I didn't know how to. Well, I don't even speak Chinese.
p.107 #11 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
Great work as always Joshua. I know it's hard to say but I don't think that photo would have had the same impact if she was looking at you. The detached "doll like" gaze works really well.
p.107 #12 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
sum1sgrampa wrote:
Great work as always Joshua. I know it's hard to say but I don't think that photo would have had the same impact if she was looking at you. The detached "doll like" gaze works really well.
Thank you very much, Gary! Here is another image at a different location, inside the labyrinth of an ancient village of Hongchun, which is about 600-700 years old. This girl had a video crew that was filming her for a commercial. And she did her twirl for me, resulting in eye-contact. I thanked her profusely in my broken Chinese after that...
I held the camera close to my tummy and relied on the flip screen to compose my portraits to get a more pleasing perspective although the FL of the zoom was more on the wide end.
p.107 #17 · Portrait and People Image Thread using Sony
Two from the CY 100mm f3.5 - a true Sonnar, in 5/4 form. Looks old-fashioned? Release date of his MMJ version is lost in time, the early AEJ/AEG version came along in 1983. Probably mid-late 80s, 40 years or so. You have to wonder what 'thinking' went on in the halls of power when deciding to include 'ninja star' bokeh aperture in the early lenses.
It's almost a form of photographic insanity! In what universe do people want weirdo artefacts installed in their precious images? They liked them at Oberkochen: 'this irregular shape of the aperture creates a characteristic, busy bokeh in out-of-focus areas'. Needless to say, I chose the MMJ series and put up with the miserable TV style six (or eight?) blade apertures. Used it either at wide open or f8. Putting that aside, it's a lovely old school portrait lens, IMO.
