-Hey everyone. I'm Ashley Fraser, a freelance photographer in Ottawa. For those of you who do not know me I keep busy with regular freelance work with the Ottawa Citizen and part time staff with them on the photo desk. I freelance here and there for other publications too but the Citizen is my main income.
-Thanks to Carlos I just found out about this great blog that I think will be perfect to get some feedback and hand some out.
-This is a pic I shot a week ago or so that I kinda liked. He is Howe Gelb a musician from Arizona that was in Ottawa working with a recording label. I walked into this tiny little studio that was full of CRAP. I had to move everything out of the way and I found this neat light... It was fun to take over the area to make a pic.
Pike wanted me to post both and see what you guys prefer!
Feel free to cut me up as much as you can, That's how I will learn!
-Ashley Fraser
posted by photogs at 6:55 PM
6 Comments:
really nice!
top one is my pick
yep,
the lightstand is a bit too dominant in the horizontal.
the top one gets my vote, too.
I really like the top one. the bottom one is a bit static. The light on his face in the top one is great!
Carlos
Thanks guys.
Yo Ashley, here's my comments. You said the environment was full of crap everywhere. Well that in itself could've had the potential to make a true "envrionmental portrait" the clutter of crap can serve to provide the viewer with more information about the dudes work life or whatever. A picture of a dude with some cool looking light is alright but probably not as telling as a cluttered work space. I don't know if it would've worked because I wasn't there, but still it could be a good idea next time your in a pinch. I know we've all been through plenty of experiences where thre's just no way to make a clean picture, so I say, why fight it?
Peace,
Harrison
Hey Harrison, Thanks for the comments. I did shoot the mess and chaos too. I was sent to get some pics of him doing his thing as well as a more set up portrait. The portrait I wanted to be nice and clean... and the candid stuff obviously shows it all.
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