Leica M - Post your Portraits

I was thinking the same thing (28mm for portraits???), but agree, you've pulled this off very well. Nice shots, love them.
Gary
 
gbealnz said:
I was thinking the same thing (28mm for portraits???), but agree, you've pulled this off very well. Nice shots, love them.
Gary
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Thanks to you both for high praise (Koudelka! I'm shivering!)

I think the portrait lens dogma is a bit overblown. With a 28, framing at talking distance gives you head and shoulders, and intimacy, you are so close you can smell each other's breath. I try not to let the face wander too much from the centre, though.

Cheers!
 
What a gift this thread has been. It has taken me two weeks to work my way through it. Thank you all.

And what a number of lessons imparted. A clear demonstration that it is the photographer that makes the picture, with a little counter-theme that equipment does contribute a certain style. And what a richness of style in portraiture -- very easy and straightforward, deceptively simple with some lighting, interesting demonstration of "portrait inappropriate" focal lengths.

Thanks again.

Giorgio
 
Leica M4-P with 50mm ZM C-Sonnar
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Leica M4-P with 90mm Fat Tele-Elmarit
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Erik, it's too dark, can you lighten it up a bit? Or was that your intention?
 
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