Michael Markey
Veteran
Good on yer Keith and the lady too.
Sounds difficult but fun.
Sounds difficult but fun.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
We used to hang out a lot together when she was younger ... parties etc though we were never a couple. She stumbled over me on FB about a year ago having not seen each other for fifteen years and to my delight we still get along well.
It will be a pleasure to do something like this for her and she'll pull it off fairly easily as she's aged very well.
lynnb
Veteran
high heels.. frilly or polka dot intimates.. seamed nylons.. hard light (off camera strobe?).. some music to set the mood, a few glasses of wine and a whole lot of fun! Sounds like a dream assignment Keith. I have a 75 years young friend who's got enough energy to put far younger women to shame - a 50 year old is just a twenty-something at heart.. I have no doubt that, being a friend, she will relax with you, fall into the role, and some magic will happen.
Black
Photographer.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Coopersounds
Well-known
Best of luck, and be sure to share the results here
Roger Hicks
Veteran
I have to confess that I had to Google "Bettie Page" -- and I have to confess that once I did, I remembered the pictures. There's an enormous difference between the outdoor shots of her and the indoor ones. The indoor ones are a lot more "tarty"/"Readers' Wives", right down to an almost trademark shadow on a too-close background -- about as far from Hurrell as you can get. Are you shooting B+W or colour? For the former I'd suggest a Rollei; for the latter, a cheap zoom to re-create the "camera club" ambiance of so many of the indoor pictures.
From the look of it (the hyperbole in the descriptions), she was a LOT better known in the USA than in Europe. How well known was she in Australia?
Cheers,
R.
From the look of it (the hyperbole in the descriptions), she was a LOT better known in the USA than in Europe. How well known was she in Australia?
Cheers,
R.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Not that well known here I supect Roger though we are more aligned to US tastes than I'm comfortable with at times!
I have a photographer mate who is into glamour pin ups and he told me about her ages ago. I agree some of the pics are pretty rough but even in those she has something special IMO.