Re: All things technical, not

[aeophoto@xxxxxxxxxxx]

On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 18:37:42 +0000, you wrote:

>>
>I used infrared film this summer for a First Communion portrait of a
>friend's daughter.  The mother liked the infrared images better than the
>traditional color ones!  I told her that I felt the infrared images were
>more like fine art than like photographs.  I also feel the mystical =
nature
>of the sacraments of marriage and communion are best captured on =
infrared
>film.  (In case you're wondering, I'm not Catholic.)  Has anyone else =
used
>infrared film for this type of portrait?
>
Did you do anything to negate the darkening effect on the girl's eyes?
I have met people locally that shoot portraits of children and tried
infrared and found that parents were resistant to the look.  They
thought the eyes looked "dead" or "spooky."  I would have been
particularly wary of this with communion portraits.  Congratulations.


Angela
aeophoto@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://home.pacbell.net/aeophoto/
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