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Probably my last shot of the girls of Rockalily Ottawa.

While my primary focus in photography is people and portraits – which usually denotes their face and eyes – I can’t help but notice other assets. For these girls their curves were certainly worth exploring, their comfort with each other and their involvement in the burlesque troupe gave them confidence that allowed the photographers around them to better do their job: focus on the subject.

Often I spent too much time focusing on getting the face in the frame and the eyes in focus, when I should really be paying attention to gesture and pose. It can be more telling, and in a way is far more human than a “BAM” face-shot.

Posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 8:50 pm. Filed under: Portraits Tags: Models, Ottawa, Rockalily, Strobist RSS 2.0 feed.