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Just looked over your photography pages, and found the info on B&W IR photography.
I do a bit of freelance work, and I have done some work with IR at nighttime activities, such as dances, when a flash would blind
everyone. I had quite good luck placing a #87 IR Gel Filter (Kodak) over my flash, an old Vivitar 283, set on auto in the "yellow"
range. I was surprised to find that the flash read the IR light as if it was a regular flash.
I got shots from about 50' in to about 15' (and no one was blinded). Of course any closer and people's skin began to take on a strange
appearance.
Just wanted to pass this on. Keep up the good work.
Jim Rementer
-- Jim Rementer, September 30, 1997
The nude is one of the hardest subjects to do well. I have found through my galleries that the images which sell best are ones without
pubic hair. For some strange reason -- prints displaying pubic hair seem obtrusive to the viewer, while the hairless versions are much
more collected. Perhaps we can learn something from 17th century painters? Also, as far as shooting black and white of models, I use a
red filter over my lens and dark haired models for some of my work with great success. The red filter "whitens" the skin tones and
greatly conceals skin blemishes and discolorations. Photographers just starting out may want to try this outdoors against grass -- the
grass turns very dark and contrasts well with the white skin tones of the model. To the artist, my praise. Of the hundred or so gallery
sites I've visited so far -- yours in the best organized and most informative. Thanks!
-- James Falkofske, October 8, 1997
Isn't nudity being able to show who you are beneath the clothing, beneath the flesh, the person you are within the body. Being nude, to
show yourself, be yourself, nothing covered nothing hidden, beneath the clothing beyond the body.
-- Ruey Loke, April 9, 1998
WOW!, first of all. Next, I think that your work is wonderful. You are one of the only artists I've ever read, that i truly able to write - to
convey the emotion of their artwork into language, not just art. My mother is an artist (not starving, I'm happy to say), and I've learned a
lot about art over my eighteen years of life. At least enough to know that you are a "genius" I use the term loosely, only because people
throw the word around way too much, and the true essence of the word is lost. Thank you for your time, and your art. And by the way, I
feel that the one controversial picture is art, not pornography.
-- Jarrod Wolos, July 8, 1998
WOW!, first of all. Next, I think that your work is wonderful. You are one of the only artists I've ever read, that are truly able to write -
to convey the emotion of their artwork into language, not just art. My mother is an artist (not starving, I'm happy to say), and I've
learned a lot about art over my eighteen years of life. At least enough to know that you are a "genius" I use the term loosely, only
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