[LargeFormat] Critique

[Verna Knapp]

And if you *are* a belly dancer who happens to be a large format photographer? 


As a belly dancer, I'm thoroughly enjoying this discussion. It is nice 
to be appreciated. :-)

As a larger format photographer, I'm in awe of anybody who can capture 
that kind of action photo with LF equipment. There are so many moves 
that look good on film only if caught just right, and just awful in many 
of the other stages. I just hate it when somebody catches me with my 
belly sticking out in the middle of a belly roll! A good belly dancer 
moves a lot, with multiple moves going on at the same time. Even poses 
and pauses can be dynamic. Doing the unexpected is part of entertaining 
the audience. I try to be unpredictable. It would be a great way to burn 
a lot of film.

The fastest action I've ever managed to catch on sheet film is when I 
chased Sluggo the racing slug down a big rock.

Verna


> 
> Lastly, Belly Dancers - like sunsets - should be appreciated for what they
> are: beauties to behold fleetingly and from a distance (so my wife tells
> me). I make it a rule never to photograph either gratuitously, I just watch
> in awe. You never know when you are looking at your last, and neither can be
> captured fully on a single sheet of film.
> 
> Cheers,
> Graeme
> 

>>
>>    If you are into belly dancers, welcome to the club.
>>
>>     Uncle Dick
>>


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