From the course: Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Studio Portraiture

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The shoot

The shoot

So Courtney, I want you to-- It's all very important how you feel. So I am going to ask you to come here and sit here and just to see if you're comfortable here. You can find your own spot, you can do that or? Oay, now okay, this is great. It is very good, it's very clean and get our fan ready, please. The show is hers at this moment. It really is. So okay, now I have to-- One of the things that interestingly you have to critically ask yourself, and a lot of people miss this. See how the hair is separating at the back. I don't want that to happen. So Jerry, a little less. Now see how it's improving. This is the picture being created here. This is very cool stuff. What I am doing right now is I am watching her very much, and here we are. Yes, yes, yes, right, good. Okay, great, great, wonderful. That was 11 1/2. Yes, yes, nice, nice, wonderful, wonderful. Yes, yes, I'd like what you'd started to do, that. That's great. This lens is a fairly simple lens. It goes from 70 millimeters to…

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