Johnnie

[Mike McCarty]

Everyone, thanks for replying.

I was under no pressure to put Johnnie into the "correct pose", I was free to experiment. She was a very willing subject and I will probably have another opportunity to photograph her.

I usually develop some kind of a mental "hook" into a subject and for Johnnie it was her long elegant neck. I heard somewhere, NPR I think, that a woman's neck is on the front line of the battle between the sexes. Mysterious, like a border town. But enough of that mush.

I don't mind #1, but it would take some skill to bring out the features of her face (the coat was mine). #2, I think I will leave the dappled light alone for a while, I'm kinda dappled out. #3, I was trying to develop our left side arm of the chair into the composition and I let the opposite side get away from me. #4, You should have seen the position the rest of her body was in.

I am going to work toward another shoot. I will try and do a couch type shot, I already have something in mind. I'm shure Johnnie would stretch out nicely, she's about 5'10"-11". I feel that there is something better than these waiting just around the neck, I mean bend.

John, I had to look decolletage, I am always tempted by them.

Alicia, you must have been dropped on your collar bone as a child. I kinda like those things, they kinda break up that expansive territory.

Chris, I always appreciate your sound straightforward advice.

Jim, I sure don't mind you fiddling with the pic's. I am curious about why you moved her well into the frame.