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| Above - Anita Samuda-Holler - below Carmen Samuda-Lehman |
As a 75 year-old obsolete-redundant & retired photographer I have lots of perhaps useful information in my head gained from having made many mistakes through the years.
I still insist that even as an OR&R you are as good as
your last photograph. Tonight I will be taking portraits of the exquisite
French dancer Sandrine Cassini in my little studio.
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| Angela & Rita Samuda |
And looking back to the late 70s when I began to shoot
photographs in Vancouver I wrote about the Samuda twins and two sisters (4 in
all) here. I had photographed them for a very good talent agency. I knew very little
of what I was doing but somehow the portrait side of me and not my vacant
talent for fashion side of me prevailed and I managed to take pleasant
photographs of four beautiful women.
I really failed with the twins as they were not strictly identical. The tricks I attempted did not work.
I really failed with the twins as they were not strictly identical. The tricks I attempted did not work.
With the sisters I managed. But I want to show here how my
concept of modeling shots was off. Why would I have photographed them in
bikinis on top of a dresser? Why would I have used a wide angle shot from a low
angle? And please note the plant coming out of Angela's head! You live and learn and I did manage to live and learn.
The four Samudas are in my thoughts as I recently contacted Rita Samuda and she sent a photograph of 6 of them and furthermore she informed me that a seventh sister is currently in California and will return in the spring.
You might guess that I could not resist in telling them I wanted them to all pose for me. I cannot wait!
