Pisa - The Female Form Photo Gallery by Brett Hochkins at pbase.com

Pisa - The Female Form

While I was in Pisa I had to wait 4 hours to climb the leaning tower. I came across this statue nearby and was quite taken by her grace and form. Before i knew it I had taken 300-400 shots of her. The challenge then became... How do I make this Statue different and interesting each time? It doesn't move. It has only one facial expression. One backdrop... You can't get more out of your model so as a photographer you have to get more out of yourself. It was a brilliant exercise. On the positive she was a real trooper. She never got tired and she never complained once...

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fotabug		02-Nov-2011 13:51
Very nice study of the art piece. I like the way you explored the subject and got such anice variety of images

Guest		21-May-2009 11:46
You have created a great variety of individual studies from a single statue ! Well done !

Hodero		29-Dec-2008 03:07
Love it!

Guest		28-Dec-2008 08:40
Excellent! Great variety! ~v~

Guest		18-Nov-2008 13:26
Wonderful gallery! Same subject but never banal!

MarcWildPassion		05-Jul-2008 12:08
Super statue made "human" by your exercise

Lawrence Solum		09-Mar-2008 18:36
Wonderful use of the subject. Beautiful images.

Antonio Ruggiero		08-Mar-2008 21:58
Ottima Gallery.....Bravo.....V

Guest		02-Mar-2008 19:40
Great study Brett, such a beautifull gallerie! Thanks for visiting.

Guest		29-Feb-2008 18:05
Absolutely stunning gallery! It really amazes me that you manage to make so many shots out of her... Voted.

Stephen Lau		18-Jan-2008 10:03
This is a perfect example of how much more can a good photographer bring out from an object. Wonderful photo eyes.

Guest		07-Nov-2007 14:59
This is dam good work brett. V.

Kiriakos Korakis		28-Oct-2007 20:07
Excellent gallery ! Original angles,and great Black and White work/ conversion ! Very Well done Brett ! V ! PS:Now I know what am I going to do when I'll be waiting my turn at the Pizza Tower :-)

Jean-Claude Liehn		21-Sep-2007 04:19
This is photography !

Cynthia		16-Sep-2007 02:49
Excellent gallery, great angles... Thanks for sharing ~GMV~

Guest		14-Sep-2007 09:32
I took one picture of a similar statue in Paris, wish I had taken more. Great shots V Phill

Lu�s Pereira		14-Sep-2007 08:16
Excellent work! Really wonderful. Congrats Brett. v.

david		14-Sep-2007 05:42
nice work you should edit to 3 pictures you cant love that many

Marc Demoulin		13-Sep-2007 16:46
Excellent work Brett. Wonderful. Vote. marc

Eric Herbelin		13-Sep-2007 09:22
superb, v

Guest		12-Sep-2007 19:54
You got yourself a perfect model and so sensual! Great work Brett, V

Guest		12-Sep-2007 15:36
Very creative gallery! Nice work.

Rosemarie Kusserow		11-Sep-2007 19:56
Very lovely gallery Brett, I enjoyed your fine compositions, vote, Rosemarie :o)

Guest		11-Sep-2007 08:08
You'r gone beyond the marble....thanks in order to have visited my country.

Guest		11-Sep-2007 00:05
Great idea and execution.

Guest		10-Sep-2007 21:44
Love the melancholy. Seems she might come to life when no one is around. v

Guest		10-Sep-2007 17:02
beautiful work, great tone.love the compo's.

Mihai		10-Sep-2007 12:10
Beautiful gallery ! V

alfredo camba jr.		09-Sep-2007 12:02
Very interesting gallery, something different! Vote!

Guest		09-Sep-2007 11:42
Excellent light and framing. Beautiful gallery..well done.

Colin Clarke		09-Sep-2007 02:37
Great idea, very well executed. So well constructed. ~V~ (Did you get a model release from her?)

Guest		09-Sep-2007 00:27
I love how in each of the images, she almost has a different persona, simply beause of the choices of angles and crops that you made. These are really, really lovely. Well done!

Guest		09-Sep-2007 00:04
I never think of these classical works as sexy... All that has changed.

Oktay Cagatay		08-Sep-2007 10:58
fantastic realisation!Congratulations

shubin		08-Sep-2007 06:26
I shall never again complain that a model only has one pose and one expression. Fantastic work here!

Naomi		07-Sep-2007 23:36
The perfect model ;) V

Hodero		07-Sep-2007 21:22
what to say... V.

rhett		07-Sep-2007 10:36
Wow, Brett - this exercise resulted in a collection of masterpieces! Congratulations & V. rhett

Milos Markovic		07-Sep-2007 09:55
Beautiful gallery, and great, neat compositions! My compliments

Guest		07-Sep-2007 08:00
Very creative. Only you have the great eyes to shoot this graceful statue in different point of view. Congratulations! V

franckjd		07-Sep-2007 05:12
that is great, never thought about it, good work, voted of course

Jim's Atavistic Visions		06-Sep-2007 14:50
This gallery shows the work of a great photographer. Congratulations for an excellent job on her. ...from Josefina

fred_il		06-Sep-2007 14:49
Great idea and fantastic realisation! VOte!!

Charles Lasnier		06-Sep-2007 09:13
An amazing variety of images and moods from one statue and one lighting condition.

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		05-Sep-2007 19:51
Brett, what a creative tour de force you've accomplished here!!! If ever you doubt yourself as a photographer I hope you will come back to this gallery and see what you have done. I bow before your genius.

Guest		05-Sep-2007 16:01
Portraiture on a statue. That's brilliant!!! V.

flowsnow		05-Sep-2007 15:54
The many angels of Pisa and conversion to BW works perfect for this subject. Well done, Brett.

kyoung kim photography		05-Sep-2007 15:30
Love the POV and compositions V!

Tom Briggs		05-Sep-2007 15:12
Brett, this is a fantastic result of your efforts. The statue itself is beautiful and, as cited below from some other pbasers, you've brought her to life .... big vote

Lisa W.		05-Sep-2007 00:08
You took a lifeless statue and brought it to life! Beautiful and well done. Every shot has its own beauty. I cannot pick just one so the whole gallery is Voted!

lorand		04-Sep-2007 13:52
Excellent gallery. Congratulations, on a very fine job!!! Vote

Guest		04-Sep-2007 12:44
I like how you challenged yourself given the limitations and you have done extremely well at that. I really love the tones and your B&W conversions. V!

Richard Calmes		04-Sep-2007 12:43
You did a great job with this subject! Many great angles and crops and of course great light and B&W tones! V

Manuel Libres Librodo Jr.		04-Sep-2007 11:57
A good conversion to BW. Very nice exercise....you made use of her very well.:) V

Andrew Gould		04-Sep-2007 05:03
Amazing what you have done in this "portrait session"! Looks excellent as a slide show.

Licaga		03-Sep-2007 18:37
Brett you did a good job the photo's have great lighting well doen. see you and voted

Guest		03-Sep-2007 18:32
I supose that this model was quiet easy to handling ;-) Brilliant shots.

eric st martin		03-Sep-2007 18:00
wonderfulpictures in bw v

Guest		03-Sep-2007 15:47
Great work Brett. beautiful tones and crops. (personally I prefer the close ups) -V-

Guest		03-Sep-2007 08:55
beautiful work brett. great comps. vote.

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		02-Sep-2007 19:53
Lovely compositions. Good job teasing them out. They are all beautifully framed and presented. V

geonni banner		02-Sep-2007 18:13
And a very good job you did. I think you fell in love with this lady. And why not? She's beautiful. Voted

Terry Alexander		02-Sep-2007 15:09
Fantastic work Brett. A great eye to pull all of these different images from this piece of art. Vote

Guest		30-Aug-2007 13:46
I think you did an excellent job. Some of the crops even make her look different.

Aloha Diao Lavina		30-Aug-2007 12:34
So she's the one who started you out on that inspiration. This is beautiful, Brett. I love the abstractions, they are so soft and the tones are just gorgeous. V

Guest		28-Aug-2007 17:17
I like the way you approached this as an exercise, results turned out good.

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