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The final benefit of primes: “They physically make you move for a different composition, which can make a picture. Primes make you think; they make you evaluate your scene before composing.”
No matter the lens, her literal point of focus is consistent. “It’s always the eyes. I want them—or at least one of them—sharp. I want your eyes to go to the subject’s eyes first; then I want your eyes to move around the image.”
And where the focus goes, the metering follows. Summer almost always uses spot metering and takes the reading from the point of focus, which, of course, is most often the eyes of her subject.
A quick look at Summer’s photos reveals her liking for black and white. It’s not often planned; rather, it’s almost always a decision made at the computer. She’ll study a color image and make the decision to convert it to black and white based on her feeling about how strong and effective the photograph will be as a black and white. “I find the most effective black-and-white images come when there’s emotion behind it…there has to be an emotional reaction in order for a black-and-white image to work. Sometimes I’m taking away the distraction of the color, and discovering the better emotion of the photo.” Other than the conversion, she does minimal post-processing. “I work very hard to get the exposure right in the camera. If the lighting is right, you don’t have to do much afterward.”
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