For The Love Of Photography

[artistic_angle]

My love for photography and my love for movies/actors (especially classics lately) decided to unite. This isn't as much of a classic actors picspam as classic/ vintage film portraits. They are amazing. I think back then they did marvelous shots of actors and those photographers had to be at the top of their game. I absolutely adore their use of

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[artistic_angle]

Precisely! I only use the manual features on my camera but I yet have to do actual portraits. Renting a studio is quite expensive and I haven't had an opportunity yet. So all my portraits are outdoors with natural lights. But even like that it gives me SO much help to know I can delete a picture immediately or that, thanks to RAW, I can fix it up if maybe I don't use the proper settings. But it wasn't like that back in those days. So doing all that AND being so absolutely successful in bringing out the best from the subjects of their portraits is just amazing. Not to mention those who also did still photography on movie sets, cause those are rather gorgeous, too.

And she does, doesn't she? :D

[eldivinomarques]

And I think that, in the search of perfection, the actual cameras has lost a bit of that 'charm' that the old 'more imperfect' cameras had.

What I adore about all pics it's the use of shadows and lights and how they create and special atmosphere that you do not see any longer in actual photography. Times change, of course but Ithink the are losing marvels like these in this change.

Well, and the beauty back those years help to make the pics incredible, Actual beauty in movie stars is, uhmm... let's just say different. They lost all the glamour.

And youposted two of the pics I have printed and framed at home, hehe Ava 4th and Fred & Ginger in "Smoke Gets in your Eyes" dance pose (one of their most famous ones) in their first pic.

[artistic_angle]

Yeah well certainly there is the debate between many photographers about film vs digital cameras. I love digital cameras, helps me a lot and makes things MUCH quicker. But all that you said is very true. It depends a lot on the set ups too. Sure times have changed but you are very right, Hollywood isn't glamorous anymore, most is rather trashy. And I think that becomes most obvious when somebody looks at these pics above. It's not that any of these stars above had anything fancy, really, it was their very own natural beauty that, along with beautiful set up and lighting, looks rather stunning. Very few stars could pull that off today. There are some who are quite beautiful but I don't see any that would be downright striking

[artistic_angle]

There are some who are good. Annie Leibovitz I REALLY love. She's shot Julie too (Victor/Victoria Broadway promo and the Disney promo in recent years). But most aren't like that. I don't think these days much focus is put on natural beauty, which I THINk for the most part old Hollywood did. Not to mention the black and white distinguishes those pictures, too. There are some current photo shoots where photographers do black and white portraits but they are just entirely different. I do love current photography too because some are really gorgeous but between the two I find more magic in old ones. There was actual glamour back then which they achieved as simply as using the right lighting/shadows. If you look at these pictures, there really isn't anything extravagant about them because most have rather simple background, yet they have style. Subtle yet fancy.

And yay, I'm glad you liked it!

[a_proposito]

oh dear, they certainly knew their craft in those days! magnificent photos, absolutely breathtaking! and most beautiful people to look at.
gorgeous picspam, dear!

[artistic_angle]

Well, you certainly ARE in awe, lmfao.

[a_proposito]

do you want some drooling&gasping details? LMAO

[artistic_angle]

That's the LEAST you can do. :p

I'm having deep conversations with everyone else who commented and then here you are with...

:p :p :p

[cheeky_acr]

What GORGEOUS photographs! They surely don't produce pictures like this anymore. I'm not educated on the finer points of photography, but to me it seems like nowadays they focus less on the subject and try to jazz up the background and fill the frame with so much clutter! In the Golden era, photographs seemed so much cleaner, sharper and more elegant. I may be biased toward black & white photography, though. There seems to be much more play between light and shadows, which is really cool. Thanks for putting these together!

[artistic_angle]

Well I am a bit familiar with photography and I see it the same way. Of course Black and White does make a difference but they do black and white photography these days too, but they don't look the same either. The difference, aside from the subjects, is the set up, really. And of course technology, but like I discussed it with Dona above, it COULD be done, if they took the effort. But again, there is no point because no star could radiate such quality as they did back then. I really don't mean to say that there are no stars today that aren't beautiful and worthy of fame and admiration, just that this is a completely different era. While I think many, if not the most, beautiful ladies of the golden age could be just as successful today, I don't think most of today's stars would make it back then. Back in the day they had a natural beauty, or at least something VERY unique, while these days just about anybody can become famous and glamorous thanks to make up. And when you strip them of it.. well, not much is left

[nicolesgrace]

I adore those photographs. They really made the actresses, in particular, look like untouchable, perfect goddesses.
The lightning, the pose everything is perfect. Sometimes they almost look like paintures.
It was such a different way of potraying actors and actresses. I do like today´s way of photographing as well, especially from photographers like Leibowitz, Testino and also Lindbergh, but the way the took pictures back then is just so different and a different league in a way.

I love all of those actors, but particularly Grace. But I think there is no need to mention that lol.

[artistic_angle]

Totally agreed! Especially about Annie. I LOVE her work. And that was so spot on, they really looked like Gods and Goddesses. :D

LOL. No, but it doesn't hurt mentioning again. Let's channel the love to Grace, she deserves it. <3 I really don't think she could have had a more fitting name.

[nicolesgrace]

I always try to spread Grace love hehe.
It is actually scary how fitting her name was. She was Grace in person, literally.