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Monday, July 18, 2005
Art of the Reaction Shot
The Lake
I was getting Merv to pose for blog post photos ...
MERV: How do you want me to pose?
BLAMB: Gesture with your hand and pretend we're having a conversation.
 MERV: You always show people using the same hand gesture.
BLAMB: Which hand gesture?
MERV: This one.
BLAMB: Yeah, it makes it look like we're talking. It adds a bit of energy to the pictures and makes them more interesting to look at.
MERV: But it's always the same gesture! You even had Amber pose that way last weekend.
BLAMB: No I didn't! She was reading the newspaper. It's in your head, I vary the poses ...
MERV: Look at these, just a few from the past six months:
 
 
 
BLAMB: They're reaction shots. They're pictures of people reacting. Gestures help express the act of reacting.
MERV: Maybe you need to find new ways for people to reacte.
 BLAMB: I have. I've shown people holding beer, drinking coffee, playing guitar, pointing guns, playing console video games, pouring syrup, rocking out, clasping hands, working on the computer, smiling ...
MERV: Okay, okay! You don't have to get defensive.
BLAMB: I'm not being defensive, I'm defending myself. I'm demonstrating that your accusations are wrong.
MERV: They're not wrong. That hand gesture appears more than any other pose.
BLAMB: No it doesn't.
MERV: How else do people pose?
 BLAMB: Um ... on the phone.
MERV: How many times?
BLAMB: Three.
MERV: How else?
BLAMB: Drinking coffee.
MERV: How many times?
BLAMB: Twice.
 MERV: Are there any other poses that appear more than once?
BLAMB: Playing videogames. Twice.
MERV: So, people appear using that hand gesture more times than the next three poses combined! Ha ha ha!
BLAMB: Well, maybe the gesture can be my blog's signature pose.
MERV: I think it already is.
9:47 AM
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