July 2013 Portraits

[ImSoNegative]

Well its after one in the morning July first guess this portrait will go here, shot with a 250 Imagon on 4x5, ilford delta.

[rdenney]

I adjusted the title for posterity.

Rick "in response to a request" Denney

[FlashGordon]

"Reisekamera" approx. 1904 and Petzval approx 1870 full open. 18x24 cm paper negative

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=98023&d=1372712501

[benrains]

Well its after one in the morning July first guess this portrait will go here, shot with a 250 Imagon on 4x5, ilford delta.

Nicely done! I really like the composition and the soft-focus combined with the outdoor setting lends it a real sense of early 20th century pictorialist photography.

[Tin Can]

Amazing!



"Reisekamera" approx. 1904 and Petzval approx 1870 full open. 18x24 cm paper negative

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=98023&d=1372712501

[gsinico]

Well its after one in the morning July first guess this portrait will go here, shot with a 250 Imagon on 4x5, ilford delta.

Do you use the SF250 whit a streamer or without the disk ?
Good picture!

[ImSoNegative]

Do you use the SF250 whit a streamer or without the disk ?
Good picture!

no disk, I do have them but I don't like the weird highlight bug looking things they seem to create, thanks for the comment

[FlashGordon]

Another one with the old German Reisekamera. This time with a E. Suter Rapid Aplanat No. 2 F.5 @ F.8. Paper negative 18x24 cm slightly cropped

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=98093&d=1372800691

[life_in_sepia]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/9196517552_d8f6da2e02_c.jpg

Shandra Stark, 5x7 tintype, Dallmeyer 3b, wide open, 1 second.

[jp]

Wow Ed! That's a wonderful modern composition. The shadows and tones are masterful.

[life_in_sepia]

Thanks! I really appreciate that. We busted out into the sunlight in 100+ degree weather. Sweaty sweaty. I finally got the tones dialed on the 4th attempt, so I appreciate that -- really.

[mathieu Bauwens]

during a wedding;

98114
Chamonix 045 F1
Foma 400 @ 320/ Xtol 1+1
Fujinon 210mm

[mathieu Bauwens]

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same combo as above

[gsinico]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/9196517552_d8f6da2e02_c.jpg

Shandra Stark, 5x7 tintype, Dallmeyer 3b, wide open, 1 second.

one of your best!

:-)

[megapickle1]

Well, one from me, a test shot.

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Ilford Ortho Plus developed for pictorial contrast, Sinar 8x10, Nikor W 300 at 5,6.

[benrains]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2882/9197933543_1f609cdf3a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9197933543/)
lily and madeleine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9197933543/) by Ben Rains (http://www.flickr.com/people/benrains/), on Flickr

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8"/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[Wes Stewart]

Wyatt in flag

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/9205906976_a0bd3602ba_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesbo/9205906976/)
2013 365 183 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesbo/9205906976/) by Wes-cpg (http://www.flickr.com/people/wesbo/), on Flickr

[Robert Oliver]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/9207145180_73d44f9014_b.jpg

Robert Earl Dean - Gospel Singer
B&J Commercial 8x10
10.5" Cooke Portrait
Fomapan 100 - processed in Pyrocat HD

[Robert Oliver]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5537/9204499689_c85d0f0a79_b.jpg

Robert Earl Dean - Gospel Singer
B&J Commercial 8x10
10.5" Cooke Portrait
Fomapan 100 - processed in Pyrocat HD

[GSX4]

Here are some July wet plate portraits. All 8x10 98350 98351 98352

[t0aster]

98115

same combo as above

Fantastic!

[Robert Kalman]

I've begun a new project, riffing on Richard Avedon while adding a second dimension. The image is on HP5 shot with a Schneider 300mm using an 8x10 Deardorff. The words are that of the subject responding to the question, "What's something you'd like people to know about you?

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[stradibarrius]

I took this girls photo today and she was the worst model ever. Here facial expression never changed and she didn't say a single word???
TMAX 400, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100 Sinar F2, Fujinon W - 250mm
My first time using TMAX 400 4x5 and I really like the tones.

[Tin Can]

A real? Stepford wife never talks.

I need one as I am sick of self-portraits and I am trying not to burn out my friends as I practice LF.

They prefer I shoot digital, I refuse...mostly.

What is a good source of these models?




I took this girls photo today and she was the worst model ever. Here facial expression never changed and she didn't say a single word???
TMAX 400, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100 Sinar F2, Fujinon W - 250mm
My first time using TMAX 400 4x5 and I really like the tones.

[stradibarrius]

I went to a wig shop and asked the guy who owned it if he would sell any of the heads. She only cost me $10! At least she doesn't complain that the lights are hot.

[Tin Can]

Good tip, I'll wear fedora, trenchcoat and sunglasses, as my local wig shop is photo worthy. It looks like something out of the 40's.


I went to a wig shop and asked the guy who owned it if he would sell any of the heads. She only cost me $10! At least she doesn't complain that the lights are hot.

[Mark Sawyer]

Well, at least she's good at holding still...

[mathieu Bauwens]

Thanks toaster,

Robert, looks great.

[Robert Kalman]

deleted.

[Robert Kalman]

Robert, looks great.

Many thanks. Your image is quite fine, as well, Mathieu.

[Timefreeze]

They do make good models although boring personalities. Mine can be mounted on a light stand.
98378Graflex Series D RB, 3x4 with a 405 Polaroid back Kodak Anastigmat 7 1/2 inch f4.5 (#33) lens with a +3 close up lens. Fuji FP 3000b B&W instant film.






I took this girls photo today and she was the worst model ever. Here facial expression never changed and she didn't say a single word???
TMAX 400, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100 Sinar F2, Fujinon W - 250mm
My first time using TMAX 400 4x5 and I really like the tones.

[muffin]

http://www.silberbild-studio.de/files/2013/06/184448n-700x525.jpg

I have one of this gals, too! I think she's quite nice and pleasant but my dog hates her.

[stradibarrius]

I thnk they all must be related???
Seriously is is a way to practice lighting, exposure, and other things but obviously there is no inspiration in working with a dummy.

[Mark Sawyer]

...but obviously there is no inspiration in working with a dummy.

Yeah, you'll never catch me photographing anything like that...

[Tin Can]

Lucky you!


Yeah, you'll never catch me photographing anything like that...

[Scott --]

Home sick today. Took a shot of my son.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3742/9242265662_bd5c363770_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/9242265662/)
Sick day... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/9242265662/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Sironar-N 210/5.6, 4x5 Arista.EDU in HC-110 dil H.

[dperez]

Scott,

This is an excellent portrait. The lighting along with you son's expression are reminiscent of many ancient Greek and Roman sculptures. Really well done!

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m89tptdH2P1rui49ao1_1280.jpg

-Daniel



Home sick today. Took a shot of my son.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3742/9242265662_bd5c363770_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/9242265662/)
Sick day... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/9242265662/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Sironar-N 210/5.6, 4x5 Arista.EDU in HC-110 dil H.

[Tin Can]

Wow! The same!

[thomasfallon]

I thnk they all must be related???
Seriously is is a way to practice lighting, exposure, and other things but obviously there is no inspiration in working with a dummy.

That's what my last model said about me.

[gene LaFord]

Wow Scott, that is excellent!

[GSX4]

Here are a few more from last weekend. I was fortunate enough to shoot tintypes of local MN based musician Grant Hart... Formerly the drummer of Husker Du in the 80's. i shot some more tins of him earlier in the year for his new album release coming out in July, called "The Argument." Anyway, these are the ones we did last Saturday... All were 8x10 2 shot in my studio, and 2 outside.

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[jp]

Been reading Maine Moderns: Art in Seguinland, 1900-1940 (Portland Museum of Art) (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300169485) in furthering my interest in pictorialism. Like Day and Clarence White, I have a special affinity for the Maine woods. I notice their images of youth in the daytime light dappled woods is an immense technical challenge I'm still figuring out. Looks like I should stick to simpler clothes for a contemporary compromise; putting up buck naked children on the Internet wouldn't be that wise these days, so I'm not looking to emulate dead photographers that closely, and highly patterned clothing like this is too distracting. The old pictorialists got really soft images that looked pretty nice; I shot these at f6.6 when I usually use f8 with the 190mm reinhold wollaston meniscus; a 1/3 stop makes a big difference in softness on that lens. Uncorking the aperture to increase softness is either precisely calculated bravado or a wasted sheet of film with little room for error. 4x5 fp4+ in pyrocat hd.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/9245326278_bb0f496cb8_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9245326278/sizes/z/in/photostream/

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/9242541027_f8167033c3_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9242541027/sizes/z/in/photostream/

[Tri Tran]

http://imageshack.us/a/img37/5783/nlb6.jpg
Koko
8x10 Platinum Print
Xray material with 400mm Plasticca Oskar Zwierzina

[Mark Sawyer]

Uncorking the aperture to increase softness is either precisely calculated bravado or a wasted sheet of film with little room for error...

It's called "tap-dancing on the edge of a cliff". I'd say you're doing it quite well. :)





Koko
8x10 Platinum Print
Xray material with 400mm Plasticca Oskar Zwierzina

Very nice! You know, since an heir of the Pinkham & Smith firm allowed someone to make the more modern Pinkham & Smith Bi-Quality, you could track down another heir and commission a Pinkham & Smith Tri-Quality!

[Tri Tran]

It is a poor man PS Tri-Quality. You are funny Mark.

[vanourek]

98498
Rittreck View 4x5 / convertible periscope lens 185 mm
Kodak TMax 100 / Pyrocat HD 1+1+100
Agfa Brovira BEH 112 [6] / Dektol

[stradibarrius]

TT, your portrait of KoKo is really nice!

[SergeiR]

well...since we apparently all thought about soft portraits in July.. here is one with
250mm Fujinon SF, 4x5, Chamonix 45n2, Ilford Delta

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3751/9261828099_42fb6e29fb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9261828099/)
Scan-130704-0001www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9261828099/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Robert Oliver]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/9261959541_d5344e17b7_b.jpg
Hand - Robert Earl Dean
B&J Commercial 8x10 w/ 5x7 reducing back
10.5" Cooke Portrait
5x7 Ilford HP5 processed in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100

(now if I can just figure out how to keep the 5x7 sheets from jumping around inside of my Jobo print drums during processing)

[Mark Sawyer]

A wonderful series you've been working on with that sitter and the little Cooke Portrait Lens, Robert. But for some reason I have a hard time believing they weren't shot in the late fifties/early sixties... ;)

[Robert Oliver]

Thanks for the compliment Mark, we were definitely going for that look (or older)

This series has helped me fall in love with the 8x10 camera for portraits... now if I could just figure out how to get that little Cooke to grow just a few more inches!!!

[Robert Oliver]

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/9265515580_8ae2af351f_b.jpg
Kalei
B&J Commercial 8x10
10.5" Cooke Portrait
8x10 Arista EDU Ultra processed in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/9265516238_dbce22b853_b.jpg
Kalei
B&J Commercial 8x10
10.5" Cooke Portrait
8x10 Arista EDU Ultra processed in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100

[JeRuFo]

I really like Arista Edu/fomapan for portraits with its rich blacks and good highlight retention. The first one could really use a black point adjustment, if you chop off the dead part at the bottom of the curve it would probably make it come to life a bit more.
Nice work, looks very old school with the hard lighting.

[Robert Oliver]

I really like Arista Edu/fomapan for portraits with its rich blacks and good highlight retention. The first one could really use a black point adjustment, if you chop off the dead part at the bottom of the curve it would probably make it come to life a bit more.
Nice work, looks very old school with the hard lighting.

didn't even notice I uploaded a earlier version... yep! 100% agree!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/9265515580_e92e7a5548_b.jpg

[Greenspeed]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/9266756431_6bcde9f1a9_c.jpg

A good friend and a great mechanic.

John Nesbitt 8 x 10 wooden field camera. Rodenstock Sironar-N 210mm.
FP4+ rated at ISO 120 developed in Rodinal 1:100 dilution over 30 minutes.

[JeRuFo]

Fantastic portrait Greenspeed. Great model too, bags of character.

[Greenspeed]

Fantastic portrait Greenspeed. Great model too, bags of character.

Thanks Jerufo. He hasn't seen the pic yet. I am sure he will be very pleased. I am definitely proud of this portrait.

[SergeiR]

Thanks Jerufo. He hasn't seen the pic yet. I am sure he will be very pleased. I am definitely proud of this portrait.
very good reason to be. Nicely done.

[Peter Gomena]

Ditto. The subject is totally relaxed and un-selfconscious. Wonderful portrait.

[Tin Can]

Ditto

[Michael Cienfuegos]

didn't even notice I uploaded a earlier version... yep! 100% agree!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5443/9265515580_e92e7a5548_b.jpg

Really like this one! Well done.

[Robert Oliver]

Thanks Michael!

[Tri Tran]

My new work 8x10 with 2A

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/1456/3p27.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/46/3p27.jpg/)

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

Fermo, a big friend of mine.

He wanted a silver reflector on his right. I tried to convince him it was not a good idea, but...


http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1676/m6gf.jpg

Film — Fomapan 100
Lens — Rodenstock Ysar 1:4.5 15cm.
Diaphragm — f/4.5
Shutter speed — 1/200 sec.

Developer — home brewed Perceptol (dil. 1+3)

Google Maps — 38.82151,-0.05030

[SergeiR]

My new work 8x10 with 2A


nice one :)

[Tri Tran]

nice one :)

Thanks Sergeir, glad you liked it .

[lenser]

Robert,

Cudos for the effort, but you are a quarter turn of the face and a slight raising of the key light away from this being magnificent. I love the shadow of the hair falling across her well lit eye and the light overall on the right side of the image is lovely, but draw a line straight down the center of the axis of her nose or better yet cover the whole right side of the image along that axis with a black card and study the left side critically. I think you'll find that you have a dead eye, a terribly distracting highlight at the front of her nose (squint hard to blur the whole image and that is all that you see) and the dramatic horizontal cut of a line between shadow and highlight on her cheek that would be so much less distracting if it had a downward angle instead.

If you shoot this again with the key light raised a few inches (but still catching the eyes) and with her face turned just enough to the right of the image so that her shadow side eye picks up that light, you will also lose the highlight on the flare of her nose due to that turn away from the kicker. Then, it will be brilliant.

The print quality is just gorgeous.

[Tin Can]

Very good and detailed critique, not criticism and there is a difference.

More of us could us that sort of advice, especially me.



Robert,

Cudos for the effort, but you are a quarter turn of the face and a slight raising of the key light away from this being magnificent. I love the shadow of the hair falling across her well lit eye and the light overall on the right side of the image is lovely, but draw a line straight down the center of the axis of her nose or better yet cover the whole right side of the image along that axis with a black card and study the left side critically. I think you'll find that you have a dead eye, a terribly distracting highlight at the front of her nose (squint hard to blur the whole image and that is all that you see) and the dramatic horizontal cut of a line between shadow and highlight on her cheek that would be so much less distracting if it had a downward angle instead.

If you shoot this again with the key light raised a few inches (but still catching the eyes) and with her face turned just enough to the right of the image so that her shadow side eye picks up that light, you will also lose the highlight on the flare of her nose due to that turn away from the kicker. Then, it will be brilliant.

The print quality is just gorgeous.

[rcmartins]

Appreciated the detailed and constructive critique written by Tim? about Robert's portrait. It's very helpful for guys like myself learning to use the light and starting to really look at photographs. Nice portrait, by the way.
Raul

[Robert Oliver]

Tim,

Thanks for the compliments and the critique. I agree on both of those critiques... I need to find a bigger, stronger junior stand to hold my Mole Richardson fresnel so I can get it a little higher. My 'little' C-Stand is completely maxed out under that keg and I'm afraid to use much extension.

Was supposed to shoot again in the studio on Monday, but my subject backed out.


Robert,

Cudos for the effort, but you are a quarter turn of the face and a slight raising of the key light away from this being magnificent. I love the shadow of the hair falling across her well lit eye and the light overall on the right side of the image is lovely, but draw a line straight down the center of the axis of her nose or better yet cover the whole right side of the image along that axis with a black card and study the left side critically. I think you'll find that you have a dead eye, a terribly distracting highlight at the front of her nose (squint hard to blur the whole image and that is all that you see) and the dramatic horizontal cut of a line between shadow and highlight on her cheek that would be so much less distracting if it had a downward angle instead.

If you shoot this again with the key light raised a few inches (but still catching the eyes) and with her face turned just enough to the right of the image so that her shadow side eye picks up that light, you will also lose the highlight on the flare of her nose due to that turn away from the kicker. Then, it will be brilliant.

The print quality is just gorgeous.

[lenser]

Robert,

I envy you the Mole Richardson Keg. I use three of the Photogenic mini spots, which weigh almost nothing and seem to give adequate light for static subjects (and have accessory snoots, screens and barn doors) when I play around with trying to emulate George Hurrell, my hero in this kind of portraiture. They seem to work well and of course are very easy to raise and lower.

Your model is very beautiful and I hope you get to work with her again. If you do, I'm anxious to see the final result. This one is very exciting and I'm sure when you have refined it, it will be a complete stand out success.

Great work, sir.

[Corran]

My girlfriend's sassy little niece is visiting us for a week. She wanted to see how I develop film so I said sure, but she would have to pose for me...hence the defiant little pose :)
Taken with my newly-CLA'd Schneider 150mm f/2.8 Xenotar at f/3.5 or so on TMX rated at 80, developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 12 minutes:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/shelby-1092ss.jpg

[Tin Can]

Great pose...................and exposure!

My girlfriend's sassy little niece is visiting us for a week. She wanted to see how I develop film so I said sure, but she would have to pose for me...hence the defiant little pose :)
Taken with my newly-CLA'd Schneider 150mm f/2.8 Xenotar at f/3.5 or so on TMX rated at 80, developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 12 minutes:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/shelby-1092ss.jpg

[Corran]

Thanks! I knew that white dress of hers would pop in the waning light of sunset. I don't often have little ones around and she's quite the model so I think you'll probably be seeing more of her!

[SergeiR]

My girlfriend's sassy little niece is visiting us for a week. She wanted to see how I develop film so I said sure, but she would have to pose for me...hence the defiant little pose :)
Taken with my newly-CLA'd Schneider 150mm f/2.8 Xenotar at f/3.5 or so on TMX rated at 80, developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 12 minutes:

lovely :)

[SergeiR]

8x10 xray, 300mm Symmar (convertible)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5499/9287984793_b7f4cee865_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9287984793/)
Scan-130714-0003www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9287984793/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

(bloody "save for web" jpeg.. there is no hotspot on her forehead in print.. :(()

[Tin Can]

You treat her nice, you will be shooting her years.

Lucky you. Lucky girl!


Thanks! I knew that white dress of hers would pop in the waning light of sunset. I don't often have little ones around and she's quite the model so I think you'll probably be seeing more of her!

[Corran]

Thank you Sergei.
Yep Randy, she already knows me as the guy constantly with a camera. She was fascinated by my Fuji Instant film and all the chemicals in my darkroom (and also my vinyl record player!). My younger relatives are far away and don't visit often so it's nice to have a young subject around for a little while.

[Tin Can]

The kids love analog, just as I was fascinated by my wire recorder, 78 record cutter and 1 tube radio station. I had all that old junk when I was 11. Wire recorders are really neat, as is all analog stuff.



Thank you Sergei.
Yep Randy, she already knows me as the guy constantly with a camera. She was fascinated by my Fuji Instant film and all the chemicals in my darkroom (and also my vinyl record player!). My younger relatives are far away and don't visit often so it's nice to have a young subject around for a little while.

[massimodec]

Serghiei
Very good light and contrast !

BTW : does this Xray film have a good "acute" grain ?
or does it have a micro-blur ?

thank you

[o4trix]

98907

Hello everybody, I'm a long time forum lurker and have benefited greatly from all of the information/insight available here on LFPF, thanks everybody.

Here's a portrait I made of my friend Rip Shredkins earlier this month...

Arista 100EDU --> ASA 80 --> ID-11 1:1
Wista SP w/ 0 movements --> 150mm Nikkor f5.6

[SergeiR]

Serghiei
Very good light and contrast !

BTW : does this Xray film have a good "acute" grain ?
or does it have a micro-blur ?

thank you


thank you.

As of grain - it depends on processing and whole other set. Sometime i do get very grainy results, when pushing it too far, and sometime you really hard pressed to see any. But i dont really do grain/noise cleaning (even with digitals) nor go after pixels on 400mp scans, so i like it either way :P

[Tin Can]

Sergei's Art!

Look at the face of the last beauty, she has wonderful texture!





thank you.

As of grain - it depends on processing and whole other set. Sometime i do get very grainy results, when pushing it too far, and sometime you really hard pressed to see any. But i dont really do grain/noise cleaning (even with digitals) nor go after pixels on 400mp scans, so i like it either way :P

[fecaleagle]

Let's be brave. Here's one of me taken by my lovely assistant. I was trying to explain about rear tilt and converging verticals when the patience started wearing thin and it was time to take a picture. She had to tilt the camera because I am significantly taller than her, so that's what that's all about. Another very low density negative, slightly underexposed. f/3.2 Petzval. 1 second exposure on Ilford FP4+ 5x7. Expanded development in Pyrocat HD by a couple of minutes because the exposure was cut short by about 3/4 of a second (can't blame her, the shutter is one of her hats). Scanned on an office scanner, the hairs and fibers are from me or the book it was stuffed in.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3718/9303928282_1f4810003b_c.jpg

Oh yeah, focus is perfect on my ears. :) Bound to be perfect somewhere!

[vanourek]

98928

[unrealalex]

99004

[SergeiR]

Great shot, Alex.

[Tin Can]

Yes, fantastic shot. Could you tell us a little about it?

Thanks!



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[Terry Hull]

99007

[Terry Hull]

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[Terry Hull]

99011

[SergeiR]

4x5 Foma 100, 240mm Heliar

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/9319386998_ef35a2350a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9319386998/)
Engagement portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9319386998/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Greenspeed]

Kudos Sergei. Beautiful portrait.

[SergeiR]

Kudos Sergei. Beautiful portrait.

thank you

[SergeiR]

Ok, this was actually shot back in March or April, but i just got it processed.. And its my first time ever doing crossprocessing. So there lets say its July's work ;)

8x10 X-processed velvia 100F, 14 inch Heliar

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/9328634360_ffb17e3e7b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9328634360/)
Scan-130718-0004www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9328634360/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[David Lobato]

4x5 Foma 100, 240mm Heliar

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/9319386998_ef35a2350a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9319386998/)
Engagement portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9319386998/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

Sergei, that's a judicious use of tilt. Nice work.

[Tri Tran]

Very nice Sergei. It's funny ...I have this exactly teak bench.



Ok, this was actually shot back in March or April, but i just got it processed.. And its my first time ever doing crossprocessing. So there lets say its July's work ;)

8x10 X-processed velvia 100F, 14 inch Heliar

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/9328634360_ffb17e3e7b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9328634360/)
Scan-130718-0004www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9328634360/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[SergeiR]

Sergei, that's a judicious use of tilt. Nice work.
thank you :) All that and fighting hordes of elephant sizes mosquitos.. I think i got bitten during that session nearly as much as in whole 5 weeks of being in Siberia :(


Very nice Sergei. It's funny ...I have this exactly teak bench.
thanks :) It is actually in Dallas Arboretum , they got really serious lately about setting up small bits for photographers to shoot various things. Unfortunately of late you have to be REALLY sneaky to get there in time before the swarm of people shooting kids and testing new cool dSLRs... In about 15 minutes after that shot was done place was crawling with gaziillion of visitors

[C. D. Keth]

I posted an ugly photo resembling this back in February. My scanner was acting up very badly and I've finally bought a new one.

Meet Ben and Roo. They're both film grips, involved in building some of the huge art pieces for burning man, and Roo is a circus performer. They were just engaged for this picture.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9329349242_d082fafe13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/9329349242/)
Ben Roo 9, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/9329349242/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr

[Hugo Zhang]

Two 810 plates from yesterday's shoot with Tri.

[Alan Gales]

I posted an ugly photo resembling this back in February. My scanner was acting up very badly and I've finally bought a new one.

Meet Ben and Roo. They're both film grips, involved in building some of the huge art pieces for burning man, and Roo is a circus performer. They were just engaged for this picture.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9329349242_d082fafe13_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/9329349242/)
Ben Roo 9, 2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdketh/9329349242/) by CKeth (http://www.flickr.com/people/cdketh/), on Flickr

I love it!

They look like a fun couple. :)

[Alan Gales]

I wonder what Grant Wood would think.

[Tri Tran]

Two 810 plates from yesterday's shoot with Tri.

good job my friend , it was fun.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Two 810 plates from yesterday's shoot with Tri.

Nice Hugo!!! YOu are hooked!!

[stradibarrius]

Sergei Your work is always pleasing to me. This is such a nicely executed shot. The way the grass at the bottom left is in focus along with her fingers and then the OOF at the base of his coat ...just perfect! excellent tomes and exposure. Well done.
4x5 Foma 100, 240mm Heliar

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3813/9319386998_ef35a2350a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9319386998/)
Engagement portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9319386998/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

From a wedding I shot for a friend last month.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, T-Max 400.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Rocio-4x5-01a.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Bravo! Perfect tones.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Bryan. This was N-2 development since it was a very bright summer's day and I metered for their shadowed faces, but it worked out.

J.

[goamules]

I made a conscious attempt to shoot like Julia Margaret Cameron today. But old chemicals, changing light, rain - everything was conspiring against my goal. This is the only plate I got. 5x6 with 1860 Willard petzval.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5325/9336939545_be3003cf08_z.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

This is the only plate I got...

...but it's a beauty! More artifacts than you normally have, but they don't bother me at all.

[goamules]

Thanks. Yeah, it's almost like that other, modern female wetplater who has all the fame from her plate's flaws, and shall go unnamed!

[SergeiR]

Thanks. Yeah, it's almost like that other, modern female wetplater who has all the fame from her plate's flaws, and shall go unnamed!

eh? Do tell :)

History must know her heroes!

[SergeiR]

I made a conscious attempt to shoot like Julia Margaret Cameron today. But old chemicals, changing light, rain - everything was conspiring against my goal. This is the only plate I got. 5x6 with 1860 Willard petzval.

Kinda need pink background :) Or something like that.. Its really odd how you got me to revisit her work again and once again i kept thinking "hmm.. i guess i could try it".

[Peter Lewin]

Goamules: If I got your reference correctly, that woman photographer's initial fame came from her film photographs of her family, well before she decided that she liked wet plates. There are many (myself included, and I even took a workshop with her many years back) who think her earlier work is much better than her wet plates, so it isn't accurate to attribute her success to the flaws in her wet plates. Not really picking on your comment, more having fun with the "she who shall not be named!"

[Ari]

A rare photo for me, a recent outing with the wife and a Turner-Reich convertible at 12".

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/9347710982_491dfa199e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsari/9347710982/)
BB166 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsari/9347710982/) by Ari4000 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zsari/), on Flickr

TK45-S, TR at 12", Kodak Ektar, f/16 I think.

[jcoldslabs]

Is the name Sally Mann somehow verboten around here? Did I miss the memo?

Jonathan

[Ari]

Is the name Sally Mann somehow verboten around here? Did I miss the memo?

Jonathan

Sally Mann!

[goamules]

OK, ok, I'll post one of the other plates. Because maybe I can be famous like the One Who Cannot be Named. The mystery of this plate is called "One Foot." It's ethereal lack of focus is foreshadowing the transience of light and life, it's artifacts speak to the wounds of our collective consciousnesses. The photographer embraces verbose and vivid vernacular to elicit empathetic verdicts:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2881/9347976238_771dab053d_z.jpg

[Peter Lewin]

Ari: Aside from the fact that Goamules may have fooled all of us, I really liked the portrait of your wife. I only hope that she isn't seated in the middle of what looks too much like an active roadway... (That isn't a critique of the picture, which as I said is well-done as well as showing your wife very attractively, just kidding about the location.)

[Allen in Montreal]

Hi Ari,
I rarely have time to pop in, good to see you are shooting, love the pic.
After Lac Megantic settles down, coffee on the V anytime soon?

[Ari]

Ari: Aside from the fact that Goamules may have fooled all of us, I really liked the portrait of your wife. I only hope that she isn't seated in the middle of what looks too much like an active roadway... (That isn't a critique of the picture, which as I said is well-done as well as showing your wife very attractively, just kidding about the location.)

Thank you, Peter; it's a dead-end road :)
I rarely post photos anymore, but there was a discussion today on convertible lenses, and I happened to have a recent test shot handy.


Hi Ari,
I rarely have time to pop in, good to see you are shooting, love the pic.
After Lac Megantic settles down, coffee on the V anytime soon?

Hi Allen,
I'd love to but I'm stuck in Ottawa most of the time; I will call when I visit Montreal; promise!

[Nathan Potter]

Goamules, I'm not a portrait photographer so won't comment other that to say I really like that head shot. Somehow I have a feeling I know her personality through that expression.

Ari, another shot that I adore. A gorgeous lady whose smile defines the absurdity of the place.

Double bravo.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[Ari]

Nate, you are too kind; my wife liked the look of the T-R lens, so she insisted we do a quick shoot in the rain.

She is gorgeous, I'll give you that. :)

[goamules]

Thanks Nate, she's learning to be a good model.

[SergeiR]

A rare photo for me, a recent outing with the wife and a Turner-Reich convertible at 12".


TK45-S, TR at 12", Kodak Ektar, f/16 I think.

This is really nice. And Ektar film, which i always thought to be way too contrasty/pushy for portraits.

[Ari]

This is really nice. And Ektar film, which i always thought to be way too contrasty/pushy for portraits.

Thank you, Sergei; maybe the old T-R removed some of the film's inherent contrast?

Ektar is my portrait film of choice, btw.

[Corran]

Ektar is my portrait film of choice, btw.

Why?
I'm just curious as to your thought process. Always interested to hear what other photographers are thinking in terms of film choice for X subject.

I don't really like Ektar personally, even as a landscape film. I can't imagine wanting that magenta hue in the skin tones myself.

[Tri Tran]

Sisters
8x10 Platinum toned giclee print
48cm Nicola Perscheid F6 with Xray material

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7332/a2ax.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/a2ax.jpg/)

[Jim Cole]

Lovely, TT! That wonderful garden you have in your yard is a photographic gold mine.

[Ari]

Why?
I'm just curious as to your thought process. Always interested to hear what other photographers are thinking in terms of film choice for X subject.

I don't really like Ektar personally, even as a landscape film. I can't imagine wanting that magenta hue in the skin tones myself.

I like the punch of Ektar, the colour balance is not too hard to adjust; shooting in shadow is a bit trickier, but I've managed to overcome it in most situations.

The clarity and contrast of the film is something I've grown to appreciate.

Not really much of a thought process, I'm afraid. :)

[Tri Tran]

Lovely, TT! That wonderful garden you have in your yard is a photographic gold mine.

Thank you Jim, it's all planned for a photographic back yard environement when I redo the yard a few years ago. It's quite rewarding after all the hard work , for friends get together for a shoot and chill out.

[ZoeRayor]

Stunning portraits. How are you getting the soft vignetting on the first three?

[Harley Goldman]

99004

I like this a lot. The image sparks the imagination on the life the subject has led. Excellent work.

[Tri Tran]

Sisters
8x10 Platinum toned giclee print
48cm Nicola Perscheid F6 with Xray material

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/7332/a2ax.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/a2ax.jpg/)

And here's today behind the scene for a wet print ...
Printed on Crane Paper . Platinum Palladium ratio control tone. Dichromate control contrast with Potassium oxalate developer.

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9359/lva1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/lva1.jpg/)

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

And here's today behind the scene for a wet print ...
[...]


seems to me the image on the paper looks with better tonality than the scanned one. Fantastic result.

[Tri Tran]

seems to me the image on the paper looks with better tonality than the scanned one. Fantastic result.

Indeed that's the beauty of this process. Thanks for checking.

[SergeiR]

And here's today behind the scene for a wet print ...
Printed on Crane Paper . Platinum Palladium ratio control tone. Dichromate control contrast with Potassium oxalate developer.

nice

[Tri Tran]

nice

Thanks Sergei. I didn't forget about the lens test for you , will try to do it today.

[SergeiR]

Thanks Sergei. I didn't forget about the lens test for you , will try to do it today.
Its ok :)

[Jim Graves]

"Reisekamera" approx. 1904 and Petzval approx 1870 full open. 18x24 cm paper negative

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=98023&d=1372712501

That is a great portrait ... so many are the same ... the really good ones hit you in the face and make you sit up and take notice ... this one does that. Very nice.

[tangyimail]

Nice


And here's today behind the scene for a wet print ...
Printed on Crane Paper . Platinum Palladium ratio control tone. Dichromate control contrast with Potassium oxalate developer.

[jp]

"Reisekamera" approx. 1904 and Petzval approx 1870 full open. 18x24 cm paper negative

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=98023&d=1372712501

I like it.

I'm pretty sure it's not the look you were going for, but overshadowing her gentleness, I see Trinity of Matrix fame... I think it's the intense pose mixed with the style of lighting where she is lit from both sides, making it a bit more enigmatic.

[Ootsk]

Here's one of my brother and his daughter.
Omega 4x5 with a petzval of some kind, at 4.5ish.
Shutter 1/60. efke pl25 ort. Rodinal 1-12 for 4 minutes.99316

[FlashGordon]

I like it.

I'm pretty sure it's not the look you were going for, but overshadowing her gentleness, I see Trinity of Matrix fame... I think it's the intense pose mixed with the style of lighting where she is lit from both sides, making it a bit more enigmatic.

Thanks:-)
Was actually only doing a "let's see how this lens works" - picture at a workshop. Camera placed indoor in a door frame and light reflected from the white walls of the house on both sides of the door with trees in the garden as background. Shutter was a piece of cardboard ~ ½ second...

[SergeiR]

4x5 ilford delta, 250mm fujinon sf. Chamonix 45n2.
Textured print.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/9369573787_40e734ea68_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9369573787/)
Scan-130704-0003www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9369573787/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[Tin Can]

Very nice again!

Are you using swing or any other movement to focus both eyes?



4x5 ilford delta, 250mm fujinon sf. Chamonix 45n2.
Textured print.

[SergeiR]

Very nice again!

Are you using swing or any other movement to focus both eyes?

thanks. It were swing and tilt both on front standard. Rear one was tilted a bit too, to change projection a tad (overwise face was too foreshortened b/c camera was angled a bit)

[benrains]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3703/9374247192_d2b11cba67_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9374247192/)
tesla (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9374247192/) by Ben Rains (http://www.flickr.com/people/benrains/), on Flickr

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8"/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[Tin Can]

Had to catch my breath.

Wonderful!



http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3703/9374247192_d2b11cba67_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9374247192/)
tesla (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9374247192/) by Ben Rains (http://www.flickr.com/people/benrains/), on Flickr

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8"/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[Tin Can]

Then I clicked through to flickr, speechless.

[Corran]

Grabbed a shot of this construction worker at the mill site I've been documenting. Gundlach Radar 300mm Ilford FP4+, Rodinal 1:50:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/stricklandmill810-1140crops.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Grabbed a shot of this construction worker at the mill site I've been documenting.

Funny to see him holding a small hammer when surrounded by all that rubble. What, is he smashing it all up by hand? ;)

Jonathan

[Tin Can]

I like the flying wall or pallet, magically hanging up by a thread.


Funny to see him holding a small hammer when surrounded by all that rubble. What, is he smashing it all up by hand? ;)

Jonathan

[Corran]

Haha, I hadn't even noticed the hammer!

Randy - they are always telling me to watch out because there's a lot of stuff "hanging by a thread" as it were.

This is actually cropped down from a full 8x10 sheet...I was going for an "expansive view" with him being small in the scene but I didn't really like it as such so I chopped it down...but here's the original full sheet, what do y'all think? I should've had him 15ft closer...live and learn. He had to bolt as the boss was nearby.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/stricklandmill810-1140ss.jpg

[Tin Can]

I like it better full size. Hand color that guy red or something...

[Corran]

Well that's certainly an interesting idea!

[D-tach]

4x5 ilford delta, 250mm fujinon sf. Chamonix 45n2.
Textured print.



Very nice, I like the way her face emerges out of the darkness

[benrains]

Had to catch my breath.

Wonderful!

Thanks Randy! I've been trying to use my free time wisely this summer. If only I had more of a budget for 8x10 film.

[Tin Can]

Ben. I just watched your flickr slideshow on my cheap ass projector at 10' diagonal while listening to a WFMT Folk music special.

Perfect music for your images. The Ken Burns effect helps make them mesmerizing. Amazing how good they looked that big.

Slowly sliding B&W images bringing me to another time, but I assume these are fairly recent from the clothes.

We have a lot of Indiana here in Wicker Park.

You do need more film!

Thanks for the show, your friends look nice.





Thanks Randy! I've been trying to use my free time wisely this summer. If only I had more of a budget for 8x10 film.

[Corran]

Wista 8x10, Gundlach Radar 12" f/4.5 @ f/6.8, 1/2s exposure, Fuji HR-T X-Ray film rated at 64, Rodinal 1:100, 7 minutes 68F:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/test810-1147ss.jpg

[Tin Can]

Brian, I think you have it nailed.

I like the off center focus, she sure stood still.

Very nice!

[Corran]

Well...if you want to get technical she really didn't (and I don't blame her, with a 1/2s exposure). It's ever so slightly blurred from motion at about a 4x magnification. Good enough for a small forum post, and good enough for my test purposes as I get back into using x-ray film!

Thanks.

[Tin Can]

Fill flash?


Well...if you want to get technical she really didn't (and I don't blame her, with a 1/2s exposure). It's ever so slightly blurred from motion at about a 4x magnification. Good enough for a small forum post, and good enough for my test purposes as I get back into using x-ray film!

Thanks.

[Corran]

Nope. Didn't really want to fool with lighting. Cloudy day in the woods.

[Tin Can]

I didn't think you would. Just foolin.


Nope. Didn't really want to fool with lighting. Cloudy day in the woods.

[Corran]

:) gotcha

[billie williams]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3703/9374247192_d2b11cba67_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9374247192/)
tesla (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/9374247192/) by Ben Rains (http://www.flickr.com/people/benrains/), on Flickr

Century Studio 10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Raptar 11 7/8"/4.5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

What a beautiful portrait. Wow.

[rjbuzzclick]

Speed Graphic, Buhl projection lens, Fomapan 100:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/9363144959_b1f23591bf.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

A shot of my nieces and nephews taken last month during our California trip. It was dusk, the light was fading fast, and the kids were squirrelly, so I had to underexpose by one stop (and then push in development) just to get to 1/30th wide open. Sally Mann I ain't.

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar, T-Max 400


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-TMY2-Cousins-02-LFPF.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Looks great Jonathan! I think that's a good example of a photo that really doesn't need technical perfection. I'm sure they and their parents will cherish it for a long time.

[jcoldslabs]

I think that's a good example of a photo that really doesn't need technical perfection.

That's pretty much what I was thinking, too. But we're our own worst critics, no?

J.

[Corran]

Absolutely!

[SergeiR]

A shot of my nieces and nephews taken last month during our California trip. It was dusk, the light was fading fast, and the kids were squirrelly, so I had to underexpose by one stop (and then push in development) just to get to 1/30th wide open. Sally Mann I ain't.


good thing that you not her :) or there will be much confusion.

[D-tach]

Marcel

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9394358925_1976434556_b.jpg

Deardorff - Cooke PS945 - Efke 25 4x5 (46 sheets left :()

[StoneNYC]

There's a couple different cross processing techniques, but I assume this is Velvia developed in C-41 chemistry?

Was it then scanned, or was it printed on RA4 paper optically?

Thanks, it's really very beautiful BTW.


Ok, this was actually shot back in March or April, but i just got it processed.. And its my first time ever doing crossprocessing. So there lets say its July's work ;)

8x10 X-processed velvia 100F, 14 inch Heliar

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/9328634360_ffb17e3e7b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9328634360/)
Scan-130718-0004www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9328634360/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr

[StoneNYC]

Go easy guys, this is my first portrait ever taken on 4x5 and my 3rd sheet ever exposed (the other two were group shots of the whole family at the family picnic). This is my Uncle smoking his pipe. I did my best to get the pipe in focus, and the front part of his face, while getting the rest out of focus, I did want his collar in focus but I wish I had opened up a bit more for a bit shallower field so his chin weren't so odd looking. I'm learning, not bad I think for my 3rd sheet of LF film.

Toyo 45a, Schneider 150mm f/5.6 Symmar-S, FOMA100 4x5, Rodinal 1:50, 1/60 @ f/10

99498

[SergeiR]

There's a couple different cross processing techniques, but I assume this is Velvia developed in C-41 chemistry?

Was it then scanned, or was it printed on RA4 paper optically?

Thanks, it's really very beautiful BTW.

Thanks, yes ,its just c41, then scan. I dont do optical colour prints , its inkjet, there is limit to my madness still :))

[Martin Aislabie]

Marcel

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7416/9394358925_1976434556_b.jpg

Deardorff - Cooke PS945 - Efke 25 4x5 (46 sheets left :()

Stunning

I hope you ar eboth very pleased with the result

Martin

[D-tach]

Stunning

I hope you ar eboth very pleased with the result

Martin

Thanks Martin - the negative was a bit contrasty to scan on my V700, think I over developed a bit

[z84]

Linhof Technika, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 150, Ilford FP4+ (Rodinal)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/9404945615_a0194ae8eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christoph_z/9404945615/)

[StoneNYC]

Linhof Technika, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 150, Ilford FP4+ (Rodinal)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/9404945615_a0194ae8eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christoph_z/9404945615/)

Wow, the balls are so black, her skin is so even toned, was this lot with studio lights? It's really fantastic!! Dreamy...

[Tin Can]

Very interesting. Compare with Ben Rains and we have Zeitgeist.

Both of you have produced and provided lovely Flickr slideshows.

I wonder what I have been doing.


Linhof Technika, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 150, Ilford FP4+ (Rodinal)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/9404945615_a0194ae8eb_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/christoph_z/9404945615/)

[z84]

Wow, the balls are so black, her skin is so even toned, was this lot with studio lights? It's really fantastic!! Dreamy...

Thanks. It was natural light only. The direct sunlight was shielded by the trees. And her skin is very bright, so it gives a nice contrast to the dark setting.

[StoneNYC]

Thanks. It was natural light only. The direct sunlight was shielded by the trees. And her skin is very bright, so it gives a nice contrast to the dark setting.

An, love when that happens, also, she doesn't have balls... Hahaha that was supposed to be blacks as well... Haha :)

[Alan Gales]

An, love when that happens, also, she doesn't have balls... Hahaha that was supposed to be blacks as well... Haha :)

Is your project starting to get to you? ;)

[StoneNYC]

Is your project starting to get to you? ;)

Haha remember the tootsie roll commercials ... Everything I see looks like a tootsie roll to me... Haha

[Alan Gales]

Haha remember the tootsie roll commercials ... Everything I see looks like a tootsie roll to me... Haha


:)

[gsinico]

My first shot, a portrait, with my new fujinon SF180.

http://gelatina.altervista.org/pics/bn/bn_people/bn_portraits/Silvie-0006.jpg

[Don Ciccone]

4x5 ilford delta, 250mm fujinon sf. Chamonix 45n2.
Textured print.

Great facial expression, nicely done. BTW, what is a "textured print".

Don


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/9369573787_40e734ea68_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9369573787/)
Scan-130704-0003www (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeistudio/9369573787/) by Sergei Rodionov (http://www.flickr.com/people/sergeistudio/), on Flickr