October 2015 Portraits

[chrism]

I decided to do some 4x5 today, but lacked a model so I ended up using a tape measure and some guesswork to do a self-portrait. As I was developing a pair of negatives, our member of parliament (we have a federal election next month) knocked on the door. I knew him long before he first was elected, so I invited him into the darkroom and he watched while his handlers fumed outside. He stayed to see the negatives come out of the tank, and that might just have been the best part of his day (he does 200 doorsteps a day at 2 minutes each!)

Chamonix 4x5, Schneider 127mm, HP5+, HC-110, V850 scan:
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/665/21906708362_41aaf86f0d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/znPBbj)
Self Portrait (https://flic.kr/p/znPBbj) by chrism229 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrism229/), on Flickr

Chris
PS Jesse - stunning!

[Old-N-Feeble]

Shouldn't these latest images be in an "October 2015 Portraits" thread? :)

[chrism]

Nova Scotia is a bit behind the times! If a mod wants to move mine, I'm quite happy for them to do it.

[photonsoup]

Nova Scotia is a bit behind the times! If a mod wants to move mine, I'm quite happy for them to do it.

It's ok. September is my favorite month, let's make it last as long as possible!

[seven]

The fourth eye
5x7 Aluminum
Dallmeyer 3B

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[Corran]

Kind of crappy self portrait but we were just messing around.

Chamonix 45n1, 21cm f/4.5 APO Lanthar, Fuji 160S

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/ld-2473ss.jpg

[jesse]

Lotus 5x7, Jamin Cone type Petzval, Fomapan 100

http://forum.hklfc.com/data/attachment/forum/201510/03/235855ywyyeirkx9srioo9.jpg

[SergeiR]

Lotus 5x7, Jamin Cone type Petzval, Fomapan 100

very creative use of swirl here!

[alanbutler57]

That is a great shot Miguel!

[jesse]

Keeping it going...
ULF portrait, grandchild being asked "not to move"!
Trying to keep focus in place.

Nice portrait Miguel.

[jesse]

Lotus 5x7, Jamin Cone type Petzval, Fomapan 100

http://forum.hklfc.com/data/attachment/forum/201510/06/010352rwwlsr55fcwzcl0w.jpg

[koraks]

Lovely lens, model and images!!

[Miguel Curbelo]

Genial Miguel, enhorabuena.

[gsinico]

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Helena and Marco,
Padova , Zabarella bookshop.

(testing the newlens fujinon 250/6.3)

[gsinico]

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Angela,
Ebony45su+250fujinon
NP22film developed in studional 1+15

[Oren Grad]

Nova Scotia is a bit behind the times! If a mod wants to move mine, I'm quite happy for them to do it.

Done!

[chrism]

Thank you, kind sir!

[richardman]

Chris Garcia, 17 times Hugo Loser, but the ones that count are the 2 times he won.

"The light is fading, can you hold for 1/4 seconds?"
"Sure!" and he did.

For the "Worldbuilders of Science Fiction and Fantasy" project.

http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20151006-Scanned-1260.jpg

Cooke PS945, Portra 160

[fishbulb]

One of the best so far Richard. I'm really enjoying your Worldbuilders project.

[ImSoNegative]

Lotus 5x7, Jamin Cone type Petzval, Fomapan 100

http://forum.hklfc.com/data/attachment/forum/201510/06/010352rwwlsr55fcwzcl0w.jpg

very nice!!

[richardman]

One of the best so far Richard. I'm really enjoying your Worldbuilders project.

Thanks Adam! My subjects are authors, editors, and artists, and most of them are not used to being in front of a "pro" camera. That plus usually I only have a few minutes, and that I don't necessarily know them, and that I can only afford 2 sheets per person, add to the challenge. Chris is someone I know for a few years and he is quite a character, so I am glad that his personality shines through in this one.

[jesse]

very creative use of swirl here!


Lovely lens, model and images!!


very nice!!


Thanks all !

[dimento]

The fourth eye
5x7 Aluminum
Dallmeyer 3B

140629. Really nice portrait, when you say aluminium, do you mean wet plate aluminium or daguerrotype or something? Forgive my ignorance, but I've never shot or printed wet plate,
Or anything of that nature, thanks, D

[ImSoNegative]

Portrait of my 80 year old mother I shot today. C1, 250mm SF, x ray film

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/688/21996754652_271e323bdc_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zvM7Ny)Portrait of my mother II (https://flic.kr/p/zvM7Ny) by john golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

Another one same set up except this time she thought I was just fiddling around with my camera and not doing a shot, she was watching the ducks

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/760/21821156708_51fcbb2758_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zfg8DN)Portrait of my Mother (https://flic.kr/p/zfg8DN) by john golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[Brian Sims]

This is extraordinary. Very nice.

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Angela,
Ebony45su+250fujinon
NP22film developed in studional 1+15

[gsinico]

This is extraordinary. Very nice.

Thanks Brian.

[seven]

Thank you dimento !
It's collodion wet plate on black aluminium.

[mathieu Bauwens]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/582/21831577739_55a66db7c5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zgbxsK)Ode1 (https://flic.kr/p/zgbxsK) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/697/22018496505_e0f5a49323_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zxGxU6)Ode2 (https://flic.kr/p/zxGxU6) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5792/22006207862_f447c586ee_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zwByUW)Ode3 (https://flic.kr/p/zwByUW) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

Ode Bertrand, painter, 85 years
Exhibition in Brussels last we.

Kodak 2D 8x10 + Fujinon 300mm
Bergger Pancro 400@1600
contact printed on Bergger CB style 8x10 paper

[mathieu Bauwens]

family portrait ;

Kodak 2D, Fujinon 300mm f8
Bergger Pancro 400

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/662/21397335813_0d43e359e3_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/yANWsZ)Lee4 (https://flic.kr/p/yANWsZ) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

[jesse]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/582/21831577739_55a66db7c5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zgbxsK)Ode1 (https://flic.kr/p/zgbxsK) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/697/22018496505_e0f5a49323_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zxGxU6)Ode2 (https://flic.kr/p/zxGxU6) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5792/22006207862_f447c586ee_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zwByUW)Ode3 (https://flic.kr/p/zwByUW) by Mathieu Bauwens (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathieubauwens/), sur Flickr

Ode Bertrand, painter, 85 years
Exhibition in Brussels last we.

Kodak 2D 8x10 + Fujinon 300mm
Bergger Pancro 400@1600
contact printed on Bergger CB style 8x10 paper

Like the 1st one very much!

[mathieu Bauwens]

Thank you Jesse

[jesse]

Lotus 5x7, Steinheil Convertible Orthostigmat Set A3, Fomapan 100, HC-110

http://forum.hklfc.com/data/attachment/forum/201510/09/10194498fz9999693u89f3.jpg

[Pali K]

Jesse - love every single one but that last one is super special. Fantastic work as always.

[jesse]

Jesse - love every single one but that last one is super special. Fantastic work as always.


Thanks Pali K.

[gsinico]

[QUOTE=jesse;1280583]Lotus 5x7, Steinheil Convertible Orthostigmat Set A3, Fomapan 100, HC-110

nice shoot, I'm curous about the lens used in this shoot, could you show me?

[BrianShaw]

Jesse - love every single one but that last one is super special. Fantastic work as always.

That is what I was thinking, so let me add that I agree. The contrast between the serene face of the model and the sinister face on the shirt compels me to keep looking.

[jesse]

[QUOTE=jesse;1280583]Lotus 5x7, Steinheil Convertible Orthostigmat Set A3, Fomapan 100, HC-110

nice shoot, I'm curous about the lens used in this shoot, could you show me?

Thanks gsinico.
This is the lens.

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[Robin_SUN]

here is my first share on LF, my 9-year old son Iven. Winser 4*5, heliar 240/4.5 wide open, Shanghai gp3, HC-110 B

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[Robin_SUN]

Hey Jesse, glad to meet you at LF. Great shot, bravo!


Lotus 5x7, Steinheil Convertible Orthostigmat Set A3, Fomapan 100, HC-110

http://forum.hklfc.com/data/attachment/forum/201510/09/10194498fz9999693u89f3.jpg

[mathieu Bauwens]

nice shoot of your son, Robin

[jesse]

Robin, nice to meet you here!

[jesse]

here is my first share on LF, my 9-year old son Iven. Winser 4*5, heliar 240/4.5 wide open, Shanghai gp3, HC-110 B

140790

Nice photo Robin !

[peter schrager]

Jesse that's a great piece of glass
The photos are really sublime!

[Stephane]

Guro with Claude, her 300 years old violin through a Verito 14"/4...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/770/21889451978_febbd22f27_b.jpg

[jesse]

Jesse that's a great piece of glass
The photos are really sublime!

Thanks Peter.

[Corran]

This is heavily cropped due to some fogged film - not sure exactly what happened but whatever. Also underexposed. We were just messing around anyway but I liked the look of this shot and will redo it again at some point.

21cm f/4.5 APO Lanthar, APX 100, Rodinal 1:50:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/apx-2664ss.jpg

[Fritz05]

My 9 year old daughter Friederike
Plaubel Peco Universal II 13x18cm; Schneider Symmar-S 240mm; Fomapan 100; f 22; 1/60 sec. Three studio flashes: Key light Hensel Monoflash Vario B 600 Ws + large Beautydish; Fill flash: No name China flash 300 Ws; Flash on high key background: Hensel Monolite 400E 400 Ws

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[Robin_SUN]

Stephane, dreamlike photo, I like the feeling

[Robin_SUN]

nice shoot of your son, Robin

Thanks Mathieu!

[Mark Sawyer]

Guro with Claude, her 300 years old violin through a Verito 14"/4...


Very unusual, and quite lovely! That Verito has a good home...

[jp]

Guro with Claude, her 300 years old violin through a Verito 14"/4...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/770/21889451978_febbd22f27_b.jpg

A different composition that I like!

[peter schrager]

You guys are killing me with those old lenses...gee and people used to give those away...ALL GREAT PIX PEOPLE! !!

[Mark Sawyer]

You guys are killing me with those old lenses...

Well, compared to that 300-year-old violin, they're pretty late model! But there are many parallels too, I suppose...

[Stephane]

Thanks guys! Violins are thin wood and weight nothing and make a very nice and loud sound. At least that one. Amazing they can survive that long...

[Fritz05]

My 9 year old daughter Friederike
Plaubel Peco Universal II 13x18cm; Schneider Symmar-S 240mm; Fomapan 100; f 22; 1/60 sec. Three studio flashes: Key light Hensel Monoflash Vario B 600 Ws + large Beautydish; Fill flash: No name China flash 300 Ws; Flash on high key background: Hensel Monolite 400E 400 Ws

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What´s wrong with my daughter that everyone seems to ignore her? I don´t need to be praised, but I am glad for any feedback by large format experts because I am new to the LF World and your comment will help me to improve my photography

[djdister]

What´s wrong with my daughter that everyone seems to ignore her? I don´t need to be praised, but I am glad for any feedback by large format experts because I am new to the LF World and your comment will help me to improve my photography

Fritz,

Your daughter is lovely, however the lighting and pose in this shot are pretty unflattering. Nothing wrong with a high key shot, but the angle of the light seems to be entirely from the side, which is not typical beauty lighting. The pose seems very awkward too, with her arm seemingly jutting out of her left ear. This is just my opinion however.

To expand on the this a bit more - the angle of the light is way too low and throws an unnatural shadow of her nose in an upward direction across her face - that is unpleasant. Look up examples of high key portraits online, or potentially butterfly lighting as well, for a better approach. Leave out any hand/arm in the pose until you get your basic lighting technique down with a simple pose.

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In this diagram, note how the key light is directly in line with the subject's nose, and above the level of the eyes (it doesn't quite show that, but trust me).

[jp]

What´s wrong with my daughter that everyone seems to ignore her? I don´t need to be praised, but I am glad for any feedback by large format experts because I am new to the LF World and your comment will help me to improve my photography

Glad to help; just ask for feedback as you have just done; most are too polite to offer unsolicited constructive feedback as it could get taken wrong. Mortensen's "Pictorial Lighting" would be a good resource for lighting options. You should be able to get a used copy for not much. With a large beauty dish, it would be possible to light her nicely with just one flash. Part of what's great with LF is digging into history and seeing how things were done so well in the past.

[cowanw]

Your daughter looks like a great subject. Without the arm that would be a charming portrait.
My first thought was that the print needed to be printed darker or perhaps at a lower grade.
If you were going for high key, I would suggest a plain top so that the eyelets don`t offer dark distractions.
The lighting is upward and that is usually an ominous or scary lighting position.
I hope we can look forward to a series as she grows up, like the way "Scott--" has done with his son and daughter.

[ImSoNegative]

One I shot today of my son's girlfriend, the smile is in no way fake this kid smiles all the time. :) whole plate, 250 6.7.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/657/21528664973_2ccdf0e45b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/yNq33R)tori (https://flic.kr/p/yNq33R) by john golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[Fritz05]

Your daughter looks like a great subject. Without the arm that would be a charming portrait.
My first thought was that the print needed to be printed darker or perhaps at a lower grade.
If you were going for high key, I would suggest a plain top so that the eyelets don`t offer dark distractions.
The lighting is upward and that is usually an ominous or scary lighting position.
I hope we can look forward to a series as she grows up, like the way "Scott--" has done with his son and daughter.

Dear djdister, jp and cowanw,
Thank you very much; that has been exactly the helpful comment I have been hoping for. In fact, I felt there´s something wrong about that photo, but I was unable to see what it exactly was. The upward lightning is obviously my fill flash - I put it there, because my key light - the 600Ws flash with giant beauty dish- came from the upper left side. This fill flash position was ether totally wrong or the fill flash way too strong - or even both. I asked my daughter to support her head with her arm, because it seemed to be the only way to prevent her head to get out of the shallow depth of field as she couldn´t stop her head moving. I will try to do the some photos with a different lightning following your advice.

[David Aimone]

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Hanna Grace
Chamonix 045n-2, Voightlander Heliar 210mm, Arista EDU400 in Pyrocat-MC

[jp]

Dear djdister, jp and cowanw,
Thank you very much; that has been exactly the helpful comment I have been hoping for. In fact, I felt there´s something wrong about that photo, but I was unable to see what it exactly was. The upward lightning is obviously my fill flash - I put it there, because my key light - the 600Ws flash with giant beauty dish- came from the upper left side. This fill flash position was ether totally wrong or the fill flash way too strong - or even both. I asked my daughter to support her head with her arm, because it seemed to be the only way to prevent her head to get out of the shallow depth of field as she couldn´t stop her head moving. I will try to do the some photos with a different lightning following your advice.

With my daughters, I usually get less cooperation as the day wears on; come evening they are tired and less cooperative. They can be motivated to hold a pose and cooperate with a bribe such as dessert.

[polak]

Linhof T V, Fomapan 400@125, Adonal, Jobo
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[Roger Thoms]

With my daughters, I usually get less cooperation as the day wears on; come evening they are tired and less cooperative. They can be motivated to hold a pose and cooperate with a bribe such as dessert.

Yes bribes are sometimes necessary. We were at an art fair and decided to get a tintype of my two nieces, 5 and 7. Well the first two shots were underexposed and to get the kids to sit for a third exposure we had to buy them tee shirts. Worked like a charm.

Roger

[t0aster]

8x10 Harman Direct Positive Paper
Wollensak f/5 Portrait lens

[ImSoNegative]

Nice shot toaster, I have thinking of getting some of that paper

[Peter Lewin]

Polak: Lovely portrait, but an even more interesting-looking website, except that for us non-Polish speakers, we can admire the photographs and only wonder about your articles! Any way to run a website through a translation program?

[polak]

Hi Peter. I wondered about that many times. My next article's will be in english and polish. Thanks for the watching.

[David Lobato]

This week in the machine shop. The guys were fascinated with the camera. Being craftsmen, they understood my reasons for using 8x10.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55432652/Jim%20Webster%20001%20600LFF.jpg

Toyo 810M, 14 inch Kodak Commercial Ektar, Tri-X

[nede]

hello,
Super Yvette in her kitchen.
She will turn 82 this year and of course she is the greatest Grandma you can have!
8x10 contact print on fomalux SP111, schneider 300mm @ f/5,6 continuous light
behind the scene soon to come :)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3865384/yvette.jpg

[t0aster]

hello,
Super Yvette in her kitchen.
She will turn 82 this year and of course she is the greatest Grandma you can have!
8x10 contact print on fomalux SP111, schneider 300mm @ f/5,6 continuous light
behind the scene soon to come :)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3865384/yvette.jpg

Very nice, Nede.

[Rank Amature]

That's a wonderful portrait - the smile is very natural and the tones and detail really suit the man and his proffession. Great job all the way around.

[ImSoNegative]

A couple of ladiess enjoying the October sunshine in Blue Ridge Georgia, C1, 250mm 6.7, x ray film.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5718/22236883866_9d93253a10_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zSZQRq)Conversing (https://flic.kr/p/zSZQRq) by john golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[nede]

Very nice, Nede.

thank you t0aster

[Philippe Grunchec]

That's a wonderful portrait - the smile is very natural and the tones and detail really suit the man and his proffession. Great job all the way around.

I'm sure the sitter will appreciate your comment :-)

[bracan]

Karlo The Barbers Bg

Polaroid 55 expired 4x5 negative on Speed Graphic and Aero Ektar wide open.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5734/21664457213_4c66c93d25_c.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5659/22259170196_9c2492b5c8_c.jpg

[gimenosaiz]

hello,
Super Yvette in her kitchen.
She will turn 82 this year and of course she is the greatest Grandma you can have!
8x10 contact print on fomalux SP111, schneider 300mm @ f/5,6 continuous light
behind the scene soon to come :)

Great!

Cheers

[gimenosaiz]

"Freeze, dad!" ;-)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/577/21914050816_33ed45a757_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm)
violeta (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm) by Antonio Gimeno (https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniogb/), on Flickr

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker
Aeroektar 178/2.5
Foma 400| Rodinal 1+50 |11' at 20ºC
Epson 4990/ Epson Scan
LR 5.7

[ImSoNegative]

"Freeze, dad!" ;-)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/577/21914050816_33ed45a757_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm)
violeta (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm) by Antonio Gimeno (https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniogb/), on Flickr

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker
Aeroektar 178/2.5
Foma 400| Rodinal 1+50 |11' at 20ºC
Epson 4990/ Epson Scan
LR 5.7

Great portrait!!

[nede]

Great!

Cheers
thank you Gimenosaiz
The BTS video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPe-UR1dtnU

[RSalles]

Nede,

Very cooperative grand mo'

Cheers,

Renato

[SergeiR]

"Freeze, dad!" ;-)
great capture

[Nicolasllasera]

thank you Gimenosaiz
The BTS video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPe-UR1dtnU
Great portrait and nicely done video.

[bracan]

Fantastic!!!!


"Freeze, dad!" ;-)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/577/21914050816_33ed45a757_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm)
violeta (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm) by Antonio Gimeno (https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniogb/), on Flickr

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker
Aeroektar 178/2.5
Foma 400| Rodinal 1+50 |11' at 20ºC
Epson 4990/ Epson Scan
LR 5.7

[Tobias Key]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/679/21708800293_db6e571a06_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z5kh1e)West Wittering Beach (https://flic.kr/p/z5kh1e) by Toby Key (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/), on Flickr


This is my son George posing for me. I trying out HC110 as a new standard developer and I'm pretty pleased with tonality of this image although flickr tends to over sharpen everything and make images look rather 'spiky'.

[George E. Sheils]

You should be very pleased with this portrait, Toby. It is fantastic.

[Jiri Vasina]

"Freeze, dad!" ;-)

... (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm)
violeta (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm) by Antonio Gimeno (https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniogb/), on Flickr

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker
Aeroektar 178/2.5
Foma 400| Rodinal 1+50 |11' at 20ºC
Epson 4990/ Epson Scan
LR 5.7

The more I look at it, the more outstanding I find it... Truly wonderful...

[AlexGard]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5699/21725258234_06cc385473_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z6MCnQ)
Greeley (https://flic.kr/p/z6MCnQ) by alex gard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/134921754@N05/), on Flickr

My cousin, the rapper.
8x10 black glass ambrotype

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

Antonio, I know you still have some hidden but fantastic portraits: show them!

[koraks]

Alex, they're getting more fascinating by the day. I really like this environmental portrait; it has an interesting contrast in its content.

[AlexGard]

Thanks mate. He was stoked with it, too.

[gimenosaiz]

great capture


Great portrait!!


Fantastic!!!!

Thank you! ;-)


The more I look at it, the more outstanding I find it... Truly wonderful...
Ups! Thanks you!!!


Antonio, I know you still have some hidden but fantastic portraits: show them!
Hehe, thank you Domingo ... I'll look for them ;-)


Un abrazo !!!

[gimenosaiz]

Lotus 5x7, Jamin Cone type Petzval, Fomapan 100
Amazing!

[jesse]

Amazing!

Thanks gimenosaiz.

[DennisD]

"Freeze, dad!" ;-)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/577/21914050816_33ed45a757_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm)
violeta (https://flic.kr/p/zoteQm) by Antonio Gimeno (https://www.flickr.com/photos/antoniogb/), on Flickr

Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker
Aeroektar 178/2.5
Foma 400| Rodinal 1+50 |11' at 20ºC
Epson 4990/ Epson Scan
LR 5.7

I love this...

Beautifully composed and rendered.
Wonderful tonality.

[jp]

"Freeze, dad!" ;-)

Really nice! The plain background and the isolating powers of the AE make the dad pay attention to what's important. A picture of parenting as much as a photo of a child.


I felt like shooting a sheet of film last night so I could have a full combiplan tank for developing. FP4+ isn't quite fast enough for my "Mortensen basic" hot light (brooding lamp with a CFL in it), so I underexposed it knowing it would be the moody and darkish sort of thing the pictorialists did 110 years ago. I used my speed graphic at 1/10th sec and f4.5 with a 9" Gundlach Hyperion lens. It's not anything prizewinning, but I'm pleased with it.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5666/22395160312_73c2ebf883_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/A7Z3VE)img478 (https://flic.kr/p/A7Z3VE) by Jason Philbrook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/), on Flickr

[jb7]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5802/22409156685_609ca05e4c_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/A9dMyr)Freda (https://flic.kr/p/A9dMyr) by joseph (https://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/), on Flickr

Freda, 82 next week. You didn't hear that from me...

[Ari]

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5699/21725258234_06cc385473_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/z6MCnQ)
Greeley (https://flic.kr/p/z6MCnQ) by alex gard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/134921754@N05/), on Flickr

My cousin, the rapper.
8x10 black glass ambrotype

Excellent, Alex.

[Miguel Coquis]

I decided to do some 4x5 today, but lacked a model so I ended up using a tape measure and some guesswork to do a self-portrait. As I was developing a pair of negatives, our member of parliament (we have a federal election next month) knocked on the door. I knew him long before he first was elected, so I invited him into the darkroom and he watched while his handlers fumed outside. He stayed to see the negatives come out of the tank, and that might just have been the best part of his day (he does 200 doorsteps a day at 2 minutes each!)


Chris
PS Jesse - stunning!

This post should be on September. Not on top of new October thread !
Do not know who is doing such moves, it is not acceptable !!!
I have asked for my contribution on opening october portraits 2015 to be deleted in sign of total disagreement.
This has to be said, read and well known by each LFF member.
MAC

[Stephane]

Marius through a petzval

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5810/22441799405_1c8313c6cb_c.jpg

[Nicolasllasera]

Im not much of a portrait guy. But managed to get my daughter to pose a bit before the bellows on my Sinar broke. I dont own a scanner so this is a shot with my phone of a contact print proof.

Sinar P2 8x10.
Foma 100
Ilford RC Pearl

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[ImSoNegative]

One shot today, 400mm fujinon T, Rittreck view 4x5. fp4

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5836/22463164582_8d49f9fc81_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/AdZAe5)Julia (https://flic.kr/p/AdZAe5) by john golden (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126756312@N03/), on Flickr

[DG 3313]

My shot today....Amanda in the fixer....4x5 TMY-2


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[AlexGard]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/735/22463191596_13bcbb86df_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/AdZJfQ)
mark (https://flic.kr/p/AdZJfQ) by alex gard (https://www.flickr.com/photos/134921754@N05/), on Flickr

Mark is a purveyor of the finest junk, vintage records and books this side of Bass Strait. A wildly entertaining character and I very much enourage you to check out his shop in the small country town of Sheffield nestled beneath Mt Roland in North West Tasmania if you ever get the chance.

Unfortunately I was running out of daylight and it started raining just out of this shot, otherwise I would have tried again (bad development) but it still came out nice in my opinion and he was stoked.

[ImSoNegative]

Alex that is an awsome portrait

[goamules]

This might be the only LF portrait I get this month, very busy, so I'll put it here too. First shot with the cheap CC Harrison I got locally with a box of other lenses.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5761/22480846222_9d45706f89_c.jpg

[Ding Gerrous]

This one from a wetplate session a couple weeks ago. It is part of a series i'm developing about 'First Generation French-Filipinos'. Shot indoors with 8 cfl 5500k, 135w Please note that that big swat of blackness is not intentional, It's a novice booboo caused by a dark red antique 'malle de voyage' not registering in collodion (well, not getting enough light also). The mother and daughter were delighted by it just the same so i'm not complaining. :-) Wetplate collodion on aluminum, 5x7in. CZJ Tessar 300mm, f4.5 full open at 11minutes.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AIltoTdDWsU/Vi6Vrla-75I/AAAAAAAAD4Q/SHRpeh0G6oI/s512-Ic42/cathy%252520mom%252520%2525281%252520of%2525201%252529.jpg

[ghostcount]

...CZJ Tessar 300mm, f4.5 full open at 11minutes.


Nicely done - but 11 minutes? :eek:

[Ding Gerrous]

Nicely done - but 11 minutes? :eek:

oppps! thanks for spotting that! it's 11 sec but it felt like minutes :-)

[Tim Meisburger]

Nice one Ding. The empty areas frame the image in an interesting way.

Nice to see you on LFPF!

[Ding Gerrous]

Thanks Tim. Yes, i checked my profile and it says i've been a member here since Oct 2009! I believe i've lurked here for about 5 more years before that. Being an autodidacte and coming from a country where resources for LF is almost nonexistent, The forum is more than a show and tell place for me. It's my school and sanctuary of sort. albeit quietly.

[mdarnton]

Well, that's a really cool photo, so I hope you find a way to step out of the darkness and post more of them!

[Ding Gerrous]

Well, that's a really cool photo, so I hope you find a way to step out of the darkness and post more of them!

Thanks for positively egging me on! I've been shooting wet plate an average of 3 days a week since i started this collodion journey more than a year ago. It's more for the reason tha i hate the idea of mixed collodion getting expired than anything else. (i'm a cheapskate!) Here's another one from the same shoot: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7L4VwADz9Xo/Vi6VroFp0uI/AAAAAAAAD4M/CrLjAskghfk/s512-Ic42/cathy%252520sto%252520nino%252520%2525281%252520of%2525201%252529.jpg

[koraks]

Excellent portrait, Ding! The practice you've been getting is reflected in this image!

I'm curious as to how you combine being a cheapskate and a wet plate shooter; I'm seriously interested in collodion, but I haven't found a way yet to make it very affordable. What are the corners you've been able to cut without getting into problems?

[Emil Schildt]

VERY excited today....
I have this awesome Gandolfi Universal 4x5 camera - I have this maybe even more awesome ancient Ross lens....
Some time ago I then got the only handmade custom back for roll film ever made for Gandolfi...

But I got that thought: Wouldnt it then be able to use for Polaroid film?
Tried it today, and it Works like a charm!!
Awesome on top of awesome.... I now have a new favourite camera set for my portraits... :)

..and now with a couple of first results...

(Ross Petzval lens 350mm F4 - polaroid 665)

[Nicolasllasera]

cant upload picture

[George E. Sheils]

Lovely work, Nicolas. Your daughter is very cute.



Im not much of a portrait guy. But managed to get my daughter to pose a bit before the bellows on my Sinar broke. I dont own a scanner so this is a shot with my phone of a contact print proof.

Sinar P2 8x10.
Foma 100
Ilford RC Pearl

141359

[Nicolasllasera]

Lovely work, Nicolas. Your daughter is very cute.
Thanks George, she loves posing for the camera, as you can see.

[Misko]

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5659/22259170196_9c2492b5c8_c.jpg

As I've already told you on Flickr or Instagram - this shot is simply amazing Braco! Way to go!

[jaymus]

This is a great portrait. Thanks for sharing.

[Christo.Stankulov]

Karlo The Barbers Bg

Polaroid 55 expired 4x5 negative on Speed Graphic and Aero Ektar wide open.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5734/21664457213_4c66c93d25_c.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5659/22259170196_9c2492b5c8_c.jpg

I like the second one Bracan, a lot :)

[alex from holland]

"Mario"
11x11" Tintype
16" Hermagis petzval at f4.5

http://www.pbase.com/image/162060954/original.jpg

[koraks]

Alex does it again! Do you do exhibitions? I'd love to see your plates in person!

[alex from holland]

Thanks!

I do have exhibitions now and than.
But mostly with my storytelling series. No portraits


Alex does it again! Do you do exhibitions? I'd love to see your plates in person!