October 2011 portraits

[alex from holland]

Ok, it's October already again.
here's my tribute. My daughter Lisa

http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/138440235.jpg

Clear glass ambro
18x24cm
exposure time 4 secs
Dallmeyer 3b open
Alex collodion mix
KCN fixer

[Marko Trebusak]

Hi Alex,

Very fine portrait of your daughter. It's interesting to see that there are so many wet collodion portraits that exhibit this intense look, just like this one. Probably very white eyes??

Anyway did I said, that I like it?

Cheers,
Marko

[alex from holland]

Thanks Marko,

actually she has lightgreen/blue eyes.
On collodion they look more intens.
Like this one also http://500px.com/photo/1633508

alex

[D-tach]

Ok, it's October already again.
here's my tribute. My daughter Lisa


Super Alex! Wat een mooie blik :-)

groeten
Tom

[Marko Trebusak]

Thanks Marko,

actually she has lightgreen/blue eyes.
On collodion they look more intens.
Like this one also http://500px.com/photo/1633508

alex

My bad, Alex. Sclera on wet plate became very, very white and the contrast against the rest of the face tones looks like it intense the look. Uff, that's a bit more complicated to write down in English, that I would prefer:rolleyes:, but hopefully you'll understand.

Marko

[SamReeves]

Finally got the Tachihara out on a model. The beautiful Dre Hernandez in a little park this morning!

Tachihara 4x5 Field, Rodenstock Geronar 210mm ƒ6.8 lens, Fomapan 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW451110001_1.jpg

[Richard Rankin]

Ok, it's October already again.
here's my tribute. My daughter Lisa



Clear glass ambro
18x24cm
exposure time 4 secs
Dallmeyer 3b open
Alex collodion mix
KCN fixer

What a great start to the October portraits, Alex.

Richard

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

I just can't seem to find myself models, so I've been doing self-portraits most of the time, though it has brought me to insanity :D

8x10 lith film print on FB paper
250/4 CZJ tessar full open
http://photo-zona.net/images/user63930/album22385/large/1317568677_oxpj5539_Scan-111002-0001.jpg

[p_markowski]

First image made for me this month.
Chamonix 4x5, Cooke 229mm, HP5, Pyrocat HD

[r.e.]

I just can't seem to find myself models, so I've been doing self-portraits most of the time, though it has brought me to insanity :D

8x10 lith film print on FB paper
250/4 CZJ tessar full open
]

Well you're doing a pretty good job.

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

Thank you, r.e.

[Stephane]

Alex
Asked him to come over, so he can also take my portrait (I am not as good at self portraits as Nikola).

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6204413987_83b894799d_b.jpg

[gsinico]

I shooted some years ago, but never post here, this is one of a serie,her name is Sara.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6178/6204586122_b62f571025_b.jpg

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6204584490_93901bce1b_b.jpg
second one : "Salmacis"

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6020/6204583502_9ba889f452_b.jpg
Salmacis again.

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6180/6204065167_f391579765_b.jpg

headshot...

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6204579866_4d828f1d4b_b.jpg

Hope youre not annoyed by those pics...

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6170/6204585210_be2f55e523_b.jpg

hands on feet

[ImSoNegative]

Finally got the Tachihara out on a model. The beautiful Dre Hernandez in a little park this morning!

Tachihara 4x5 Field, Rodenstock Geronar 210mm ƒ6.8 lens, Fomapan 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW451110001_1.jpg

very nice portrait, damn that tree is huge!!

[ImSoNegative]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6204584490_93901bce1b_b.jpg
second one : "Salmacis"

they are all good, but i really like this one

[goamules]

Gelatina, great shots! Post #17 reminds me of a young Linda Ronstadt.

[SamReeves]

very nice portrait, damn that tree is huge!!

Thanks. :D I picked the park for that reason. :)

Another of Dre from yesterday.

Tachihara 4x5 Field, Rodenstock Geronar 210mm ƒ6.8 lens, Fomapan 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW451110001_4.jpg

[Allen in Montreal]

they are all good, but i really like this one

+2

[Domingo A. Siliceo]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6204584490_93901bce1b_b.jpg
second one : "Salmacis"

I find this one a very good job and really sweet and nice. The light coming from back and up helps a lot in the final result, IMO.

(Sorry for re-post the image)

[gsinico]

I find this one a very good job and really sweet and nice. The light coming from back and up helps a lot in the final result, IMO.

(Sorry for re-post the image)

I like this too, I remember me and the model starting climbing the mountains at 6:30 in the summertime, and looking for this spot were the light is spilling from the back for few minutes, so we had to hurry up and climbing. I used to shoot with my Arca F line, and a heavvy Bogen-Manfrotto 055 and the arca ballhead on it.

I used delta 100 film, and 180 Sironar-N. But those are only poor details...

thanks for all of you for appreciation.
Giovanni

[gsinico]

Gelatina, great shots! Post #17 reminds me of a young Linda Ronstadt.


I do not know this Linda, I'll go searching..
Thanks for the appreciation.
Giovanni

[gsinico]

Some colorslides of the Salmacis serie:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6163/6207115510_391a006b29_b.jpg



http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6207118896_d8f85fb5c6_b.jpg

[gsinico]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6172/6206605271_a2d75f076d_b.jpg

Salmacis in color, in the back of her there is a fall.

The blurring of the water tell the long exposure,
something beetween 1-4 seconds for those shots.
I appreciate a lot this marvellous still model!

[gsinico]

I do not know this Linda, I'll go searching..
Thanks for the appreciation.
Giovanni


I post in the Long exposure thread a couple of pics that belonging from this group and model..

[ImSoNegative]

Ok, it's October already again.
here's my tribute. My daughter Lisa

http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/138440235.jpg

Clear glass ambro
18x24cm
exposure time 4 secs
Dallmeyer 3b open
Alex collodion mix
KCN fixer

very cool alex, hey didnt you guy one of those huge wet plate cameras? whats goin on with that?

[bigguy88]

Some colorslides of the Salmacis serie:


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6177/6207118896_d8f85fb5c6_b.jpg
i really like head and shoulders shot like this . :) http://www.edslrvideo.com/line.jpg:)

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img328009.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/328009)

Globica 13x18, Zeiss 250/4.5,
13x18cm Ambrotype on black plexi
20sec f4.5

[Shac]

Linhof Technika IV; 180 Nikkor 4x5 TriX; HC110-B
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/Anka_9-5_sh_cr_Quad.jpg

[Michal Makowski]

Linhof Technika IV; 180 Nikkor 4x5 TriX; HC110-B
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/Anka_9-5_sh_cr_Quad.jpg

I love this one!!!

[alex from holland]

very cool alex, hey didnt you guy one of those huge wet plate cameras? whats goin on with that?

Thanks.

Yes i did. Made my first plate with it recently. Planned to make some more in the coming weeks.
Here you go : http://collodion-art.blogspot.com/2011/08/donchev-camera-is-deflowered.html

Alex

[r.e.]

Linhof Technika IV; 180 Nikkor 4x5 TriX; HC110-B

There is something a little menacing about this. Maybe it's just me, but it brought to mind a film called The Bad Seed. It's partly the expression, but more so the lighting. I wonder whether the digital image and/or my computer screen accurately capture the lighting and, if so, whether this is what you intended. Or perhaps my reaction to the photograph is unique to me.

[dlin]

Linhof Technika IV; 180 Nikkor 4x5 TriX; HC110-B


Very lovely!

[Shac]

Michael/Daniel - thank you both
r.e. - interesting - I suppose b/c I know her I never felt it was a menacing image - but can see that perhaps it could be interpreted as such. It was window lighting but printed/processed dark.
Thanks for the comments

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6210542820_bcec8687df_z.jpg

My friend's wedding.

[goamules]

My daughter #1, 5x7 Tri-X, Karl Struss Pictorial lens:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6211185141_05f832fec6_z.jpg

larger (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6211185141_05f832fec6_b.jpg)

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

Two second-graders wanted their portrait taken whilst I was doing some attempts at landscape shots. I like how well the unsensitized silver emulsion of the FB paper I was using coped with the skin tones
http://photo-zona.net/images/user63930/album22385/large/1317751278_tawf1564_Scan-111004-0003.jpg

[Ramiro Elena]

Two second-graders wanted their portrait taken whilst I was doing some attempts at landscape shots. I like how well the unsensitized silver emulsion of the FB paper I was using coped with the skin tones


How nice to be able to photograph children without thinking you'll be arrested or beat up by an angry dad! I miss that feeling.

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

:p maybe it because I'm still a kid
well, 16 still qualifies:cool:

[dupont07]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6098/6210573524_1ee0cc6c94_z.jpg

[ImSoNegative]

:p maybe it because I'm still a kid
well, 16 still qualifies:cool:

Wow! 16 and using a large format camera. I think that is awsome. keep it up.

[ImSoNegative]

Thanks.

Yes i did. Made my first plate with it recently. Planned to make some more in the coming weeks.
Here you go : http://collodion-art.blogspot.com/2011/08/donchev-camera-is-deflowered.html

Alex

Awsome Image Alex!

[ImSoNegative]

My daughter #1, 5x7 Tri-X, Karl Struss Pictorial lens:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6211185141_05f832fec6_z.jpg

larger (http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6042/6211185141_05f832fec6_b.jpg)

Very Nice Portrait Garrett!

[dupont07]

Ỉmpessive, Nik! Well done.

:p maybe it because I'm still a kid
well, 16 still qualifies:cool:

[jb7]

:p maybe it because I'm still a kid
well, 16 still qualifies:cool:


Well, you're doing great work- I like the self portrait too-
Well done on the camera, and holders, you're making good use of it-

If I could ask- what introduced you to LF photography, and what inspired you to make the camera? ( http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showpost.php?p=786198&postcount=365 )It seems unusual that someone so young could be so accomplished at something that could be seen to have a limited interest to the youth of today-
Do any of your contemporaries share your interest?

For an activity that demands a beard, preferably grey, you're doing very well-
and if more people like you continue to demand film, then maybe there's hope yet...

Will look out for more pictures from you-


j

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

Well, I started out about a year and a half ago with a 35mm SLR, shot mostly color and had it processed by the photo-lab. Slowly, I took up developing and printing my photographs and moved up to medium format with a TLR. However, once I saw a collodion plate done by a fellow photographer in Bulgaria, I knew I wanted to do large format. So it seemed a natural progression - 35mm-6x6-8x10. I decided to go with 8x10, because it is large enough to contact print, so I circumvent the expensive LF enlargers and equipment. The camera and holders were a fun project to do with my father, and it involved a lot of research and staring at photographs of other people's equipment :)
So, here I am, doing LF photography in my spare time, trying to do something worthwhile in it.
As for any peers taking interest in large format, most people are excited to see such a camera, but here in Bulgaria, it is too expensive for most average people to go LF.

[Shac]

Linhof Technika IV, 180 Nikkor, TriX, HC110 B
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/GG1.jpg

[Ramiro Elena]

This is from 1998 I think, but just scanned it today.
My friends Jack and Anna in Tucson with my recently aquired Toyo 45A.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6151/6217964300_aaac7b5ca8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6217964300/)
Jack & Anna (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6217964300/) by rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), on Flickr

[Jay DeFehr]

Ramiro,

I like this very much; it has a timeless quality, and seems to express something about the relationship and characters of these two people.

[northcarolinajack]

This is my Son, David, after 2 days of hard trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Deep Creek Area near Bryson City, North Carolina. He looks tired and so am I after my hikes taking a few photographs.

Camera – Super Graflex with 10 inch – Wollensak Veritar at F 6

Film – Ilford HP 4 in HC110 B

Jack




www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

[Jim Galli]

Like this one Jack. I'll bet he looks just like that.


This is my Son, David, after 2 days of hard trout fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Deep Creek Area near Bryson City, North Carolina. He looks tired and so am I after my hikes taking a few photographs.

Camera – Super Graflex with 10 inch – Wollensak Veritar at F 6

Film – Ilford HP 4 in HC110 B

Jack




www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img329055.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/329055)
13x18cm Ambrotype made on black plexi
Globica 13x18 LF camera + Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
9sec f4.5

[Ramiro Elena]

I rescued some old negatives while re-doing my website. I was never happy with these. I lit them all wrong but after 10 years and new scans I am starting to like them a bit more.

http://djlhggipcyllo.cloudfront.net/2343684/06160f68628c740cc0af9f059c0e4b2c858c23ea/4.jpg

A few more shots here (http://500px.com/RamiroElena).

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

Another portrait from my day out, two cyclists in the park
FB paper negative
http://photo-zona.net/images/user63930/album22385/preview/1318073783_mpph3385_Scan-111008-0001.jpg

[alex from holland]

http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/138668167/original.jpg

Black glass ambro
18 x 24 cm
No extra ether collodion mix
KCN fixer
exposure time 5 secs

[MMELVIS]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img329055.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/329055)
13x18cm Ambrotype made on black plexi
Globica 13x18 LF camera + Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
9sec f4.5

Nice capture. Does plexiglass work better than glass?

[MMELVIS]

http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/138668167/original.jpg

Black glass ambro
18 x 24 cm
No extra ether collodion mix
KCN fixer
exposure time 5 secs

The eyes in this are just stunning

[gsinico]

http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/138668167/original.jpg

Black glass ambro
18 x 24 cm
No extra ether collodion mix
KCN fixer
exposure time 5 secs


Alex, I would like to partecipate to your workshop,
it is a pity you are so far from Italy, BTW, I was once upon a time in Eindhoven,
so I guess it is just two countries far from here...

sincerely I was delighted to see all the collodions of your.

:)

[SCHWARZZEIT]

I shot this portrait of my wife Kathi one year ago:
http://www.high-end-scans.de/img/bilder/web/DV101009_01_res4.jpg
Larger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15251995@N08/6226248935/sizes/o/in/photostream/)

-Dominique

[Stephane]

Still your wife?

;)

[SCHWARZZEIT]

Still your wife?

;)

It's kind of the other way around. We weren't officially married when I took the photo last year but now we are for a little over a week.

-Dominique

[jcornelius84]

This is a photograph of my girlfriend Allie. This is the first time I've posted a photo of mine on here. I recently started taking LF photographs and this is the first batch of photos. I am really glad that it turned out decently. Would love to hear your thoughts, questions, comments, and advice.

Shot with a Graphic View Graflex Camera

The film I used was Ilford HP5 Plus- Black & White ISO 400

[snay1345]

This is my first time ever taking a portrait with my 4x5. I don't have a scanner so I had to use some iphone negative camera app to get it onto the computer. Normally I will make a contact print and then scan that but the negative just got finished drying.



Cambo 4x5 F8 @ 1/8sec Fomapan 100 developed in D76 1+1 for 5 minutes at 25c.v EDIT forgot the lens, Fuji 210.

Sorry for the crappy quality.

[OMU]

Hello;
My first portrait taken with my "new to me" Norka studio camera with a Heliar 36cm. Half plate, paper negative. It's a photo of my daughter Mona. Thanks for looking.

[Scott --]

My dad turned 71 this year. My first large format shot of him, using the 10x12 and 16" RR.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6231439429_94d87a0897_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/)
Grandpa... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[cowanw]

This is my first time ever taking a portrait with my 4x5. I don't have a scanner so I had to use some iphone negative camera app to get it onto the computer. Normally I will make a contact print and then scan that but the negative just got finished drying.



Cambo 4x5 F8 @ 1/8sec Fomapan 100 developed in D76 1+1 for 5 minutes at 25c.v EDIT forgot the lens, Fuji 210.

Sorry for the crappy quality.

You must be pleased as punch!

[Jay DeFehr]

Scott,

It's a beautiful portrait, and your father is a very handsome man. That's sure to become an heirloom.

[Hugo Zhang]

11x14 HP5 film with 480mm Aero Xenotar lens at f/4.5 wide open. "Before the Dance."

[atlcruiser]

My first ever "real" portrait! Really the first one that that came out sorta OK. Also my first use of studio strobes

Chamonix 045N-2
Rodenstock 210/5.6
Fuji Instant FP 100 45C

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6232839970_4f19f5d9e8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6232839970/)
1011 clr 45 1 Scan-111010-0001.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6232839970/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[dlin]

My dad turned 71 this year. My first large format shot of him, using the 10x12 and 16" RR.

A very sensitive portrait- one I'm sure your family will treasure.

Best,
Daniel

[dlin]

11x14 HP5 film with 480mm Aero Xenotar lens at f/4.5 wide open. "Before the Dance."

Nicely done, Hugo!

Best,
Daniel

[Hugo Zhang]

Thanks， Daniel！

[Scott --]

Scott,

It's a beautiful portrait, and your father is a very handsome man. That's sure to become an heirloom.


A very sensitive portrait- one I'm sure your family will treasure.

Best,
Daniel

Thanks for your kind words, Jay and Daniel!

[David Carson]

My first ever "real" portrait! Really the first one that that came out sorta OK. Also my first use of studio strobes

I like this. :)

[John NYC]

My dad turned 71 this year. My first large format shot of him, using the 10x12 and 16" RR.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6231439429_94d87a0897_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/)
Grandpa... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

That is excellent!!

[K. Praslowicz]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/share/stephanie-goes-stiltwalking.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/stephanie-goes-stilt-walking/)

[Jim Fitzgerald]

11x14 HP5 film with 480mm Aero Xenotar lens at f/4.5 wide open. "Before the Dance."

Hugo, nice job. She looks lovely!

[r.e.]

[URL="http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/stephanie-goes-stilt-walking/"]I think that this is wonderful.

[K. Praslowicz]

I think that this is wonderful.

Thanks!

[jon.oman]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/share/stephanie-goes-stiltwalking.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/stephanie-goes-stilt-walking/)

Cool image, but why is she doing this?

[K. Praslowicz]

Cool image, but why is she doing this?

A troupe of some sorts was holding free Stilt Walking classes.

[Hugo Zhang]

Trying out two lenses last weekend.

[Tri Tran]

Trying out two lenses last weekend.

Good try Hugo.What lens and who's the photographer?

[Hugo Zhang]

I want you to guess. Of course I squeezed the Packard shutter. :)

[Tri Tran]

I want you to guess. Of course I squeezed the Packard shutter. :)

I can see the charm of the Aero Ektar but no glue on the second one. Are they for sale or just eye candies?

[Hugo Zhang]

No Aero Ektar here and nothing for sale. One is Universal-Heliar 36cm. I set the softness between 3 and 4 and closed down the aperture a bit to F/5.6. The other is P&S wide open. :)

[Tri Tran]

No Aero Ektar here and nothing for sale. One is Universal-Heliar 36cm. I set the softness between 3 and 4 and closed down the aperture a bit to F/5.6. The other is P&S wide open. :)

Nice, so what kind of P&S ( point and shoot) lens with wide open :confused:

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img330732.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/330732)
First photo opening my new project called "Professions & Passions"
"Kate - Travel Agent"
Globica 13x18 + Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
14sec f4.5
Ambrotype on black plexi

[jp]

Re Kate: That's a really nice combination of composition, shapes, pose, and light/dark.

I like the straight line from elbow to elbow and how the legs are perpendicular to that, and of course how the globe fills in the left side of the photos.

[ImSoNegative]

My dad turned 71 this year. My first large format shot of him, using the 10x12 and 16" RR.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6231439429_94d87a0897_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/)
Grandpa... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

This is really a great portrait! I realize now that I need to do a portrait of my mother she will be 76 soon and i have never done an LF portrait of her. again very nice, lots of character.

[atlcruiser]

My dad turned 71 this year. My first large format shot of him, using the 10x12 and 16" RR.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/6231439429_94d87a0897_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/)
Grandpa... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6231439429/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Scott...I keep getting drawn back to this. It really is wonderful. This makes me want to get off my ass and try some LF B+W portraits. thanks for posting

[alex from holland]

http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/138849174.jpg

Clear glass ambro
26 x 26 cm
Non ether collodion
KCN Fixer
exposure time 7 secs
dallmeyer 3b open

[Jim Cole]

Alex,

I love the intensity of your ambro portraits. Wonderful!

[eddie]

Trying out two lenses last weekend.

whoa! great lenses....but pleeeeease get a different model ;) :eek:

bwah ha ha ha!

[eddie]

First photo opening my new project called "Professions & Passions"
"Kate - Travel Agent"
Globica 13x18 + Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
14sec f4.5
Ambrotype on black plexi

nice.

she did very well for 14 sec. she is a keeper....;)

[life_in_sepia]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6228258737_c99bab1f5d_z.jpg

Whole plate of Sam.

[Stephane]

Strangers in the Park

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6158/6247335278_77eb94b56f_b.jpg

[JosephBurke]

"My dad turned 71 this year. My first large format shot of him, using the 10x12 and 16" RR."
Terrific image!

[Nikola Dulgiarov]

Self-portrait with a typewriter and double exposure :)
http://photo-forum.net/sitepics/forum/2011-10/efbu6014.JPG

[bvaughn4]

Nikola, awesome photograph! Love your work.

[Jay DeFehr]

Nikola, I like it!

[Ash]

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/301083_10150359597294725_280018619724_8093399_171916998_n.jpg

Katie, this afternoon.

[r.e.]

Nikola, I like it!

Me too, refreshing and fun.

[goamules]

Sleeping daughter. Hand held on Speed Graphic. 20 year old T-max 100, HC-110, early British 5" petzval.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6231/6249819847_c5fb16e888_z.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

Sleeping daughter...

That's one way to get 'em to hold still! :) Nicely done!

And Ash, your work seems to be stronger and somehow more subtle lately. I couldn't say why, it just seems more in tune...

[Ash]

Thanks Mark. I'm shooting less.

[mat4226]

An impromptu portrait from my "Barbershops" series. Taken at the Allstate Barber College in Cleveland, OH.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6224639800_f912d88a7f_z.jpg

Eastman Commercial B 8x10
Fujinon W 210mm f/5.6
1/4 sec @ f/16
Ilford HP5+, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100

[goamules]

That's one way to get 'em to hold still! :) Nicely done!


Yeah, why should I mess with all that hard stuff, like learning to pose them? It's kind of an offshoot of street photography; sleep photography!

[life_in_sepia]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6251028687_b65bef4f77_b.jpg

[goamules]

You've been shooting some great plates the last few weeks Ed.

[Scott --]

An impromptu portrait from my "Barbershops" series. Taken at the Allstate Barber College in Cleveland, OH.

Eastman Commercial B 8x10
Fujinon W 210mm f/5.6
1/4 sec @ f/16
Ilford HP5+, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100

T'ain't nothin' "impromptu" about an 8x10... ;)

Nice shot, and really good idea for a series!

[K. Praslowicz]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/fitpost/angry-laramie.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/laramie/)

[Tom J McDonald]

Great photo above.

[ndg]

One of the shots from my initial attempts at large format portraiture

Camera: Shen Hao FCL 810A with 5x7 back
Lens: Cooke 10-1/2" f4.5 soft focus lens
Film: Ilford HP5
Light: diffused natural
Developer: D76

http://blog.nanadadzie.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/img508a.jpg

[SamReeves]

An impromptu portrait from my "Barbershops" series. Taken at the Allstate Barber College in Cleveland, OH.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6224639800_f912d88a7f_z.jpg

Eastman Commercial B 8x10
Fujinon W 210mm f/5.6
1/4 sec @ f/16
Ilford HP5+, Pyrocat HD 1:1:100

Awesome. Reminds me that I need a haircut! :)

[sully75]

First in a long, long time. Really nice to get the camera out again...


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6252391235_6a76dbf631_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6252391235/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6252391235/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr


5x7 180mm Schneider Kreuznach Symmar, HP5

[miss_emma_jade]

T'ain't nothin' "impromptu" about an 8x10... ;)

Nice shot, and really good idea for a series!


lol

[miss_emma_jade]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/6207139543_56da134d55_b.jpg

Trinity . toyo 45c and ilex paragon 6 1/2 inch. shanghai 100 pan.

[GhoSStrider]

I'm still trying to figure out the printing side of things, so I'm not completely thrilled with this shot, but I'm getting there.

This is a shot of my girlfriend that we did when she was in town back in June (we've been doing the long distance thing for 2+ years now):

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6254423115_1c2e8c2477_z.jpg
Flickr Link (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghosstrider/6254423115/)

Calumet C-1 8x10 "Green Monster"
Gundlach Radar 12" f4.5
Efke 25, souped in Rodinal 1:100 in BTZS Tubes
Arista.EDU FB VC Glossy
Ansco 130 1:1

[szadow]

http://www.artlimited.net/user/0/0/2/0/4/8/6/artlimited_img331648.jpg (http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/331648)

13x18cm Ambrotype on clear glass
Globica 13x18 + Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
8sec f4.5

[Shutter]

13x18cm Ambrotype on clear glass
Globica 13x18 + Zeiss Tessar 250/4.5
8sec f4.5

that's a really great portrait, what did you use as a light source?

[szadow]

DIY Lamp with six 85wat lightbulbs
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6119/6237332750_a39f0b3dc3.jpg

[Shutter]

DIY Lamp with six 85wat lightbulbs

Great, I really like the result! :)

[grahamcase]

For (Canadian) Thanks Giving, Anne's parents had us over for dinner, and demanded we dress up in Hawaiian shirts -- they had just returned form Hawaii and brought us back shirts.

I'm the one in the middle, and our room mate, Robyn, is on the right.

Kodak Portra 160 VC 8x10, shot on my Tachihara and I used my Caltar 300mm lens.

http://www.grahamcase.ca/blog/images/HawaiiPhoto.jpg

[Emil Schildt]

Being playing with some portraits of Kristina.
Liquid emulsion on paper, bu tI have applied the developer using a brush....

Fun way of passing time.

13x18cm neg. Eidoscope end universal heliar (last)

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/k4.jpg

and

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/k1.jpg

and finally

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/kr4.jpg

BTW: the images doesn't "excist" anymore - I have now bleached them in order to try and make bromoils out of them...

If that doesn't work, then they are lost....

[Jim Cole]

Gandolfi,

These are wonderful, especially the first two. Your artistry never ceases to amaze me.

[p_markowski]

Very tactile prints! I really appreciate them for the feeling I'm left with. Thank-you Gandolfi.

[Steven Tribe]

Sometimes the image chosen, and the process used, go up into creating real art - well done Emil!

[alex from holland]

Bravo,


first one is stunning !

Alex



Being playing with some portraits of Kristina.
Liquid emulsion on paper, bu tI have applied the developer using a brush....

Fun way of passing time.

13x18cm neg. Eidoscope end universal heliar (last)

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/k4.jpg

and

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/k1.jpg

and finally

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/kr4.jpg

BTW: the images doesn't "excist" anymore - I have now bleached them in order to try and make bromoils out of them...

If that doesn't work, then they are lost....

[amandalim]

looks great!


Being playing with some portraits of Kristina.
Liquid emulsion on paper, bu tI have applied the developer using a brush....

Fun way of passing time.

13x18cm neg. Eidoscope end universal heliar (last)

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/k4.jpg

and

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/k1.jpg

and finally

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/kr4.jpg

BTW: the images doesn't "excist" anymore - I have now bleached them in order to try and make bromoils out of them...

If that doesn't work, then they are lost....

[Stephane]

Celeste through a Perscheid 480/4.5

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6154/6264112510_ecf72fa14d_b.jpg

[megapickle1]

Like a painting. Very nice!
George

[bobpin]

Being playing with some portraits of Kristina.
Liquid emulsion on paper, bu tI have applied the developer using a brush....

Fun way of passing time.

13x18cm neg. Eidoscope end universal heliar (last)

and

and finally

BTW: the images doesn't "excist" anymore - I have now bleached them in order to try and make bromoils out of them...

If that doesn't work, then they are lost....

Wow great! Control very well, can't achieve that effect if u are not an experienced artist. ^_^

[SamReeves]

Those are some fine crumb catchers. Nice!

[Bazz8]

Shot with a Komura 210mm:)

[Emil Schildt]

I just have engaged in, what might be the most challenging task of my photographic life..:o

I am teacher at a highschool here in Denmark, and untill about 1980, all the former headmasters was portraied for us to see. Then it for some reason stopped...

We have discussed this from time to time - and time runs, so now I decided to try and make portraits of the headmaster and his wife, from the tim ewhen I was student here...
Very intimidating actually.. If successfull, these portraits are ment to be the "official" portraits for all in the future to see.....:rolleyes:

I have chosen bromoil printing as a base here, as I wanted the images to be seen as a hybrid between photography and "Art"... (yes! : here in DK, photography isn't art!!)
I also wanted the pictures to look schetchy - almost unfinished, and here, liquid emulsion is a great help.

first I photographer the couple: that was the easy part!
Then I applied liquid emulsionon a rather big paper (50x105cm or approx 20x 41") - marking the forms of the couple first, so I could put on the liquid emulsion whew I wanted...
Then developing (difficult, as my trays are not nearly big enough...) - and then the bleaching (even harder...).

I have now put on two layers of paint on the pictures - first warm brown - then some more black, to highten the contrasts..
Not sure I liked the result, I then added some strong coffee... to give warmth to the pictures...

Almost there - my question now is, whether I like the almost white background.... Or if I should do something to it ?

I consider three options (if any):
1:oilpaint (not as bromoil, bit as a "real" oilpaint)
2:Coffee... to make the background more dark and warm...
3: cigarette ashes... (can give a beautiful greyish tone!....

I am sorry to bother you, but I thought I'd give you a chance to see the "almost finished" portraits before I (maybe) destroy them.....

(In any case, this is a "secret" - the school doesn't know about it, so I can just throw it all away if not satisfied....)

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/par.jpg

(each taken on 13x16cm neg - Universal Heliar)

[Jay DeFehr]

Outstanding work, Emil.

[Myxine]

I just have engaged in, what might be the most challenging task of my photographic life..:o

I am teacher at a highschool here in Denmark, and untill about 1980, all the former headmasters was portraied for us to see. Then it for some reason stopped...

We have discussed this from time to time - and time runs, so now I decided to try and make portraits of the headmaster and his wife, from the tim ewhen I was student here...
Very intimidating actually.. If successfull, these portraits are ment to be the "official" portraits for all in the future to see.....:rolleyes:

I have chosen bromoil printing as a base here, as I wanted the images to be seen as a hybrid between photography and "Art"... (yes! : here in DK, photography isn't art!!)
I also wanted the pictures to look schetchy - almost unfinished, and here, liquid emulsion is a great help.

first I photographer the couple: that was the easy part!
Then I applied liquid emulsionon a rather big paper (50x105cm or approx 20x 41") - marking the forms of the couple first, so I could put on the liquid emulsion whew I wanted...
Then developing (difficult, as my trays are not nearly big enough...) - and then the bleaching (even harder...).

I have now put on two layers of paint on the pictures - first warm brown - then some more black, to highten the contrasts..
Not sure I liked the result, I then added some strong coffee... to give warmth to the pictures...

Almost there - my question now is, whether I like the almost white background.... Or if I should do something to it ?

I consider three options (if any):
1:oilpaint (not as bromoil, bit as a "real" oilpaint)
2:Coffee... to make the background more dark and warm...
3: cigarette ashes... (can give a beautiful greyish tone!....

I am sorry to bother you, but I thought I'd give you a chance to see the "almost finished" portraits before I (maybe) destroy them.....

(In any case, this is a "secret" - the school doesn't know about it, so I can just throw it all away if not satisfied....)

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/par.jpg

(each taken on 13x16cm neg - Universal Heliar)

Those are AMAZING portraits. I'm not familiar with those "alternatives" processes you used, but i wish i was. The rendering is sktechy, full of energy, vibrant, and put the focus on the character of your portrait.
I couldn't give any advice concerning the rendering, but i definitely love it as it is

[Armin Seeholzer]

Hey Ganolfi you are the master, I really like it they have much 3D look!!!

Great work, Armin

[Emil Schildt]

thanks all.

I am not un-satisfied, but more in doubt, whether to leave them here or alter the background....

Time will tell..

[jp]

I just have engaged in, what might be the most challenging task of my photographic life..:o


I suspect they'll be gladly accepted, and then either they will have trouble getting something better from the next round of headmasters needing photos, or you'll be official portrait photographer for life.

Since you have some insider knowledge, keeping in mind the space they will be hung might factor into consideration your suggested changes. Some alterations might be better or worse for the room they occupy or the frame they are likely to have.

I wouldn't over-do it without something clear in mind for an end result. Since you're waffling between oil paint, ash, and coffee, it might be a good time to stop and call it good enough.

[Scott Walker]

Wow! amazing as usual Emil.
My vote would be for the warm coffee tone if anything at all.

[grahamcase]

Gandolfi (Emil?), are there any archival considerations for these prints? I ask because as soon as I read that you had run them through coffee, my heart leapt into my throat!

But otherwise, these are amazing! I think you have very successfully merged the "Photography" and "Art" aspects. They really are spectacular. If I ever come to Denmark, I'll want you to make a portrait like that of myself!

[Ash]

Bromoil is more archival than silver print.

[Emil Schildt]

Gandolfi (Emil?), are there any archival considerations for these prints? I ask because as soon as I read that you had run them through coffee, my heart leapt into my throat!

But otherwise, these are amazing! I think you have very successfully merged the "Photography" and "Art" aspects. They really are spectacular. If I ever come to Denmark, I'll want you to make a portrait like that of myself!

Thanks Graham.
You're welcome - just come on over...

As Ash states, the images last as long as any "real" painting - the coffee too...

(I once heard that Kodak actually recomended coffee as toning/vintage look... so I am not worried..)

Thanks all again.

[cdholden]

Emil,
I always enjoy seeing your work on here. This is no exception. The headmaster photo can be frustrating because you have so many options. I recommend you find a nice clean box to store these in and set them aside. Make more. Try different "versions" of the same photos, then bring out the originals and compare against your other options. Like you said, this will be what is hung out for all to see. I'm sure whatever you create will be admired by most (you can't please everyone!). Comparing against other techniques, as well as considering the viewing environment may help you find the one that you think will be most appropriate fit for the spirit of the school, as well as the headmater and his wife.

Chris

[Jim Galli]

Emil, they are stunning. Just beautiful.

[Scott Davis]

A somewhat unconventional (at least in terms of format/proportion) portrait using a 5x12 in the horizontal...

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/6/7/8/5/justinportrait.jpg

Palladium print on COT320. No contrast agent that I recall, if any, 1 drop of NA2 10% diluted 1:3.

[Emil Schildt]

Emil,
I always enjoy seeing your work on here. This is no exception. The headmaster photo can be frustrating because you have so many options. I recommend you find a nice clean box to store these in and set them aside. Make more. Try different "versions" of the same photos, then bring out the originals and compare against your other options. Like you said, this will be what is hung out for all to see. I'm sure whatever you create will be admired by most (you can't please everyone!). Comparing against other techniques, as well as considering the viewing environment may help you find the one that you think will be most appropriate fit for the spirit of the school, as well as the headmater and his wife.

Chris

thanks Chris. Sounds like a sound (sp?) idea....

I have an extra set of developed images - I'll go and do something different with those I think..

JIM: thanks. Not the pictures you normally do, but your opinion is always appreciated!

[luphot]

6x6in wetplate with Hermagis extra rapid N°5 10in f:3

[alex from holland]

Hello Fabrice,

Nice plate!
Love hte square format.

Today i made my first portraits with my larger Hermagis.
Great Lens! Wil post some results later.

A
Ex

[Hugo Zhang]

Emil,

Outstanding! You are a truly magician! Do you take new students? :)

Hugo

[Stephane]

Had some belly dancers today coming over! One of them...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6270421166_5ae333064e_b.jpg

[Emil Schildt]

Emil,

Outstanding! You are a truly magician! Do you take new students? :)

Hugo

All the time! just come over!:D

[Steve M Hostetter]

Had some belly dancers today coming over! One of them...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6270421166_5ae333064e_b.jpg

incredible!

[Hugo Zhang]

Look at these sparkling jewels! I love them!!

[Steven Tribe]

I did think of the harem with the first group - now confirmed.

[K. Praslowicz]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/f/whitney-painting-1.jpg

[r.e.]

Kip, I think that you and the young man from Bulgaria, Nikola Dulgiarov, are doing the most interesting work in this thread. Like your photograph of a woman on stilts, this is refreshing and alive. It is so nice to see people using large format to do work that doesn't look like it was ossified in amber.

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/jensens-640v.jpg
See the blog post. (http://schlachet.net/2011/10/the-jensens/)

This was my first family portrait. Carl Meyer 12" Apo-Process on 320TXP shot at 1250. Developed in xtol, then contact printed on Ilford Glossy FB. As I do more of this lens/format combination I'm beginning to like it a lot.

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/eva-california-640v.jpg

[K. Praslowicz]

Kip, I think that you and the young man from Bulgaria, Nikola Dulgiarov, are doing the most interesting work in this thread. Like your photograph of a woman on stilts, this is refreshing and alive. It is so nice to see people using large format to do work that doesn't look like it was ossified in amber.


Much appreciated. Hold tight as well, plenty more of these in the tubes waiting to get posted.

[r.e.]

Much appreciated. Hold tight as well, plenty more of these in the tubes waiting to get posted.

I very much look forward to more.

[jacobby]

Portrait of a friend.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/6269801286_5e541c691c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27940083@N06/6269801286/)
Untitled-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27940083@N06/6269801286/) by ==--== (http://www.flickr.com/people/27940083@N06/), on Flickr

[jw918]

Had some belly dancers today coming over! One of them...

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6270421166_5ae333064e_b.jpg







always give us surprise. Thanks for sharing.:)

[Harley Goldman]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/f/whitney-painting-1.jpg

Very well done! Love the way she is surrounded by her work, looks totally comfortable and the slightly out of focus purple shoes very much bring the whole image home.

[life_in_sepia]

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/par.jpg



BRAVO!

[K. Praslowicz]

Love the way she is surrounded by her work, looks totally comfortable and the slightly out of focus purple shoes very much bring the whole image home.

She had spilled, and stepped in some white gesso before I arrive. Instead of leaving white footprints all over, she took them off and set them up there. Perfect!

[cdholden]

Look at these sparkling jewels! I love them!!

I can't help but look. There's so many.
This portrait easily holds my attention, or at least keeps me looking at all the detail. I probably spent more time back and forth on all the qualities of the photo, as well as shapes and lighting of the jewelry in this one image than any other this month.

[sully75]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6273107798_d18c1aba1f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

[Jimi]

Paul, that's crazy beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[Stephane]

Glad you like the belly dancer! She came in, saw the camera and said it is a sinar, and I can use the tilt rise shift to control geometries and DOF... Have you ever?

My downstairs neighbors in the botanical garden this morning through a Plasticca 400mm. I'll take Steven's Plasticca out some day, but it is mighty big!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6234/6273323611_e554cca1ff_b.jpg

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/29Roadster/6585s/Mcbride_1s.jpg
the wink

4rth generation rancher Bill McBride up on the Bonanza spread south of Eureka.

Those are hundred dollar bills that I just gave him for his roadster.

[Michael E]

[CENTER]
Those are hundred dollar bills that I just gave him for his roadster.

He looks pretty happy.

[sully75]

Paul, that's crazy beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

geez, thanks! I've been a little frustrated with my technique lately, glad the portrait came across.

[Ken Lee]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6273107798_d18c1aba1f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

I like this one better than the photo of the tuba player. It separates a little better from the background, but it still looks rather impromptu and alive.

Have you tried darkening and or further blurring the white region above the gentleman's shoulder? If you cover it with a finger tip, the musician appears to pop out of the image: things become quite 3-dimensional.

Another thing you might want to explore is revealing more about the cool clothing. See this image (http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/CheeseBuyerStrand.jpg) for an example of a typical Paul Strand portrait, where the textures and tones of the subject's clothing, are part of the charm. It's more posed of course - and thus a bit more contrived - but pose still seems rather natural, and the choice background enhances the foreground.

[goamules]

I love shooting wetplate, because after shooting film for a month, wetplate is fast, easy, fun. Time from getting out my chemicals, mixing a batch of collodion, setting up my darkroom, pouring and shooting a plate - less than 1 hour. This is the quarterplate, still wet in the rinse, an hour after thinking, "I should shoot some wetplate." There are some things wetplate isn't good for, and I'm loving LF film, but I don't love the 3 day process of shooting, developing, printing before I can see what I shot.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6274720796_a2caa9a670_o.jpg

[K. Praslowicz]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/fitpost/ed-suit.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/ed-wears-a-suit/)

Typically the board-stiff dead-pan shots don't do much for me. This one seems to find the mark though. Must be the shoes.

[K. Praslowicz]

There are some things wetplate isn't good for, and I'm loving LF film, but I don't love the 3 day process of shooting, developing, printing before I can see what I shot.

Jealous. Shooting c-41 has about a 2-3 week turn around for me.

[sully75]

Here's another from the same series. Rough and tumble. I f9cked the lighting on a lot of these. Back to the drawing board. A lot of photoshop lies within.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6094/6273107112_cd00b62ba7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107112/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107112/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

[r.e.]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/fitpost/ed-suit.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/ed-wears-a-suit/)

Typically the board-stiff dead-pan shots don't do much for me. This one seems to find the mark though. Must be the shoes.

It isn't the shoes.

It's that, against the background, he looks like a cut-out character.

As a photograph, i think that it might work as part of a series, but not as a stand-alone.

I think that it is weaker than what you have uploaded here, and maybe a throw-away.

[eddie]

...... but I don't love the 3 day process of shooting, developing, printing before I can see what I shot.

???? 3 days?

i shoot the film. unload it. develop it for 9 min. dry it and then either scan it or print it in the DR. could have it all done in less than a few hours (at most)....

i know we have the NY minute here but is it really that much faster than Arizona time?

bwah ha ha ha!

[damiand]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/damiandzialoszynski/6262864449/

This 4x5 ambrotype on black glass taken with graflex crown , unbranded petzval lens and home made plate holder.

How I may attach picture to post . I am putting url but its not working .

[goamules]

???? 3 days?

i shoot the film. unload it. develop it for 9 min. dry it and then either scan it or print it in the DR. could have it all done in less than a few hours (at most)....

i know we have the NY minute here but is it really that much faster than Arizona time?

bwah ha ha ha!

No, but your NY lip is a lot faster!

I exaggerate for effect. But when I shoot film if it involved a hike like the other day, I'm too tired to develop when I get home. Develop the next day, hang the negatives to dry. Too tired to switch chemicals and print. Then the next day I contact print. I guess we get tired faster in AZ!

[K. Praslowicz]

As a photograph, i think that it might work as part of a series, but not as a stand-alone.


It will most likely end up as a stand alone instead of in a series with stronger images. I got paid on the spot to deliver a print. :D I love when large format does that.

[Ramiro Elena]

It will most likely end up as a stand alone instead of in a series with stronger images. I got paid on the spot to deliver a print. :D I love when large format does that.

I actually like it a lot, be it as a stand alone or as part of a series. Quite a character the man.

[dperez]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/f/whitney-painting-1.jpg

I dig your photography! Nice work.

[Stephane]

Celeste, again...
I love that Kalosat!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6164/6263576971_b4c0125ac0_b.jpg

[Scott Walker]

Celeste, again...
I love that Kalosat!


And that Kalosat seems to love Celeste, very nice.

[Steven Tribe]

And I sure that Celeste will love the Kalosat image too!

As regards an earlier comment by someone which I think may have been a response to Stephane's earlier recent postings:

"It is so nice to see people using large format to do work that doesn't look like it was ossified in amber.

Well, I think that retro composition imaging is fun, interesting optically and challenging. I think Stephane has also shown how these pictorial lenses can be effective with more modern compostions ( the family in a park).

[Jim Cole]

Celeste, again...
I love that Kalosat!



Stephane,

This one is a really beautiful portrait. Just stunning. Outstanding model, pose, choice of lens and lighting. Bravo!

[K. Praslowicz]

http://img.kpraslowicz.com/f/anna-alley.jpg (http://www.kpraslowicz.com/photo/anna-in-the-alley/)

Anna in the alley.

[Colin Graham]

Anna in the alley.

That's great. Love the way the balloons and pole mimic her stance.

-Great Flickr too, btw.

[Scott --]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6281221098_d742009f12_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6281221098/)
Ikarium... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6281221098/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

The boy was playing Ikarium when I made him sit for me...

Seneca Competitor 5x7, B&J Ajax Portrait Petzval, Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H (N-2).

[bobpin]

Dallmeyer 4B on 11x14 Ilford HP5+, developed in 510-pyro 1:500 13mins.


http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6059/6282736565_ffbf320a3f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6282736565/)
Headset boy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58933716@N00/6282736565/) by bobpin2007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/58933716@N00/), on Flickr

[Ramiro Elena]

A fellow photographer.
Eastman View 8x10
Bausch&Lomb Zeiss Tessar at ƒ8.
I definitely need a longer lens.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6282992327_673db9f7b6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6282992327/)
Mr. Bordons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6282992327/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

[K. Praslowicz]

I definitely need a longer lens.

I like the length you got right there.

[sully75]

I like the length you got right there.

Yeah, it's just on the border but it's more interesting than weird.

[Ramiro Elena]

Yeah, it's just on the border but it's more interesting than weird.

Well I was trying to get somebody to trade me a nice and cheap RR out of pity :D :D
but thanks!

[Tim Meisburger]

Here are Sri and Sofia at the pool. Shot with my 1933 6.5x9 Kodak Recomar 18 on Efke PL 25, developed in Rodinal. This is, I guess, a bit of a self portrait as well, considering the ridiculous shadow.

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l496/Tim_Meisburger/Kodak%20Recomar%2018/swimming003.jpg

[Tim Meisburger]

http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/l496/Tim_Meisburger/Kodak%20Recomar%2018/swimming004.jpg

And here is another, including shadow...

[r.e.]

Harrumph - "Critiques should only be offered if requested by the original poster." From the top of this forum. I don't recall the poster asking.

Personally I like it. He looks a bit like a man out of time. The shoes are the one element that isn't, but really stand out from the rest of his clothes. It makes him even more of an anachronism.

Maybe you should read the whole exchange, including the comments that I made on two other photographs that Kip Praslowicz contributed to this thread, and his responses, before you launch into harrumphing/telling other people what they can and can't say.

[r.e.]

I didn't say you couldn't. I personally thought it was rude. My opinion counts not at all so I'm sure you won't let it bother you.

I think that you wrote that without having read the discussion about all three photographs and that this is a classic example of taking comments out of context. Furthermore, if you think that your opinion doesn't count for anything, what is the point in giving it, let alone upbraiding others for expressing theirs, especially when the person that you are upbraiding has been rather specific in admiring the work of the photographer that you have decided to "defend"? Meanwhile, I think that Mr. Praslowicz knows exactly what he is doing and that he doesn't need you running interference for him.

Here's the bottom line. You took my comments out of context and you had no idea what you were talking about.

[viablex1]

1.A mistake, Carrie Furnace and Victor Wooten

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6211/6286360358_6bfc2221a7_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/6286360358/)
viccarrie (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/6286360358/) by gungyduo (http://www.flickr.com/people/43291793@N04/), on Flickr

2. Another Mistake Victor Wooten and Children and Mclouth Steel

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6108/6285839331_0b8ba8bdd8_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/6285839331/)
vicsondaughter130 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/43291793@N04/6285839331/) by gungyduo (http://www.flickr.com/people/43291793@N04/), on Flickr

Oh well still learning!!

Signed the Dummy!!

[Ramiro Elena]

Do you flip the darkslide in each take? I always know there's an exposed sheet when the lip is black :)

[viablex1]

I usually do but I was out of it , at least he got decent polaroids!!

matto

[laffan]

I wish to see behind the scene setup , I think it will help to see how other preparing their shots , BTW can you do self portrait with LF .

[Ari]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6281221098_d742009f12_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6281221098/)
Ikarium... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/6281221098/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

The boy was playing Ikarium when I made him sit for me...

Seneca Competitor 5x7, B&J Ajax Portrait Petzval, Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H (N-2).

Great to see more portraits of your son, Scott.
Keep up the great work.


A fellow photographer.
Eastman View 8x10
Bausch&Lomb Zeiss Tessar at ƒ8.
I definitely need a longer lens.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6219/6282992327_673db9f7b6_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6282992327/)
Mr. Bordons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabato/6282992327/) por rabato (http://www.flickr.com/people/rabato/), en Flickr

I think, whether or not you deliberately channeled Irving Penn, that your focal length is great, just perfect, and refreshingly different.
I used to do a lot of portraits with a 50mm Hasselblad, after a few years I moved up to an 80mm.
The slight wide angle really brings out the form and shape.
Bravo!

[sully75]

A few more from the Honk! Festival in Somerville/Cambridge, MA.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6053/6286771877_81f1e4fbb7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771877/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771877/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6233/6286771615_b80c76a934_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771615/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771615/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6227/6286769751_fb99a06448_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286769751/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286769751/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

[sully75]

And an update on a photo I'd posted previously, taking a suggestion from Ken Lee:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6273107798_df5e11797b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/)
Honk! Festival (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

ok, ok almost done. Another (I think better) picture of my sousaphone friend:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6286771321_f141290818_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771321/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771321/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

That's all for a while...feels like outdoor portrait time is meeting its end in ol' Boston.

[timing]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6104/6289008358_255b4b2eab_z.jpg

My first 8x10 portrait.

[Scott --]

Great to see more portraits of your son, Scott.
Keep up the great work.




Thanks, Ari. I appreciate it. I need to shoot more of him - he's finally starting to lose interest... :(

[sully75]

My first 8x10 portrait.

Well done Tim!

[szallol]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=63283&stc=1&d=1320081487

[Wayne Crider]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=63283&stc=1&d=1320081487

Shots like these make me wonder about the persons life. Great face, nice softness.

[pipoca]

4x5.
Scan of a print.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5671073972_57295c4a2a_z.jpg

[drew.saunders]

My friend Milt offered to bore out a lensboard for me to fit a Compur #2 shutter for my new-to-me Schneider Xenar 180/4.5 (c. 1960). We also tapped the holes for the flange (inexpertly, but good enough). In exchange, I offered a portrait session for Milt and his wife Mary which we did this past Sunday. I ended up only using the Xenar 180/4.5 for all the shots. Here are the 3 that I like the best:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/6300759573_394b5ce2b5_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/6300759573/)
I could do more to reduce the hot spot on the side of Milt's head.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6301291662_b203048eb4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/6301291662/)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6232/6301291720_2d98e36534_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/6301291720/)

[Ari]

And an update on a photo I'd posted previously, taking a suggestion from Ken Lee:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6033/6273107798_df5e11797b_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/)
Honk! Festival (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6273107798/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

ok, ok almost done. Another (I think better) picture of my sousaphone friend:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6235/6286771321_f141290818_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771321/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmcevoy/6286771321/) by Paul McEvoy (http://www.flickr.com/people/paulmcevoy/), on Flickr

That's all for a while...feels like outdoor portrait time is meeting its end in ol' Boston.

Paul,
I like all the photos of dudes with their brass; good stuff.
Did you lug your 45G around for those?

[sully75]

Thanks Ari...no they are 5x7s, I did them with my Kodak No. 33, which is a lot more portable! I always wonder though if it needs a little tune up, the 4x5 pictures I've taken with the Toyo are usually a lot sharper. I just love working with the 5x7, the ground glass looks amazing.

[fluidrive]

1/2 plate daguerreotype

[dperez]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6435009007_576b032b1a_b.jpg
Santa Ana, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 210mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Kodak Portra 400 (New).

This is part of a new project I'm working on focusing on Orange County, CA. Here's something we don't see too often these days with TV, the internet, games, etc... Children seldom play outside as they did in previous generations. I saw these kids hanging outside with their Mother and I had to make this picture. I introduced myself to her and asked if I could take a picture. She didn't mind if I photographed her children and her house, but she didn't want to be in the picture herself so she quickly retreated. After I set up the camera, I spent about 15 minutes pretending to be looking for something in order to get the kids to forget that there's this huge camera pointed at them. They soon ignored my presence and I was awarded with this scene.

[View Large (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6435009007_0f9d6da92e_o.jpg)]

[r.e.]

Dperez,

This is wonderful. If you can parlay this into a series...

[Jim Galli]

Dperez,

This is wonderful. If you can parlay this into a series...

I rarely agree with r.e. but this is indeed wonderful. A modern Chavez Ravine? Please do more.

[dperez]

Thanks for the kind words r.e. and Jim Galli.

[EdWorkman]

dperez
very cool- I sure hope to see more soon
regards Ed, from Orange, a looong time ago

[atlcruiser]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6435009007_576b032b1a_b.jpg
Santa Ana, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 210mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Kodak Portra 400 (New).

This is part of a new project I'm working on focusing on Orange County, CA. Here's something we don't see too often these days with TV, the internet, games, etc... Children seldom play outside as they did in previous generations. I saw these kids hanging outside with their Mother and I had to make this picture. I introduced myself to her and asked if I could take a picture. She didn't mind if I photographed her children and her house, but she didn't want to be in the picture herself so she quickly retreated. After I set up the camera, I spent about 15 minutes pretending to be looking for something in order to get the kids to forget that there's this huge camera pointed at them. They soon ignored my presence and I was awarded with this scene.

[View Large (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6435009007_0f9d6da92e_o.jpg)]

I really like this.

I see it as a sort of post-modern Norman Rockwell. The kids almost look as if they were posed. There is an honesty to this photo that seems to show a slice of the American Condition without a heavy value judgement added. Nice work

[Mark Sawyer]

Wonderful! It somehow reminds me of Paul Strand's The Family, Luzzara, Italy, but totally fresh and new. I agree, such a single work cries out to be the start of a series.

[Roger Cole]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6435009007_576b032b1a_b.jpg
Santa Ana, CA
4x5 Arca-Swiss, 210mm 5.6 Symmar-S Schneider lens, Kodak Portra 400 (New).

This is part of a new project I'm working on focusing on Orange County, CA. Here's something we don't see too often these days with TV, the internet, games, etc... Children seldom play outside as they did in previous generations. I saw these kids hanging outside with their Mother and I had to make this picture. I introduced myself to her and asked if I could take a picture. She didn't mind if I photographed her children and her house, but she didn't want to be in the picture herself so she quickly retreated. After I set up the camera, I spent about 15 minutes pretending to be looking for something in order to get the kids to forget that there's this huge camera pointed at them. They soon ignored my presence and I was awarded with this scene.

[View Large (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7161/6435009007_0f9d6da92e_o.jpg)]


I really like this.

I see it as a sort of post-modern Norman Rockwell. The kids almost look as if they were posed. There is an honesty to this photo that seems to show a slice of the American Condition without a heavy value judgement added. Nice work

I agree. It has a certain timeless quality to it that appeals to me very much. Aside from the plastic tricycle and, to a lesser extent, the more modern design bicycle, this could have been a photo of my childhood.

They don't play outside now? I mean, I hear that they don't as much but haven't been paying attention - you mean, not at all? When I have a family, mine will.

[Ramiro Elena]

So this was staged then? I am a bit confused...

[Roger Cole]

Staged? Depends what you mean by "staged" but he explained how it was done and happened. What's to be confused about? :confused:

[Ken Lee]

I removed my posts, and the replies to them. I'm sorry to have hijacked the thread. That won't happen again.

[Stephane]

Ken, that was nice! Pitty it is gone, your ps work that is :)
And it made me realize how brilliant and timeless the original (in color) is...

Isn't it what it is all about, to show that we are not different from people 100 years ago, or 100 years from now?

Besides, it's a monthly thread, so interesting posts like yours made December interesting.

[control] Z still possible?

[Scott Walker]

Not sure why my reply was deemed off topic/disrespectful and removed.

So I will try to explain myself.....

The Santa Ana, CA image by dperez is excellent.

The reply with the cut & paste job by Ken Lee was not only damn funny, it really made me realize how timeless the photo was that dperez posted.

[Roger Cole]

I removed my posts, and the replies to them. I'm sorry to have hijacked the thread. That won't happen again.

Eh, you might have found it disrespectful to the creator of the original (though I don't think he minded) or to the work of Strand but just to be clear, I certainly meant no disrespect to the person asking about them, nor to you. (Sort of looks that way with the "reason for deletion.")

[Ken Lee]

It was my posts that were possibly offensive - and to remove them, I had to remove people's replies too. The "reason for deletion" got assigned to all of them. Sorry.

Better to be respectful whenever possible, and not be a "thread hijacker".

[dperez]

I agree. It has a certain timeless quality to it that appeals to me very much. Aside from the plastic tricycle and, to a lesser extent, the more modern design bicycle, this could have been a photo of my childhood.

They don't play outside now? I mean, I hear that they don't as much but haven't been paying attention - you mean, not at all? When I have a family, mine will.

Roger,

You know, I shouldn't have wrote it the way I did, it was an over-generalization. I just don't see young people hanging outside in their front lawns or around the house as much as I recall in my youth. (Heck, we used to build forts and stuff in the front and back yards). I think part of of it is due to what I mentioned; TV, internet, etc. But also, it seems to me that a lot of kids are very busy nowadays... They often have to juggle multiple schedules; after-school programs, sports practices, music lessons, etc.

I wasn't trying to come off as saying kids of such and such generation had it better or worse off, it was more of an observation. This neighborhood is very different than most I am familiar with in Orange County in that people tend to spend a lot of time in and around their yards; to some extent they live part of their lives out in the open.

Thanks again,

-Daniel

[Wolfgang AM]

I just can't seem to find myself models, so I've been doing self-portraits most of the time, though it has brought me to insanity :D

8x10 lith film print on FB paper
250/4 CZJ tessar full open
http://photo-zona.net/images/user63930/album22385/large/1317568677_oxpj5539_Scan-111002-0001.jpg

magnificant - very good work! Thanks for posting.

[dperez]

Nikola,

Very nice self portrait. Keep sharing.

Thanks,

-DP


I just can't seem to find myself models, so I've been doing self-portraits most of the time, though it has brought me to insanity :D

8x10 lith film print on FB paper
250/4 CZJ tessar full open
http://photo-zona.net/images/user63930/album22385/large/1317568677_oxpj5539_Scan-111002-0001.jpg

[dperez]

No, I did not stage this shot. I was driving through the neighborhood and I noticed the family out on their porch. I recognized an opportunity. I asked for permission, and after focusing the camera I realized that the kids were very attentive to what I was doing, so I just waited them out by pretending to be looking for some gear. Once they got bored of watching me I started making pictures. I made four exposures and one instant print, which I gave to the family.


So this was staged then? I am a bit confused...

[Frank Petronio]

Great start of a series....

BTW, it's December here in New York.

[Ramiro Elena]

I know, I know... :D finally got it dperez. I agree it is good stuff for a series.

[Vaughn]

Finally printed these mid-October. Originally tried as salt prints, but this set is of platinum/palladium prints.

8x10, taken with x-ray film, processed at the hospital. Recently printed, but taken about 8 or so years ago.

Alex, Bryce and Calder

[dperez]

The pic was taken in October, so I figured that's where it belonged. I guess is doesn't matter though.


Great start of a series....

BTW, it's December here in New York.

[dperez]

These are cool. So being that you recently processed them, did you show them to the kids who I guess are around 18-19 years old now?

-DP


Finally printed these mid-October. Originally tried as salt prints, but this set is of platinum/palladium prints.

8x10, taken with x-ray film, processed at the hospital. Recently printed, but taken about 8 or so years ago.

Alex, Bryce and Calder

[Vaughn]

Thanks! The boys are 14 years old (freshman in high school) -- and yes, they have lived with the images for awhile. I made silver gelatin contact prints not too long after the film was processed, and I have been looking at them with the boys. It just took ten years to print a full set in the same process.

The prints are framed up and delivered for a group show going up the walls soon.

Vaughn