Re: technique to get the "Karsh, Hurrell" look from sharp lenses??
Hurrell's look didn't rely so much on make-up as retouching. Therefore, I wouldn't exactly say, "a lot of" make up.
Re: technique to get the "Karsh, Hurrell" look from sharp lenses??
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Randy Moe
Looks like all you need is a Saltzman Studio tripod holding Ansco tailboard, with 5x7 slider, 2 spot lights, 1 bouncing off black flag as bounce card, 1 as hair hair light and 2 big dummy's to hold the backdrop. The rest is all show and no go.
Oops, I forgot 1 lady movie star dressed to kill.
Am I missing anything?
Yes, film. For many, or most of these portraits the film was orthochromatic,not panchromatic. Some say there are ways to imitate ortho film with filters, not quite.
Re: technique to get the "Karsh, Hurrell" look from sharp lenses??
When I worked in a portrait studio in the 60s, we used a tightly-stretched (to open the knit up more) piece of stocking on an embroidery hoop, under the enlarging lens, for 50% of the exposure. I believe someone has already mentioned that this isn't ideal because diffusing the enlargement spreads the shadows into the highlights, trending towards a low key effect, rather than what an SF lens does, spread the highlights into the shadows, illuminating them.
Re: technique to get the "Karsh, Hurrell" look from sharp lenses??
Has anyone tried Black Dot type filters? I got a lot of Harrison & Harrison filters, put them into storage without even trying them. This thread has nudged me to find them.