March Portraits

[Mark MacKenzie]

Greatwork, everybody!

I wanted to address Sergei's two portraits above, the one of Mari and the one of Jenn. Your skin tone rendition is beautiful and exact. What's the secret? Do you print these portraits with darkroom materials? How do they render? Are the scans post processed or is this what the negative looks like?

How do you meter and place the skin tone?

Sorry but I really admire your craft.
Mark

[SergeiR]

I wanted to address Sergei's two portraits above, the one of Mari and the one of Jenn. Your skin tone rendition is beautiful and exact. What's the secret? Do you print these portraits with darkroom materials? How do they render? Are the scans post processed or is this what the negative looks like?

How do you meter and place the skin tone?

Sorry but I really admire your craft.
Mark

Hmm. Thanks

I didnt fix the skin tones that much i can tell (i was actually very very surprised on how well Xray managed to hold)..


As of process of shooting - i actually honestly need to think about it. I know for sure that i dont do zone system at all. I am of Dean Collins school more than anything, with bit of Mortensen influence thrown in So there is some jiggery / pockery on how i meter portraits, but it sort of started to become second nature, so i dont really do adjustments all that consciously.. I will try to figure it a bit later, i promise.

And no, i gave up on dark room printing - there is just not enough room in my apartment for 8x10 except for contact printing. I only do contacts and now i am in process of ripping apart epson printer to get myself into b&w inking Hope to get it done this weekend. Havent tried to print either one of those images yet.

[akaa]

Hello Everyone. This is my second portrait submission, obviously not a lot of skill here.



Arista.edu 400 4x5, developed in d-23 stock. Zone VI camera with Sironar 210/5.6.

This is a scan of the print on MGIV RC.

Thanks!

[t0aster]

Well, I figure it's about I share some of the LF work I've done. These come from a project of photographing strangers.

Schneider 180/5.6
f11 @ 1/2 second (probably should have used some more light, lost a little sharpness in their upper bodies from movement)
Kodak Portra 160 @ 160

Edit: Oh yea, scanned on an Imacon Flextight Precision II @ 1500ppi

[SergeiR]

8x10 Arista, Gundlach Radar, orange filter


Scan-130313-0003www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

[moizak]

T0aster, those look wonderful. I love the clean simplicity of them and how relaxed the sitters look. Something for me to aim at!

[stradibarrius]

WOW...another stunner! Sergei would you mind sharing your lighting set up? Tp me it apperas the you have one spot camera right???

8x10 Arista, Gundlach Radar, orange filter


Scan-130313-0003www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

[SergeiR]

WOW...another stunner! Sergei would you mind sharing your lighting set up? Tp me it apperas the you have one spot camera right???

thank you.

Its lit by two older elinchrom 1600s, with maxilite cones (i think thats right name for that reflector). Main one is one right, second one is one the left, hitting her and background behind her a bit.

[cowanw]

I don't know how about you, but for me it looks strange

Would you care to elaborate on what you mean by strange?

[Kerik Kouklis]

This the latest in my series on vintage girls. Finally feel that I'm getting to the point where you can't feel the camera's presence in the photo if that makes sense. If you want to see the whole project here's the link.

http://commercial.tobiaskey.com/current-project

This project is fantastic. The first one on your site (girl with pink, fuzzy hat) is especially stunning.