June 2013 Portraits

[benrains]

shana by Ben Rains, on Flickr

Century Studio 10A w/5x7 back
Kodak Portrait Lens 305/4.8
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[Jim Cole]

Nice one, Ben! Great light.

[Scott --]

First shot in a while. Forgot how bad Arista reciprocity is...


img102 by Scott --, on Flickr

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

[benrains]

Nice one, Ben! Great light.

Thanks! It's a fairly basic setup that I've played around with for a few non-soft-focus images, but I thought the light would work well with soft-focus. The model is seated between two tall windows that are illuminating her from behind, and then I hung a dark backdrop on the wall between the windows to use as a backdrop. The fill light comes solely from the reflected light off the light-colored walls of the studio interior. Probably a white reflector would've been useful to lighten her face up a bit, but I also don't dislike the more shadowed look here.

The more studio work I do, the more I understand why photographers have assistants! Having only two hands and only being able to be in once place in any given moment is just not enough a lot of the time.

[D-tach]

VINO!!!



deardorff Special - Verito 8.75" - Fomapan 200 5x7

[ghostcount]

shana by Ben Rains, on Flickr

Century Studio 10A w/5x7 back
Kodak Portrait Lens 305/4.8
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

Excellent rim lighting.

[SergeiR]

My favorite so far This makes me feel like I'm looking at a landscape just incredible Bravo,, sensational depiction of this person

thank you. She felt a bit upset that i asked her for that mood, as she wanted smiling shot But apparently now she likes it, after seeing final result (ok, there IS smiling shot as well )

[Pascal Gineste]

Thanks for the explications Ben. I like this one a Lot, and also the other with a more classical lighting you have of Shana on Flickr. Very controlled work.