January 2014 Portraits

[life_in_sepia]

just a simple portrait (cropped from 13x18cm neg)

One of the rare occasions I wish I had a color film, as she has the bluest eyes I have EVER seen - and remember I'm from Denmark...
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A beauty!

[benrains]

A few more with Annie



Century No.10A w/8x10 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50




Century No.10A w/5x7 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50




Century No.10A w/5x7 back
Wollensak Vesta 14"/5
Ilford HP5 Plus / Adonal 1+50

[austin granger]

Trying out the kitchen as studio now, and used the Orbit lens for the first time.
My girl sat surprisingly still for 1/2 second.


Miriam by Ari4000, on Flickr

Toyo 810M, Orbit 375mm, FP4+

This is so good Ari. The focus almost makes it look like she's floating, the light is beautiful, and the way you stood back and positioned her in the frame gives the picture a poignant quality-she looks so small! Sheesh man, you've brought tears to my eyes, and it's not just because I have a little daughter myself, but because this picture packs a real emotional wallop. Wow.

[austin granger]

A few more with Annie

Always good work Ben. If I were brave enough to make portraits, these are the sorts of portraits I'd aspire to make. You seem to have a way of getting your subjects to "let you in" if you know what I mean, and in turn that lets us in too. They're sympathetic and intimate. I like them a lot.

[Jim Jones]

Austin -- That's a good way of saying what I feel, but can't articulate.

[frederic.legac]

My contribution...





Shen-HAO 4x5 camera
TMax 100

150mm Rodenstock APO Sironar S

[Ari]

This is so good Ari. The focus almost makes it look like she's floating, the light is beautiful, and the way you stood back and positioned her in the frame gives the picture a poignant quality-she looks so small! Sheesh man, you've brought tears to my eyes, and it's not just because I have a little daughter myself, but because this picture packs a real emotional wallop. Wow.

Thank you, Austin; thank you very much.

Austin -- That's a good way of saying what I feel, but can't articulate.

Thank you, too, Jim.

[benrains]

Always good work Ben. If I were brave enough to make portraits, these are the sorts of portraits I'd aspire to make. You seem to have a way of getting your subjects to "let you in" if you know what I mean, and in turn that lets us in too. They're sympathetic and intimate. I like them a lot.

Thanks, Austin. Those are likely the most defining characteristics of my portraiture. Or it's what I notice about my own work vs. that of other photographers who are better and evoking things like passion, or power, or joy. My knack, as unexciting as it may sound, is in getting people to relax and sort of just be themselves-- but in a way that's maybe more introspective on the part of the sitter. It's not something you'd see in the person ordinarily without knowing them well. It takes a lot of empathy on my part, getting the sitters to trust that I'll portray them favorably, and also genuinely adoring them.

[Riccis]

Some of my recent work that I just around to scanning on my not so impressive flatbed. Please ignore the low quality scans.

All images made using Deardorff 8x10, Rodenstock 360mm f/6.8 Sironar-S and HP5+.







Cheers,

[Riccis]

A couple more...





Enjoy!