January 2014 Portraits

[benrains]

Enjoy!

This one is my favorite from the series. I love her expression and the sort of radiant character she seems to be.

[Steveinlondon]

Hi All,

I would like to beg your forgiveness for this posting, when compared to the extraordinary work everyone else has posted. BUT, this is a portrait, and, more importantly, it is my first ever LF shot, so I've very pleased about it (actually I took four photographs, two didn't come out because the film wasn't in the holders correctly, and the other one I didn't like as much). I also developed it myself - using the taco method - you can just see the dark line in the left of the picture where the developer can't have covered the film enough.

I did all this just from reading the wealth of information on this site - so I want to say a big "Thank You" to everyone here.

Although this was entirely self taught, I am going to get lessons on how to do this properly this weekend ;-)




Regards

Steve

[StoneNYC]

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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Don't you have a bunch of Polaroid color films in your fridge?

And wow a non-"arty" image from you, pretty much fantastic, how did you get her to make that smirk, it's perfect

And why don't you have a any color film?

Love this shot by the way.

[StoneNYC]

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,

Is that a "perfect" emulsion issue, or is he really missing his nose?

[StoneNYC]

Aunt Bea (Beatrice) 94 years young.

TOYO45a, Fujinon 300mm C f/8.5, TMY-2 in GRAFLEX septum #3, Rodinal 1:50

F/11 @ 1 Second, slight front tilt to get the front tree branches to line up with her face.

She was tired but reluctantly agreed to sit for me, she's only 4'8" so watch out!



EDIT: it's not supposed to be purple, must be some issue with my phone uploading to the site... (Grumbles)

[Riccis]

Is that a "perfect" emulsion issue, or is he really missing his nose?

He lost his nose to cancer. Very nice and friendly man.

Cheers,

[Riccis]

This one is my favorite from the series. I love her expression and the sort of radiant character she seems to be.

Thank you! She is a lovely and very happy lady indeed.

Cheers,

[BrianShaw]

He lost his nose to cancer. Very nice and friendly man.

Cheers,

That is, in some ways, a rather disturbing image. In other ways, though, it is quite nice to see. I once knew a man who had his nose amputated due to cancer. He became a recluse and didn't want to be seen... even with a prosthetic nose. It is sad to see this man's condition, yet quite nice to see that he seems to be dealing with it better than most could.

[Riccis]

That is, in some ways, a rather disturbing image. In other ways, though, it is quite nice to see. I once knew a man who had his nose amputated due to cancer. He became a recluse and didn't want to be seen... even with a prosthetic nose. It is sad to see this man's condition, yet quite nice to see that he seems to be dealing with it better than most could.

He is very upbeat and has a positive outlook in life. He invited me to his home and was so kind and welcoming. I will come back to do more portraits as he completes his plastic surgeries.

Cheers,

[Ari]

Great series, Riccis!
I hope you continue with these folks.