January 2014 Portraits

[benrains]

lovley.
However I can't help directing to something William Mortensen saidnot a quote - just as I remember)

when sitting with a little angle in front of the camera, the nearest shoulder can easily look too big compared to the other one...

Solution: have the hand of the model (from the arm furthest away) lying on the opposite leg...(closest to us) This way a subtle turn of the back shoulder will even out the differences in size..

Thanks! A good tip and I'll remember that for the future.

[Ramiro Elena]

The shoulder doesn't bother me at all. It may bring a bit more attention due to the fact that is brighter. What kills me is the line in the background

[SergeiR]

Intriguing! Inspired by Hollywood 'Film Noir' genre?

I don't think I have ever seen this combination of soft-focus lens with harsh stage-type lighting.

Thank you. Actually original concept was one of portraits of Marlene Dietrich, and then we just spiraled from there a bit.
As of harder light and soft focus - well.. I tried it some time ago, and liked results with RZ67 system.. so i figured - why not try to get it on film

[kamieru]

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[orgraph]

8x10 kodak xray, gundlach radar 8x10


Daughter of desert by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

Wow!