Italians Gone Surfing

[Alessandro Bocchi]

A series of Portrait of Surfers, Windsurfers, Kitesurfers and also Skateboarders.

I already started to post some of the picture of this project in the Harmand Direct Positive paper section and also in the montly portrait section but i think its better stop bothering you all and keep that pictures in this thread only for the ones that, maybe, could be interested.

Your comments and critics are absolutely wellcome.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Lago di Santa Croce - Alpago (BL) Italy - "Italians Gone Surfing" a Series of Portrait of Surfers, Windsurfers, Kitesurfers and also Skateboarders. Portrait of Alessandra Villa, a kite surfer.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 210 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 1/5 second at f 8
- Film: HARMAN FB Direct Positive Paper - 3 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+9 - 2 minutes at 20° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only.

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Lago di Santa Croce - Alpago (BL) Italy - "Italians Gone Surfing" a Series of Portrait of Surfers, Windsurfers, Kitesurfers and also Skateboarders. Portrait of Davide Amami, a kite surfer.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 210 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 1/5 second at f 8
- Film: HARMAN FB Direct Positive Paper - 3 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+9 - 2 minutes at 20° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only.

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Lago di Santa Croce - Alpago (BL) Italy - "Italians Gone Surfing" a Series of Portrait of Surfers, Windsurfers, Kitesurfers and also Skateboarders.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 210 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 1/5 second at f 8
- Film: HARMAN FB Direct Positive Paper - 3 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+9 - 2 minutes at 20° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only.

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

[djdister]

A series of Portrait of Surfers, Windsurfers, Kitesurfers and also Skateboarders.

I already started to post some of the picture of this project in the Harmand Direct Positive paper section and also in the montly portrait section but i think its better stop bothering you all and keep that pictures in this thread only for the ones that, maybe, could be interested.

Your comments and critics are absolutely wellcome.

Alessandro,

This is an interesting series, I am glad you started a separate thread to post them. Keep it up!

[ROL]

Alessandro,

This is an interesting series, I am glad you started a separate thread to post them. Keep it up!

+1, except I believe a better name for the thread, even more specific if possible, might be Alessandro Bocchi's Pictures of Italians Gone Surfing.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Thanks ROL I agree with you that the name of the thread could be much better and explain the contents in a more specific way. But I prefer not include my name in the thread and at the same time i wish other person will contribute and upload portrait of surfers, kiteboarder ad skateboarders too. But please keep suggest a more appropriate name, and all other suggestion that are absolutely appreciate. I am a novice and i still have everithing to learn, starting from my english of course.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

This 3 picture were taken all the same day. It was the first session of this project. All the picture were taken on Harman Direct Positive Paper. I developed the first 4 picture directly there at the moment also to have an idea of the exposure. All the other were made with the same settings of speed and aperture. The preflashing of the paper was made at home. I took with my just 10 chassis for a total of 20 picture to shot. From this series there are just few interesting but they are all very very similar for pose and location. But we took the picture at the end of the afternoon after a strong storm and lot of rain. I was ready to go home with just the 4 test picture of the morning. Test pictures that was too contrasty. In the afternoon the light was much better.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Lago di Santa Croce - Alpago (BL) Italy - "Italians Gone Surfing" a Series of Portrait of Surfers, Windsurfer, Kitesurfer and also Skateborder.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 210 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: 1/5 second at f 8
- Film: HARMAN FB Direct Positive Paper - 3 ASA - size 4x5"
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+9 - 2 minutes at 20° C
- Stop: ILFORD ILFO STOP
- Fixer: ILFORD RAPID FIXER
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only.

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

[djdister]

...they are all very very similar for pose and location.

I think the similarity of pose and location can be a strong constraining element for a series, so that the primary difference in the resulting shots are the individual traits of the person being photographed. Consider the Richard Avedon portraits as similar example.