April 2014 Portraits

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Let start to share some spring portraits

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Padua (PD) Italy - "Facce da Festival" portrait series during the Padova Fotografia Festival

- Camera: Self-Made Afghan Box Cameras
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar-S 150 1:5.6
- Exposure: 4 second at f 11
- Film: ILFORD MultiGrade B/W Paper - 12 ASA (preflashed) - size 10x15 cm
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+9 - 2 minutes
- 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

[Christo.Stankulov]

EFKE 50@40 asa in Tanol
Heliar 240/4.5
````sinar P2

[Sheldon N]

My first crack at shooting a tight 8x10 portrait... and I was ambitious enough to try it on our 3 year old. Thankfully she held still enough for me to get focus.



Kodak 2D 8x10, 12" Dagor, Arista EDU Ultra 100, Xtol

[Peter Mounier]

What a great start to a new month! All 3 so far are really strong images, but Sheldon, yours is something special!

Here is my contribution. My dad and his sister, both in their 90's now.
Sinar P, Schneider 120mm Apo Symmar
Acros/Xtol 1:1

[Sheldon N]

Thanks Peter! Love your shot as well, a great slice of life

[goamules]

Daughter last Sunday. 16" Wollensak Varium, 8x10 Contact print.

[Alessandro Bocchi]

Padua (PD) Italy - "Facce da Festival" portrait of Franco Tanel during the Padova Fotografia Festival

- Camera: Self-Made Afghan Box Cameras
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar-S 150 1:5.6
- Exposure: 4 second at f 8
- Film: ILFORD MultiGrade B/W Paper - 12 ASA (preflashed) - size 10x15 cm
- Developer: ILFORD PQ UNIVERSAL 1+9 - 2 minutes
- 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

[bracan]

Sinar P8x10, Heliar 300mm f4,5 wide open, expired Polaroid 809.
Ivana.

[Pfiltz]

Ilford with Rodinol