Exactly! Alex's amazing portrait makes me want to give wet plate a try.
Exactly! Alex's amazing portrait makes me want to give wet plate a try.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
And Ben, this is one of my favorite of your images. The draping fabric and echoed beads are a great touch to an amazing image.
Definitely inspirational. Whenever I see work I really admire, after enjoying it, my second impulse is to start reverse-engineering the lighting setups and camera angles.Originally Posted by Peter J. De Smidt
Definitely inspirational. Whenever I see work I really admire, after enjoying it, my second impulse is to start reverse-engineering the lighting setups and camera angles.
Tin Can
Thanks everyone for your nice comments.
Don't ever give up! It's like trying to play the piano.
You just need a lot of practising.
sometimes all pieces just fit perfectly and that's waht happened during this shoot.
The boy had beautiful eyes, he was a good sitter., chemicals all worked just fine and I managed to put the lights the way it worked fine.
So sometimes you need a little luck also!
"You dont take a picture, it's given to you"
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Thanks, all! And I don't really sell prints as my traditional darkroom printing skills aren't up to scratch. (My digital printing skills are top notch though.) Someday maybe.Just amazing Ben!
Can I order a print?
Here is my wife's friend Tulsi shot at the Indonesia stand of the International Food Fair. She is wearing Minangkabau traditional dress. This was shot with a on 5x7 Shanghai and lit with a handheld Yangnou flash diffused by a little umbrella.
8x10, xray, 300mm symmar, 4s exposure
Tired by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr
wow 4 sec, amazing model you have there sergeiR, if do a portrait that is 1/2 sec I always have to say "ok don't blink, don't move your head, don't move your eyebrows" etc.
"WOW! Now thats a big camera. By the way, how many megapixels is that thing?"
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