March 2016 Portraits

[Tim Meisburger]

Here are a few from me to start the month. When I'm bored I take selfies. This is (I think) the 300mm Universal Heliar lit with my new fresnel on 4x5.



and here is a dusty scan of an already varnished half-plate, shot on the Dallmeyer 3b, wide open I think.

[Tim Meisburger]

Here are some Indonesian girls cooking sate on my barbecue. This was shot in 8x10 on the Dallmeyer 3b stopped down to f/16. But the 3b doesn't cover 8x10 (doh!), so I eliminated the vignette by printing in cyanotype. This is actually the worst print I made, but my wife gave away the others before I had a chance to scan.



Finally, here is a little portrait of my little grandniece Emily, who lives high in the mountains in Tembagapura, Papua, Indonesia. This was shot on 4x5, and I must say it is very difficult to get focus, then ensure a toddler doesn't wiggle before the film is inserted and shot taken. Still, this is my favorite out of focus shot I've ever made, and the first time I've seen "out-of-focus" as perhaps a useful method of soft-focus.

[Amfooty]

Calumet C1 with reducing back, 300mm Symmar-S, expired Plus-X 125

Painters by Alex C, on Flickr

[AGagnon]

Antoine, my son.
Chamonix 45F1
Zeiss Tessar 150mm F4.5 from circa 1930 (wide open)
Delta 100 developped in Xtol (1+1)

[Noah A]

Technikardan 45S, 210 Apo-Symmar, Portra 160

[Geary Lyons]

Antoine, my son.
Chamonix 45F1
Zeiss Tessar 150mm F4.5 from circa 1930 (wide open)
Delta 100 developped in Xtol (1+1)

Very nicely done!! Antoine is a handsome model!!! Did you focus on his nose?

Cheers,
Geary

[alastairbird]

Love this, Noah.

[alastairbird]

I was shooting some old (and I mean OLD) Type 79 a couple of weeks ago. Technikardin 45; Xenotar 150 F2.8, wide open, of course.

[AGagnon]

Very nicely done!! Antoine is a handsome model!!! Did you focus on his nose?

Cheers,
Geary

Thanks for the nice words! The focus on the nose wasn't on purpose - the subject moved a bit before the exposure.

[MDR]

Calumet C1 with reducing back, 300mm Symmar-S, expired Plus-X 125

Painters by Alex C, on Flickr

Not your typical LF Portrait this looks very casual and natural more like a Portrait done with a 35mm camera in the course of a reportage or family outing. Very nice.