April 2017 Portrait Thread

[Cameron Cornell]

1944 8x10 Ansco Studio No. 5
1907 Voigtlander Heliar 360 / 4.5

Cameron Cornell
Washington State

[Clickma]

Portrait Angelika

Sinar P
E. SUTER BASEL 29cm f/5 (at f/22) "STELLA"
Ilford FP4+

[jp]

These are looking good! Timeless.

[TroyG]

Hey everyone! This is gonna be a special post for me because: This is my very first large format picture! I've followed to forum and contributed while I could, but anything I posted was shot using my 6x7 roll film back or my Polaroid 405 back. This was my very first time shooting and developing a 4x5 negative. I have not yet done any of the film/developer calibration yet, because I wanted my first shot to be of my fiancé, not a gray card! I was so excited. I got my box in the mail with the paterson tank and the last few bits for developing and I couldn't wait. Bearing that in mind, it is fairly too-bright. I exposed it so that the right side (photographer's right, her left) of her hair (the brightest part of the scene) should've been zone VI. I think I over-developed. It also looks like it ended up sitting crooked in the holder at the time of the exposure.

The shot was 1/2 second at f8 on my 210mm Nikkor lens. I shoot on a Graflex Graphic View.
The film is Arista EDU 100, I developed for 5:30 in Ilfosol3 agitating with 10 inversions every minute. I used a self-mixed citric acid stop-bath (thanks Ken Lee!) and Ilford's rapid fixer. I stopped for ~0:30 and fixed for 3 minutes.



Please, any and all critiques are welcomed and greatly appreciated! I love to learn and can't wait to refine this beautiful art.

[chassis]

Looks great Troy! Welcome to the large format world, let's see more!

[jesse]

Ebony 4x5, Voigtlander Cooke Triple Anastigmat Linse 170mm f7.7, Ilford Pan 400, D-76

[diversey]

This portrait is so pretty! I like it. Thanks for sharing.

Ebony 4x5, Voigtlander Cooke Triple Anastigmat Linse, Ilford Pan 400, D-76

[jesse]

This portrait is so pretty! I like it. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks diversely.

[jesse]

Ebony 4x5, Voigtlander Cooke Triple Anastigmat Linse 170mm f7.7, Ilford Pan 400, D-76

[Emil Schildt]

4x5" FO5 orthochromatic film.

6 films in the same tray for a longish time - hence the lines (which I actually love...)