July 2017 portrait thread

[Carl J]

Lovely portraits, Ken. Thanks for the links to the full sets.

Carl

[gene LaFord]

2017 Tweed Bicycle Run, Northampton MA
Fujinon 240 A, Tachihara Field Camera
4x5 FP4+, D-23

Ken... I lived in western Mass for over 30 years and I never heard of this event. I must have spent too many hours in galleries!

[Ken Lee]

Apparently people have been doing this all over, for a while. See https://www.google.com/search?q=twee...utf-8&oe=utf-8.

They dress up in vintage clothing (hence the name "Tweed") and ride vintage bicycles.

[pierre506]

Graflex Auto 5x7
Dallmeyer soft focus lens wide-open
Shanghai GP3 film pushed to ISO 400

[Stephane]

Family members posing on the beach in Sainte Marie la Mer, as seen through a Port-Land 18".
Film is blue sensitive x-ray, likely overexposed and somehow under-developed (using hangers), hence the uneven development... Oh well!...

[Neal Chaves]

Laurent, I love shooting with 5X7 - try shooting horizontal portraits - subject slightly off center, especially if you are shooting head & shoulders type portraits. I have found that when I shoot portraits on 35mm film, I much prefer the results I get when shot horizontal.

You might like the work and techniques of Peter Hurley - The money he makes is not bad either!

https://peterhurley.com/

[Peter Lewin]

Apparently people have been doing this all over, for a while. See https://www.google.com/search?q=twee...utf-8&oe=utf-8.

They dress up in vintage clothing (hence the name "Tweed") and ride vintage bicycles.

For ex-racing types, the most famous ride of this variety is L'Eroica in Italy, restricted to road racing bikes from 1987 and earlier, and of course the participants do their best to dress appropriately for the vintage of their bicycles. While clearly not Large Format, here is a link to their photo galleries: https://www.eroicagaiole.com/photo-gallery

[evanbaines]

Latest military portrait, this time deliberately using some of the harder light like one saw in the Karsh portraits. The key is just a 7" reflector, beauty dish fill. A tiny hint of up-shift for the slightly low shooting angle. Wista 4x5, Nikkor 210, f/18ish, FP4 in DD-X.

[bob carnie]

Family members posing on the beach in Sainte Marie la Mer, as seen through a Port-Land 18".
Film is blue sensitive x-ray, likely overexposed and somehow under-developed (using hangers), hence the uneven development... Oh well!...

Looks like an image from the 20's or 30's .

[chassis]

Latest military portrait, this time deliberately using some of the harder light like one saw in the Karsh portraits. The key is just a 7" reflector, beauty dish fill. A tiny hint of up-shift for the slightly low shooting angle. Wista 4x5, Nikkor 210, f/18ish, FP4 in DD-X.

Fantastic! Lighting and focus are spot on. How far is the subject from the background?