A success story! (nudity warning)

[alec4444]

Ya know, Ash, I've been thinking about that phenomenal digital shot for a while now....and I'm wondering if it should be the cover shot for our LF book. Talk about bringing popularity back into large format photography!!!

Frank P - whaddaya think?

--A

[C. D. Keth]

A digital shot on the cover of a LF forum book? Blasphemous? Perhaps, but I like the irony.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Ya know, Ash, I've been thinking about that phenomenal digital shot for a while now....and I'm wondering if it should be the cover shot for our LF book. Talk about bringing popularity back into large format photography!!!

Frank P - whaddaya think?

--A

Yeah, but then you'll be competing with this one--

http://www.esquire.com/cover-detail?year=2004&month=10

I mean, would you buy the book with the 4x5" Korona on the cover or the magazine with the Deardorff V8?

[Dean Cookson]

(wail) I feel so OLD! ;-)

Hey, I'm 38 and you can bet there'd be some bedroom drama if my wife deleted my save game file from my PSP...

[otzi]

Ash and Co. You may find these two links helpfull.

http://www.bron.ch/bc_pd_lg_es_en/index.php
http://www.glamour1.com/forums/view.php?pg=phototips The articles listed on the left.

[alec4444]

Yeah, but then you'll be competing with this one--

http://www.esquire.com/cover-detail?year=2004&month=10

I mean, would you buy the book with the 4x5" Korona on the cover or the magazine with the Deardorff V8?

The Korona for sure. But then again I work for Condé and have little respect for Esquire... or the Hearst Corp. for that matter.

--A

[Ben R]

Wait till your'e 60.

Last time I was seriously gaming was with the original Quake back in '98. Since then I lost my youth and innocence to 2 years in the army (combat included), marrige, moving country 3 times, my mother passing away after a prolonged and horrible illness and finally becoming a father! I just wish I was care free enough to still be interested in games!

That said, for a little girl like this I'm not sure I mind the loss of the gaming as long as other bedroom activities are still unabated!

The only kid photography I will agree to doing!

[Ash]

RE: Cover shot. There is actually a much more entertaining shot, I'll have to ask MJ if she minds me posting it - I'm over hers at the moment, but I'll be sure to post this evening once I return home. There is some irony I agree... I can't remember how many MP on a 1DmkII though... maybe it's just high enough?


Everyone:
I'm amazed at the responses, praise, criticism, and suggestions from all of you. It's helped to boost my own confidence a little further, and I hope that once MJ returns from work she can read all these words too

My thanks to everyone.

[Randy H]

It's 1:30am and I've only just finished in the darkroom; I need to be up tomorrow to be out the house with a portfolio for this Foundation Degree. Wish me luck in my interview at noon!

Seems everyone forgot this part. Soooo, how did it go???

And.. for all the heat and crap, These pics are too cool. Damn good lookin' camera. MJ ain't too bad either, I guess. I've also seen your pics on myspace. All lookin pretty good. I gotta give you credit for keeping your cool. I would have lost it about mid-second-page of replies, and told them all to go square to hell. Are these posted there as well? About the bathroom/darkroom. Do you use the back tank for rinse? I guess the commode would make a good archival wash. And if the pics came out "crappy", you could blame it on the "equipment".

The link for glamour1 has some good info for the lighting setups. But posing and pics? How many different ways can you photograph a dog lifting its leg and peeing on the fence? I personally never did care for the "glamour" nudes, or the "artistic" nudes. Still porn. Even growing up, I never (in my entire life) bought any nudey mags. I mean, WHY??? Like staring in the meat-market window, hungry and broke.

Looking at all your pics, you seem to enjoy "candid" portraiture. As stated elsewhere, I still like the fist attempt of Rich. Has that "Clockwork Orange" thing goin on. Pick Mr Galli's brain. A lot. I see some similarities in the style of shooting you seem to be after.

(MJ... Ash's pic of him titled as "spidey C..." Really?? )

Anyways, how'd the interview go?

[Ash]

Randy! Glad you found this thread


Yes, that's me in the costume. Heh.

Nope, these pics aren't on my myspace. I'm waiting until I can be bothered to scan the recent prints (of rich for example) and make a blog for them. So in effect the MJ shots are exclusives to LFPF

The interview went fine. I'm on the course. I have a mini-project to complete "over the summer" (lol) for my first lesson in October.
Although I have been accepted, I still need to sort out the funding/loan and 'ucas' application to be fully on the Higher Education system; the hard part is done, I'm on the course, now I have to get all the paperwork sorted!