More Portraits?

[xmishx]

Miguel,

I agree with Domenico & Bulley... I think you have something special there! Use it to your advantage. I'd love to have an unusual lens that gave me some sort of mojo, unlike anything else... As far as contrast goes, play with your development. The portrait is beautiful...

Ted

[Miguel Coquis]

thanks Domenico, Brian, Ted...
I am very glad for your feed back !
keep trying, yeah !!!

[Kevin Convery]

I was showing my buddy Al (first photo) how to do some Avedon stuff in the studio this past Saturday. My girlfriend (second photo) sat for a few shots as well. Both images shot with Burke & James 8x10, Nikon 450M f/9, Arista Ultra 100 processed in Pyrocat HD. Open flash, first image f/9 second image f/11ish.

[katie cooke]

something of an experiment... paper negative in the whole plate Houghton Victo (though, foolishly, without glass in there too so it was less than flat).

[domenico Foschi]

something of an experiment... paper negative in the whole plate Houghton Victo (though, foolishly, without glass in there too so it was less than flat).

Katie,
would you care to explain the steps.
I hope I am not asking too much.
Thank you,
DOmenico

[katie cooke]

Hi Domenico,
no problem at all! I put a sheet of grade 2 RC paper in the plate holder, and exposed it for about 4 seconds at f11, then developed it in half-strength paper developer. I made a quick contact print on the same type of paper, and then cheated rather a bit by tidying up and toning the scan with photoshop.

(Making decent prints while sitting on the bathroom floor with trays balanced on the loo seat tends not to work so well...real printing has to wait until I can book some darkroom time.)

I've used paper negs in this old camera before, but usually for much much longer exposures of flowers and the like, rather than on the front steps with bystanders...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Cambo Legend 8x10, Schneider Symmar - S 360/6.8, Tmax 100, shot @ f16.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Cambo Legend 8x10, Schneider Symmar-S 360/6.8, Tmax 100 @ f16

[kev curry]

Katie, I instantly thought of Trotsky..... theres a likeness.

kev

[Keith Cocker]

Not just my first Portrait but from my very first set of shots with Large Format. Toyo 45A 150mm Fujinon 5.6 FP4+ in Ilford DDX