New Portrait Thread - August 08

[Frank Petronio]

Better late than never....

(The idea behind breaking these threads into shorter monthly segments is to make them easier to search and easier to scroll to see the latest work.)

Anyway, this is my Olympic Rowing photo....

[Rob Champagne]

don't you mean olympic trolley punting

[Joe Smigiel]

I've started a series of adults with their (childhood?) dolls. This is a half-plate ambrotype on black glass. I had a bit of trouble with peeling of the emulsion that day but I still like this plate. Two of my favorites lifted completely off though.

[wfwhitaker]

I've started a series of adults with their (childhood?) dolls. This is a half-plate ambrotype on black glass...

Joe,

That's an interesting idea and the medium complements it in a dark sort of way (and I don't necessarily mean literally). I hope you'll share more of them with us.

[eddie]

hi all,

i shot this at a wedding yesterday. i used my Century Universal 8x10. i did not pull the bellows out of the rear standard (DOH!) and they cropped my images! damn! live and learn! they should still be usable.

11 1/2 inch verito about f5 or so. dark slide shutter. 30% less development in pyro hd.

more to come. i am processing a few at a time to be sure my development times are okay.

eddie

[Brian_A]

Joe,

This image has me coming back and looking a lot. I don't know whether to consider this image disturbing or interesting. Or both? I guess since I keep coming back to try and understand it, I'd go with both. I'm not trying to insult you either - don't take it that way. It's just I see the doll on the left and it kind of makes me think that this photograph would make a good horror flick movie poster. Good stuff. I love it when I am challeged by a photo to try and translate it into something I can understand. (Even if you are telling me exactly what this series is about.) Bummer about the emulsion, though. I'd be ripped.

Can't wait to see more from this series!

-Brian

I've started a series of adults with their (childhood?) dolls. This is a half-plate ambrotype on black glass. I had a bit of trouble with peeling of the emulsion that day but I still like this plate. Two of my favorites lifted completely off though.

[Donald Miller]

Milano Italy 5X7 Wisner/305 G Claron...existing light. Background diffused in printing.

[C. D. Keth]

Milano Italy 5X7 Wisner/305 G Claron...existing light. Background diffused in printing.

I like the skintone a lot on that but I don't care for the background. Any chance I could see one that's printed straight?

[Allen in Montreal]

I like the skintone a lot on that but I don't care for the background. Any chance I could see one that's printed straight?

I have to agree,

[Donald Miller]

I like the skintone a lot on that but I don't care for the background. Any chance I could see one that's printed straight?

Thanks,

If I print this again I will certainly give this some consideration. This was a street scene and the background is of uneven tonality. I guess that I could use my masks and burn the background down to a deeper value. I must say, however, that I never print anything "straight".