September Portraits

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my friend Andy.

Sinar P2 + SK S 300mm @ F:8

[Kerik Kouklis]

A couple of new portraits from this past sunday. Both are 8x10 collodion on aluminum made with a Derogy Portrait Petzval.


Gayle and Broken Glass


Molly Likes the Water

[George Kara]

[QUOTE=Kerik Kouklis;505597]A couple of new portraits from this past sunday. Both are 8x10 collodion on aluminum made with a Derogy Portrait Petzval.

Wonderful images Kerik

[Jim Galli]

A new one for me. A self portrait with my newest grandson, Ryker. Ryker's mommy sqeezed the bulb at the 'decisive moment'.

Pinkham Smith Semi Achromatic Series I 15" wide open on 8X10

[Asher Kelman]

A new one for me. A self portrait with my newest grandson, Ryker. Ryker's mommy sqeezed the bulb at the 'decisive moment'.

Pinkham Smith Semi Achromatic Series I 15" wide open on 8X10]

Jim,

I love this picture for its sense of family and realness. It's snapshot, for sure but it it is more important than that. As a grandfather, it's about me to. It sort of celebrates a class of photographer grandfathers and so it reflects us as a group. We can identify with you. We think of the new future of this child and all the great stuff you have to share with him.

I too am a fan of the soft focus and find this very pleasant. I do have a question about the plane of focus as the wine bottle in the background is so well defined.

Asher

[Asher Kelman]

A couple of new portraits from this past sunday. Both are 8x10 collodion on aluminum made with a Derogy Portrait Petzval.

Kerik Kouklis Molly Likes the Water

Kerik,

This picture surprises me. It's dark portrait, but arrestingly happy! One has to examine inside it and one is drawn in to a new world. Gradually, the water from the hose gets stronger and the splashes around her become very real and one can feel her joy. Is this 8x10 glass plate? In any case, I experienced something new and enjoyable in the subtle nature of this medium. Thanks for sharing.

Asher

[Jim Galli]

I do have a question about the plane of focus as the wine bottle in the background is so well defined.

Asher

Excellent question and one that troubled the first generation of soft focus folk. This lens gets some of it's softness from being partially non achromatic. I focused on my daughter and did a portrait of her in this position (she's 1000 times prettier but I don't have that piece of film developed yet---it was luck of the draw last evening). I recall moving near focus right up to the ragged edge which is what you do because chemical focus and visual focus are best traded off that way. Still in this case the far focus won out. Little by little as you use these you get closer and closer on that fudge factor. This one seems acceptable but I could have moved the focus out in front of the subject just a bit more.

[Kerik Kouklis]

Asher, thanks for your thoughtful comments. This is made on an aluminum plate, not glass.

[Asher Kelman]

Asher, thanks for your thoughtful comments. This is made on an aluminum plate, not glass.

My ignorance, Kerik!

I imagined you used a glass plate and then did the collodion on Aluminum as a printed exposure. I guess now it wouldn't work that way at all!

Asher

[nelsonfotodotcom]

Kerik and Garrett - such lovely images!

Molly Likes the Water