January Portraits

[benrains]

Thanks everyone. Yes, she does have quite the collection of ink, partly because she's an ace tattoo artist herself. She's also recently headed back to school to pick up another degree, this time in biology with a focus on genetics, so... look out world.

[Armin Seeholzer]

Hi Ben

Wonderfull woman and very good and simply light, makes them really work!
The first is excellent the second not far behind!!

Cheers Armin

[cjbroadbent]

Things you can do with HDR tone-mapping from a double-scanned Ektachrome.
It's just a mock-up for portrait that I would get me sued if I posted it.
4x5 Gandolfi + 135 Sironar (a wooden camera is more reassuring for portraits).

[dreazulueta]

Hello,
this is my first post.
just got into LF 4 months ago. here's my january portrait of a friend who teaches pole dancing.
Gundlach 5x7, Ilford 400.

[Mike V]

Things you can do with HDR tone-mapping from a double-scanned Ektachrome.
It's just a mock-up for portrait that I would get me sued if I posted it.
4x5 Gandolfi + 135 Sironar (a wooden camera is more reassuring for portraits).

Great portrait Christopher. There is something very disaproving about his glance which makes me feel uneasy. I like it though.

[cjbroadbent]

"... very disapproving ..." about my helper not completely removing the dark slide. If you don't take it out altogether and stand there putting pressure on the felt strip the light gets in.

[Greg Gibbons]

Great portrait Christopher. I wish I had that kind of talent.

[Matt Magruder]

Here are a couple of my son Satchel age 7

20 x 24 Wet Plate Collodion Wide open at f5 15 to 18 second exposures

Monty

yer a badass monty.

[cjbroadbent]

...kind of talent.

No talent required - I did military academy - and more important, no art. Taking a solid portrait just needs an umbrella off your left shoulder, a normal lens and a background. In fact there's a trick: Paint your background so that it shades across diagonally from dark to light so you get light-side face on dark and dark-side face on light. Don't have an umbrella? Sit next to the window. Use hands and shoulders for attitude and avoid smiles - unless it's Mona Lisa.

[Frank Petronio]

Thanks, I almost missed that. Anyone who does 20x24 Wet Plates of a kid with 15 second exposures is indeed badass. That they came out so well is even more badass.... Wow!