October portraits

[Emil Schildt]

It seems to be popular here. I think many of these portraits were made in natural light, on 8x10 or larger format, which practically dictates a wide aperture/ narrow dof. Maybe these guys spent so much on their lenses they can't afford to buy lights I suspect there's also a sense of community here, and one inspires another, and presto!, there's a trend.

on the other hand - if you're using the plasticca or the kronarette (and proberly others too), You don't have a choise..

No apertures present in those lenses....

[ustas]

this image was taken with Sironar-N 360mm f22 (just for some )

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[goamules]

... and presto!, there's a trend.

I've noticed this pesto trend also. Everywhere you go, there's pesto pizza, pesto sandwiches, pesto on the side....I'm sick of pesto trends.

[Jay DeFehr]

I've noticed this pesto trend also. Everywhere you go, there's pesto pizza, pesto sandwiches, pesto on the side....I'm sick of pesto trends.

hahahahaha. Me too! It's like when they decided to put baking soda into everything.

[Frank Petronio]

A lot of the people on this forum think of photographic lighting as being a shoe mount flash on a PC cord. Lighting just isn't in their vocabulary yet.

[cdholden]

A lot of the people on this forum think of photographic lighting as being a shoe mount flash on a PC cord. Lighting just isn't in their vocabulary yet.

Other than the big hot lamp that sits 93 million miles away, I don't have any lighting tools.
Chris

[mandoman7]

A lot of the people on this forum think of photographic lighting as being a shoe mount flash on a PC cord. Lighting just isn't in their vocabulary yet.

There seems to be an ethic around minimalist lighting tools, even for some pro's.
When I started back in the 80's if you didn't have a flash pack with heads you were not really serious. A painful expense but rewarding over time, I found.

[boris]

first time with a large format camera outside of our studio at school

cool, i like it alot! even the backround is very sophisticated.

[Jay DeFehr]

I'm the first to admit I know nothing about lighting beyond simple intuition, but I hope to change that in the near future. I plan to spend the next few weeks working indoors with artificial lighting; something I've never done before. My lighting kit is laughable, but one must begin somewhere. I'll post some results, if I get anything acceptable.

[Steve M Hostetter]

I'm the first to admit I know nothing about lighting beyond simple intuition, but I hope to change that in the near future. I plan to spend the next few weeks working indoors with artificial lighting; something I've never done before. My lighting kit is laughable, but one must begin somewhere. I'll post some results, if I get anything acceptable.

ok Jay,, make sure you use an acceptable fast lens..!