February 2012 portraits

[Ken Lee]

Here is a portriat I did today of my niece Joby, shot with a meniscus lens on 4x5 film

Bravo !

[ImSoNegative]

thanks Ken!

[gth]

This is called color, you may have heard of it. I made a wet plate onto unobtainium and then stippled in the color with a 0000 sable brush and watercolors made from Yak dung.




My kids live in San Francisco and hate getting their pictures done ;-p

Hey, is that The Presideo in the BG? Looks like it "might" have been shot around 12th and Cabrillo? No?

I am on Lake and 12th.

Must have been a bitch touching up all those wires.

/gth

[Tom J McDonald]

Cambo 4x5, Xenar 210mm, Cross-processed Ektachrome 64, contact printed on Fuji Crystal Archive.

[RPippin]

Studio shot with 4X5 FP4+. Kimi is a great gal and a good friend, but had a hard time sitting still enough for a longer exposure. After printing this I did a partial bleach and toned in Carbon toner and selenium. The scan looks a bit yellow, but the print is a very soft coffee and cream tone.

[sully75]

Nice tones, lighting, and colors !

In the first photo, it might have been helpful for you to move to the left - or have the subject step to her left. It would have placed her in front of the wall, instead of the door and other items. The image would look more dimensional that way.

IMHO, the second photo is more effective in that regard: more coherent, intimate, handsome.

Hi Ken,

I agree. I was in a rush and wasn't really paying attention. Also using a new camera which always throws a wrench in the works. It does remind me a bit of one of these not-particularly-well composed Bain News Service pictures that are on flickr via the Library of Congress though:


Morris Hillquit (LOC) by The Library of Congress, on Flickr

I managed to delete the other one while futzing with it. So, have to post it again. Sorry!


Jackie by Paul McEvoy, on Flickr

[ImSoNegative]

Cambo 4x5, Xenar 210mm, Cross-processed Ektachrome 64, contact printed on Fuji Crystal Archive.

I like this, the cross processing works really well here.

[Tobias Key]

The past is a place I like to visit - Kate -2 by Toby Key, on Flickr

Latest in my portrait series

[thicktheo]

one more with the expired ektachrome 100vs, cross-processed:

[Tom J McDonald]

I like this, the cross processing works really well here.

Thanks Mr Negative.