July 2011 portraits

[benrains]

Benrains,

Beautiful faces and beautiful lightning. Well done!

Wonderfully well done. Excellent lighting as Lenser already mentioned.

Benrains,

I love it! It's nice to see generous dof. The blurry noses and foreheads look is wearing on me. And your lighting is lovely, too.

excellent.

Lovely portrait !

Even lovelier (to me) without the film edge.

Ben, that truly is a stopper, as camera-work and as light. But the children deserve their share of the the glory.

Thanks, all! Not too much depth-of-field in this. The aperture was around f/8-f/11 which I feel is good for portrait work with that lens. Just enough to keep the important features of the subjects' faces within focus.

As for the film edge... It is at least the actual edge of the film. In cases where the composition fits pleasingly within the frame, I like to leave it. When it's not so good, or off the mark, then I crop the image to get the right balance. My personal preference is to have the frame there when I can.

[jermaineB]

My very first (and second) LF portrait on FP-100C ever!


First LF Portrait01 by bsharp#, on Flickr


First LF Portrait02 by bsharp#, on Flickr

Polaroid FP-100C, 210mm @ f/5.6

[MMELVIS]

My very first (and second) LF portrait on FP-100C ever!

Polaroid FP-100C, 210mm @ f/5.6

Well done for your first and second works. We look forward to future works of art. How long did it take you to setup for these shots?

[Donald Miller]

Beatriz

5X7 - 305 G Claron

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD
JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[jermaineB]

Well done for your first and second works. We look forward to future works of art. How long did it take you to setup for these shots?

Literally seconds! I was surprised my kids were still during the process...of course it didn't hurt having cartoons on the tv behind and to the left of me.

[Ash]

[Asher Kelman]

Ash,

I especially like your portraits in that they lack a veil of pretense and any artifact to make them especially glamorous.

Asher

A minor question. Do you really need the black borders? I feel they're imprisoning and puts a limit on the real estate of any matte or wall the the pictures can command attention over. Black borders are most often gimmicks that don't really add anything.

[jack_hui]

My daugther

Kinoptik 300/4.0 Cine Lens (Wide open)
Kodak outdated 8x10 EPN

[dperez]

These are great! I have got to get into wet-plate photography. Thanks for sharing.

Ok, it's july again ( already).
It looks like, the older you get the faster time flies.....

here are 2 from my last workshop.


18 x 24 cm
Dallmeyer 3b open
exposure time 4 secs
KCN fixer
Black glass ambro
Poorboy (alex) collodion mix


18 x 24 cm
Dallmeyer 3b open
exposure time 6 secs
KCN fixer
clear glass ambro
Poorboy (alex) collodion mix

[Tri Tran]

Tsssskk...Nice motion picture lens Jack. I have looking for years ....but haven't got it yet. Any news with your 20x24?