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Kerik Kouklis
31-Jul-2007, 10:37
OK, I'll start...

Sarah E

- 8x10 collodion on aluminum
- Derogy No 3 portrait
- wide open ~8 sec
- Most importantly, one amazing person in front of the camera...

Frank Petronio
31-Jul-2007, 10:40
I shot with her too, she's a great model. Beautiful image Kerik

Brian Bullen
31-Jul-2007, 10:47
As always Kerik, wonderful!

Jim Galli
1-Aug-2007, 07:05
I am really hoping to see this thread take off but I didn't much want to be second. kerik is an impossible act to follow. Here goes anyway.......


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Partridge/FlatteryS.jpg
Sincerest Flattery

I call it sincerest flattery because the idea originated with Rondal Partridge who the portrait is of. He did a near identical picture of his mother Imogen Cunningham when she was about the same age as he is now. The comparison if you can find his, is truly remarkable. I used my Voigtlander Euryscop Serie II Portrait #6 on Ron's Anthony & Scovill 8X10 studio camera. Packard shutter, Efke film.

Nicolai Morrisson
1-Aug-2007, 15:51
Jess

Half plate(?) Darlot with middle element tilted (with which there is no sharp bit at all)
6 sec on 4x5 320TXP in Diafine

domenico Foschi
1-Aug-2007, 15:59
Nicolai, your work is amazing.

nelson_chan
1-Aug-2007, 16:25
Judy, Stanhope, NJ 2007

Ebony RW45
Schneider 150mm f.2.8
Kodak 400NC

Nicolai Morrisson
1-Aug-2007, 16:40
Hey thanks, Domenico!

Scott Davis
1-Aug-2007, 16:52
Closeup portrait of a friend of mine- 5x7 back on a Century Master studio camera, Seneca Portrait 6.5x8.5 lens, F 11 @ 1/30th (1 strobe in a softbox, reflector), Pt/pd mix on COT320, PotOx developer.

Chris Strobel
1-Aug-2007, 17:01
Do they have to be living? :D

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/82800869/original.jpg

MenacingTourist
1-Aug-2007, 18:58
Here are a couple of recent ones. Well...recent as in Easter.
Crappy scans but you get the idea. The kids are cropped from an 8x10.

Both shot with a 2D and 12" Velostigmat (f6.3 or f8)
Natural window light
JandC 100 film
Forte multigrade paper

Ken Lee
1-Aug-2007, 19:34
Father and Son
My first attempt with 16-bit workflow and 2 luminosity masks for toning.
TMY, PyroCat, 210 Heliar, Sinar P

alec4444
1-Aug-2007, 19:49
Portraits are really not my thing, but I wanted to have a go at it with my 11x14. Sadly, my scanner doesn't scan 11x14 and I was too lazy to stitch...so here's a cropped version of one of these portraits. Cyanotype - haven't had time for the darkroom.

Efke PL100
11x14 (originally)
Schneider 360mm f5.6 Convertible Symmar
Window lighting only (and on a rainy day to boot)

Cheers!
--A

Tri Tran
1-Aug-2007, 22:26
Camera - shy father-in-law.
Other than a passport photo and a driver license picture. My father-in-law doesn't like to have his picture taken.This is his formal one for the last 20 years.
16 in/f5.6 Series VI Cooke Portrait lens .
Thanks for let me share. TT

christopherbwurzbach
1-Aug-2007, 22:42
Dale Howard

vinny
2-Aug-2007, 00:39
Per Volquartz at the 2006 Owen's Valley gathering. This is the only portrait i've shot with the 8x10. Wehman 8x10, 450mm nikkor M @f11, FP4 in rodinal. Cropped cuz i hadn't paid attention to the head room.

Miles Standish
2-Aug-2007, 03:29
Hi - LF (4x5) newbie here. This is my father - Ektachrome 100G.
Cheers, Miles

Scott Davis
2-Aug-2007, 06:49
Do they have to be living? :D

http://www.pbase.com/cloudswimmer/image/82800869/original.jpg

Chris- that is cool, but disturbing. Very cool.

GhoSStrider
2-Aug-2007, 07:12
Jess

Half plate(?) Darlot with middle element tilted (with which there is no sharp bit at all)
6 sec on 4x5 320TXP in Diafine

Nicolai-

That is just stunning. Very ethereal. I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing.

Chris Strobel
2-Aug-2007, 09:20
Chris- that is cool, but disturbing. Very cool.

Thankyou and don't worry, no one was harmed in the making of this image :D

Ralph Barker
2-Aug-2007, 09:53
Tri Tran - tell your father-in-law that he's a fine looking gentleman. Your portrait of him shows a strong, interesting character - just the kind of person with whom one would be inclined to have a long conversation over tea (or something stronger, perhaps).

Don Hutton
2-Aug-2007, 10:28
My daughter Emma - Cooke PS945.

Jim Galli
2-Aug-2007, 10:29
Camera - shy father-in-law.
Other than a passport photo and a driver license picture. My father-in-law doesn't like to have his picture taken.This is his formal one for the last 20 years.
16 in/f5.6 Series VI Cooke Portrait lens .
Thanks for let me share. TT

Tri this really is a lovely portrait. The suspenders tell me volumes. Don't you love that Cooke! Did you dial in some diffusion or was it simply wide open?

Tri Tran
2-Aug-2007, 12:00
Tri this really is a lovely portrait. The suspenders tell me volumes. Don't you love that Cooke! Did you dial in some diffusion or was it simply wide open?

Hi Jim,
It's a very interesting lens,fits my vision and budget.Thanks to you. It's simply wide open with sharp dial. This lens has a lot of potential various use of soft/sharp/dof that I need to explore about this lens.Best. TT

Tri Tran
2-Aug-2007, 12:17
My daughter Emma - Cooke PS945.

Hi Don,
How are you? I remember this picture.She's an angel. Take some more pictures of them as they will grow fast. Cheers.TT

Morten
2-Aug-2007, 13:53
The one and only Ole Tjugen with his smartest and most advanced camera, the Carbon Infinity 4x5 and his most unsharp lens a Schneider Xenar Typ D 15cm f:3.5. "Unsharp wide open and does not improve by stopping down"

Captured with a 240/9 G-Claron wide open with my old and battered 8x10 Wizard view camera with plenty of pinholes, and carefully wrapped in the darkcloth. Film was 18x24cm HP5+ souped in Rodinal.

Regards
Morten ;-)

katie cooke
2-Aug-2007, 15:37
One of myself, one of my husband. Both with Toyo 45CF and a 101mm wollensak raptar on FP4+ in natural light.

Colin Robertson
2-Aug-2007, 15:52
Smile, girl. Ya know ya wanna . . .

Scott Davis
2-Aug-2007, 16:41
Your husband bears a resemblance to Johnny Depp. Or perhaps Leo DiCaprio....

dominikus bw
2-Aug-2007, 21:21
I guess I can join in this thread... ;)
Sinar F1, Symmar-S 210, TMY400

Los
3-Aug-2007, 10:04
Judy, Stanhope, NJ 2007

Ebony RW45
Schneider 150mm f.2.8
Kodak 400NC

nelson,

thanks for the photo. a lot of storytelling in this image.

Monty McCutchen
3-Aug-2007, 14:10
Never have liked being in front of my own photo's so I thought it was time to explore why. First in a series that I hope to follow through on.

Full plate Wet Plate Collodion on trophy aluminum. Exposure 4 seconds. Glasses borrowed. Dallmeyer 3A.

Too much room above my head but hey it was the first in the series not the last.

Have enjoyed all the other efforts immensly.

monty

Ole Tjugen
3-Aug-2007, 14:14
The one and only Ole Tjugen with his smartest and most advanced camera, the Carbon Infinity 4x5 and his most unsharp lens a Schneider Xenar Typ D 15cm f:3.5. "Unsharp wide open and does not improve by stopping down"

Captured with a 240/9 G-Claron wide open with my old and battered 8x10 Wizard view camera with plenty of pinholes, and carefully wrapped in the darkcloth. Film was 18x24cm HP5+ souped in Rodinal.

Regards
Morten ;-)

In a way I'm glad I didn't bring the cracked and chipped Rodenstock Eurynar 135/4.5...

Jeremy Moore
3-Aug-2007, 14:46
Full plate Wet Plate Collodion on trophy aluminum. Exposure 4 seconds. Glasses borrowed. Dallmeyer 3A.

Too much room above my head but hey it was the first in the series not the last.

Have enjoyed all the other efforts immensly.

monty

This is GREAT, Monty! Just LOVE the cracked glasses.

katie cooke
6-Aug-2007, 13:19
Your husband bears a resemblance to Johnny Depp. Or perhaps Leo DiCaprio....

Ack! my secret is out! Ahem. A certain Deppishness does come out in some photos, though. It's that or the young Trotsky...

This is a new one from Saturday, of my friend Lila. 4x5, on hp5+, wide open with a rodenstock geronar 210mm for about half a second.

Frank Petronio
6-Aug-2007, 13:32
a few...

Ken Lee
6-Aug-2007, 13:35
Katie -

I really like the apparent simplicity of your photos. The lack of clutter brings you right into the presence of the person.

May I ask, how was the image toned ? I love the color too.

katie cooke
6-Aug-2007, 14:06
Thanks, Ken! When I'm using neg scans rather than prints, I've got a few standby tritones that I use, and then pull about as needed for a particular picture.

Jim Galli
6-Aug-2007, 15:01
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Brothers.jpg
brothers

Kodak 2D 8X10 12 3/4" Cooke @f8
Freestyle APHS ortho film

Ray Bidegain
6-Aug-2007, 16:16
I thought I would send in this 5x7 platinum palladium portrait from a couple of months ago.

Ray Bidegain

Scott --
6-Aug-2007, 18:34
Playing with the Sironar 210/5.6...
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/crop017-1.jpg

Frank Petronio
6-Aug-2007, 19:03
My little girl, this is what you can do with a handheld Linhof Technika w a 150mm lens.

Mystery Jig
6-Aug-2007, 21:11
5083

colivet
6-Aug-2007, 22:33
Self Portrait with Bronica 6x6 quite moved but I like it.

nelsonfotodotcom
6-Aug-2007, 23:35
Ack, if 6x6 can suffice for LF....

RB67, 90mm - #1 on TXP @ 800; all others, Acros @ 200; all in Diafine

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1096/843593450_73bcb3aaa1.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1329/933102939_6fd7646375.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1014/993673142_0a1455bd5c.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/1004412751_4c4d07a276.jpg

nelsonfotodotcom
6-Aug-2007, 23:37
More 67 images, all Acros in Diafine

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1437/1004411013_07aae21c25.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1111/1019701659_30da9ea46a.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1396/1005267062_c98d7deb6d.jpg

adrian tyler
7-Aug-2007, 00:53
doctor in a nuclear power station

claudiocambon
7-Aug-2007, 15:48
Rough scan (gotta love the moire'!), but good enough for starters. Near Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, March 2007.

Jim Galli
7-Aug-2007, 20:59
Rough scan (gotta love the moire'!), but good enough for starters. Near Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, March 2007.
OHH! I love this portrait. It looks like the little fellow in Don Normark's Chavez Ravine book. I wish it was a little bigger.

Scott --
8-Aug-2007, 11:19
One o' the daughter.
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j185/bliorg/maddie00.jpg

Seneca Competitor 5x7, Sironar-N MC 210/5.6.

Hugo Zhang
8-Aug-2007, 13:04
They are beautiful, beautiful and beautiful, red orchid!

Don Hutton
8-Aug-2007, 13:17
I bought a Kodak 305mm f4.8 portrait lens last week - here's a test shot on whole plate HP5+.... (my daughter, again....). Wide open

Jim Galli
8-Aug-2007, 13:35
I bought a Kodak 305mm f4.8 portrait lens last week - here's a test shot on whole plate HP5+.... (my daughter, again....). Wide open
Absolutely lovely Don, as was the one by the window also. Gorgeous. I raised 3 girls. Fasten your seat belt.

Don Hutton
8-Aug-2007, 14:42
Thanks Jim... Yes - it's a great pleasure now which I am certain will translate into all sorts of angst later.

D. Bryant
8-Aug-2007, 15:22
I bought a Kodak 305mm f4.8 portrait lens last week - here's a test shot on whole plate HP5+.... (my daughter, again....). Wide open
I saw this print today and it is quite lovely. The Kodak portrait lens is an amazing portrait lens. What is more amazing is Don's daughter. I've never met a child this young that can project such a prescence to the camera. Off camera though, you would never know, she is very demure.

Don Bryant

claudiocambon
8-Aug-2007, 17:46
Inspired by Jim Galli's words of praise, a welcome compliment any day of the week, here's another from my Mexico series that I am currently editing with rough scans.

Tri Tran
8-Aug-2007, 18:58
I bought a Kodak 305mm f4.8 portrait lens last week - here's a test shot on whole plate HP5+.... (my daughter, again....). Wide open
Hi Don and all.
Wow! Another nice one. Here's my son Dylan ,taken with the same lens at F5.6. Thanks for letting me share. TT

Don Hutton
8-Aug-2007, 19:01
Very cool Tri - I'm very pleasantly surprised with the lens.

Monty McCutchen
8-Aug-2007, 19:45
20 x 24 Palladium print of a family friend. Shot at high noon which left his eyes a bit dead but then again he had only been up for a short while so that may be the reason!

20 x 24, 550 XXL, COT 320 Pot Ox

Hair by Paul Mitchell


Monty

D. Bryant
8-Aug-2007, 20:55
Hi Don and all.
Wow! Another nice one. Here's my son Dylan ,taken with the same lens at F5.6. Thanks for letting me share. TT
Wow Tri, very sweet! I love this lens.

Don Bryant

Tri Tran
8-Aug-2007, 21:17
20 x 24 Palladium print of a family friend. Shot at high noon which left his eyes a bit dead but then again he had only been up for a short while so that may be the reason!

20 x 24, 550 XXL, COT 320 Pot Ox

Hair by Paul Mitchell


Monty
Hi Monty,
That's impressive! What's film and how much sensitizer did you use? Single or double coated? Cheers. TT

Don Bryant,
Thanks for the compliments. It's a very friendly lens , predictable and easy to use especially for 8x10. From what I heard in the early days a lot of portrait photographer made a lot of money with that lens. Best . TT

Monty McCutchen
9-Aug-2007, 05:05
Hi Tri,

Thanks! The film I shot this on I believe was JandC Classic 400, which doesn't build up much density to be honest for Pt/Pd. I had one box of it before the Ilford order came in. I am shooting FP4 now which is a much better film as you well know. I single coated and I use about 4.5 ml in a pipette. Its a chore to get it spread evenly but still easier than pouring a wet plate ambrotype in that size! Now that's a chore. If I get a chance I will take a digi picture of a giant ambro portrait and post it here today.

I am consistently awed by your work and would enjoy seeing more of it posted here!!

take care,

Monty

Monty McCutchen
9-Aug-2007, 18:37
As promised here is one of the big Ambrotypes. A friends daughter was heading off to college and she and her mother wanted something a bit different. Not sure I accomplished that unless a soft portrait was what they were after but it was a fun day nonetheless.


My pours on the big ambrotypes obviously still needs some work but I'm starting to get it. This is about the 10th 20 x 24 plate I have poured. Much to learn. About the third that I haven't wiped off and started over on.

20 x 24, Giant Jarmin Darlot lens shot wide open f4 for 9 seconds on a dark cloudy overcast day. The actual ambrotype is brighter than the digi image reproduced here but it still leaves some things to be desired.

Best

Monty

clay harmon
9-Aug-2007, 19:37
Whoa Monty,

Pretty cool stuff. Very nice. Did you haul all this stuff in the truck up to KC? Including the special, uh, 'fixer'? I forget, are you using a suction cup or something to hold the plate? If you are using the claw method, then I definitely have to take you bouldering.

Clay

Struan Gray
9-Aug-2007, 23:38
Is that her ex-boyfriend's shrunken head she's holding?

She'll probably come to love this more than any literal interpretation.

Craig Griffiths
10-Aug-2007, 00:21
While I cannot match those that have posted so far, my humble attempt is here. I must say that I have now received the motivation to get out and try some more.

Ebony RW45 and Delta 100.

David R Munson
10-Aug-2007, 07:48
This one's a little old, being from early March, but it's a favorite of mine and I don't do much portraiture currently, especially with large format, so there you go...

This is of my friend and business partner Yohei Morita, who is himself an excellent photographer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/spastica/).

Linhof Kardan Bi 4x5, Nikkor-W 210mm, Tri-X Pan 320 at EI 160 developed in Pyrocat HD.

matthew blais
10-Aug-2007, 11:10
Here's a couple I'm happy with, both done with 4x5. The b&w from HP5 and the lith print from type 55.

Some excellent work here!

g zuili
11-Aug-2007, 21:17
Hi,
Deardorff and Radar 12 inches. I'm amazed by that lens.
Lith contact print (oriental)
Best,
Guillaume

g zuili
11-Aug-2007, 21:21
Monty,
That 20x24 Ambrotype is stunning. The composition, the darkness, this is just beautiful.

Ken Lee
12-Aug-2007, 04:17
Matthew, the Lith Print is... genius.

Nicolai Morrisson
12-Aug-2007, 11:36
Justin on FP4 in Diafine. I'd like to make a pt/pd print of this, once I learn how.

matthew blais
12-Aug-2007, 14:11
Matthew, the Lith Print is... genius.

Wow, thanks for the comment.

Darryl Baird
13-Aug-2007, 17:48
...been testing, buying, testing, and finally have something to show. I had a portrait "assignment" to photograph my granddaughter for her high school senior photos.

She's a lovely girl who wears too much makeup, but the camera doesn't seem to mind.;)

Cambo w/4X5 reducing back, Ilford HP5, 12" Wollensak Velostigmat, f/8, softness at 5, FG7 1:15* (*9% sodium sulfite)

Window light (left) Strobe (right)

Nicolai Morrisson
14-Aug-2007, 17:31
Wow, that first one is *intense*!

Darryl Baird
14-Aug-2007, 20:59
The last of the film batch, on 8x10 Arista 100, Rodinal 1:25
12" Velostigmat, f8

Frank Petronio
14-Aug-2007, 21:52
You know there is this artist in NYC -- Stacy Leigh -- who photographs highly detailed dolls -- to great critical acclaim -- and I am wondering if you are aping her. These portraits are spooky and cool as hell. I hope they are intentionally that way...

Darryl Baird
15-Aug-2007, 06:11
I had to Google Ms. Leigh [I can't ape if I don't know the work ;) ], but no that wasn't what I was after, but I do know these are odd. I can't seem to fully make sense of that 'quality' since these are my first real attempts with very new (to me anyway) equipment and focal lengths. I was after full-head portraits and had moved the camera closer after the 4x5 shots (above) to attempt full frame with the 12". I ran out of bellows at 30" and moved back a few inches. This is a crop of a slightly larger frame.

Maybe the combination of tight framing, lighting (I'm not happy with), Wolly softness/sharpness, uber-makeup, and facial symmetry are adding up. I did some testing with my wife previous to this shoot and they are different... but that's was just testing the magnification ratio and DOF.

thanks for the comments

Marcus Carlsson
15-Aug-2007, 13:04
Great thread. Since I only do portraits I just love every one of yours.

http://lellou.com/images/20061030223041_2006-10-30-storformat.jpg

My daughter. 4x5" Tri-X 320 Caltar 180 mm

/ Marcus

Amund BLix Aaeng
15-Aug-2007, 13:30
Two from yesterday at a photography barbeque party :)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1018/1124350400_6b72087404_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/1120773826_05277f3491_o.jpg

Both Wehman 8x10, 250 Fujinon, Tri-X/HC-110

Henry Ambrose
15-Aug-2007, 15:51
Marcus and Amund -

Absolutely lovely!

Jiri Vasina
16-Aug-2007, 02:21
Yes, Marcus and Amund, they are all wonderful...

Marcus Carlsson
16-Aug-2007, 07:02
Amund, Barbeque and photography at the same time. It sounds really fun. Wonderful portraits as well.

/ Marcus

Amund BLix Aaeng
16-Aug-2007, 08:21
Thank you.

Considering that they were taken while slightly drunk, they came of out ok :)

PViapiano
16-Aug-2007, 08:36
That's it...I'm moving to Scandinavia!!!

Jan Pedersen
16-Aug-2007, 08:56
That's it...I'm moving to Scandinavia!!!

Mosqitos and the tax man will get you!

Amund BLix Aaeng
16-Aug-2007, 09:44
Mosqitos and the tax man will get you!


:) The mosquitos aren`t much of a problem here in Oslo, but yes, the taxman for sure is!:rolleyes:

I wouldn`t mind living in California :)

jetcode
16-Aug-2007, 11:48
Leah, Larkin Valley, 2002

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/jetcode/Leah02-small-web1.jpg

PViapiano
16-Aug-2007, 15:21
Amund...

I guess it's "the grass is always greener" theory...

Stephan.in.Belgium
17-Aug-2007, 09:48
Lots of fantastic pictures here :) I was thinking about trying a speed graphic with some loww contrast color film, 160NC probably, has anyone got some example pictures of that combination lying around by any chance ?

Here's one of mine from a couple of weeks ago:

http://i11.tinypic.com/4q57pg7.jpg

Stephan.in.Belgium
17-Aug-2007, 09:56
That's my twin sister by the way. The blue spot halfway up her sweater is where the film in very faintly scratched, on my last batch of film about half ended up slightly scratched in the middle and I can't figure out why. I checked the film holders and they are fine, and I've never had any problem with them in the past anyway. Any ideas ? I'm afraid I won't be able to print the images because of the scratches, or I'll have to print them digitally...

Brian Bullen
20-Aug-2007, 19:43
Finally got a scanner so here goes.
Nikki
8x10 contact toned in coffee
Dallmeyer 3d

Frank Petronio
21-Aug-2007, 08:23
My very patient wife

keeds
21-Aug-2007, 10:21
Another patient wife...

Spencer Portland 15" @ f/5.6 || Fomapan 100 8x10 || Ilford WTFB

PS. I'm sure there's a tiny bit swirl going on there in the background ;-)

Monty McCutchen
21-Aug-2007, 10:40
Here is another 20 x 24 Ambrotype. Black Glass. Giant Jarmon Darlot lens shot wide open f4ish I believe. Needs a stop to get at least the eyes in focus but tried to get a compostion that fit with the softness. Hope you enjoy.


Monty

Jan Pedersen
21-Aug-2007, 12:04
Great work everybody. I need a patient wife no, a wife period.

Ken Lee
21-Aug-2007, 12:50
Jetcode - Brilliant portrait. Just heavenly.

I would like to see it in some kind of warm-tone. But that's me.

Ken Lee
21-Aug-2007, 19:05
Sinar P1, 210mm Heliar, TMY, PyroCat

Tri Tran
21-Aug-2007, 22:52
Here is another 20 x 24 Ambrotype. Black Glass. Giant Jarmon Darlot lens shot wide open f4ish I believe. Needs a stop to get at least the eyes in focus but tried to get a compostion that fit with the softness. Hope you enjoy.


Monty

Hi Monty,
It's stunning. I like it a lot. What's the Darlot focal length did you used? Thanks for sharing.

TT

Frank Petronio
22-Aug-2007, 02:02
a few more, Jessalyn

Jiri Vasina
22-Aug-2007, 02:11
Well, Frank, the second one has a special appeal to me. They are all very very good, but the second one...

Jiri Vasina
22-Aug-2007, 11:20
MPP Mk.VII handheld, with rangefinder focusing, Schneider Xenar 135mm f:4,7, don't remember the aperture but I think it was wide open. 6x12cm in DaYi rollfilm back, Fuji Pro 160 S (the first holder and film I managed to grab in the short time of her stillness :) - those red cheeks are from her going overdrive for the whole afternoon). And yes, the sofa is of that color and saturation...

And I forgot to say, it's my daughter. She'll be two the day after tomorrow...

http://www.vasina.net/photos/web/l004-6_web.jpg

Vaughn
22-Aug-2007, 15:23
All three of my boys together. In our backyard. Alex-Bryce-Calder, 10 years old.

Pinhole exposed onto Polaroid Type 55, using my Gowland PocketView 4x5 at an effective focal length of about 10". All 30 second exposures.

Printed together on Kodak Ektalure, K surface...expired 1981, but still prints nice. The Type 55 expired 1988, but has been kept refrigerated.

Vaughn

Marcus Carlsson
23-Aug-2007, 00:05
Sinar P1, 210mm Heliar, TMY, PyroCat

One of the best child-portrait I have ever seen.

/ Marcus

Vaughn
23-Aug-2007, 02:40
One of the best child-portrait I have ever seen.

/ Marcus

Referring to Ken Lee's photograph:

Yes, a very sensitive portrait, and done very well. I enjoy the position of the figure in relationship to the railing around what seems to be a porch. The young person seems to be bursting out of the safe, but all-of-a-sudden confining, space of her childhood. I have 3 ten-year-old boys, so this is what I am seeing. Your mileage may differ...:)

Vaughn

Marko
23-Aug-2007, 08:32
a few more, Jessalyn

Frank, I really like the third one. Especially tonality.

jetcode
23-Aug-2007, 10:30
Jetcode - Brilliant portrait. Just heavenly.

I would like to see it in some kind of warm-tone. But that's me.

Hi Ken,

Thanks, I am experimenting with B/W processing in CS2. I'm not sure where my head is at in terms of tone and I've been having some issues with monitor calibration.

One thing for sure this thread offers some extraordinary approaches and images. One of the best threads I've seen in terms of sheer creativity and subject matter.

Joe

Darryl Baird
23-Aug-2007, 10:51
Finally got a scanner so here goes.
Nikki
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=5397&d=1187664106
8x10 contact toned in coffee
Dallmeyer 3d

As I return to this thread for updates, this is one of the images I return to review. There's an emotional quality that is just lovely. Like it!

Joel Brown
23-Aug-2007, 11:00
8x10 Deardorff, 250 Fujinon lens,. Why do I have lines running through the clothing?
Joel

PViapiano
23-Aug-2007, 11:07
The lines are newton rings...direct contact of neg with glass.

Christopher Perez
23-Aug-2007, 11:13
OK. I'll throw in a pair.

Location Details: Mysore, Karnataka, India. Boys in front of Maharaja's east temple doors. Pujari in front of Nandi Bull (c.1643) on Chamundi Hill just outside Mysore.

Photo Details: Ikeda Anba 4x5, 110mm Super Symmar XL, TMax100 ReadyLoads, D76, Gimp, OSP

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/inkjet/images/boys2.jpg

http://www.hevanet.com/cperez/inkjet/images/chamu1.jpg

Ole Tjugen
23-Aug-2007, 11:31
Group portrait with mountain:

http://www.bruraholo.no/images/Senja_2007/Senja07.jpg

Gandolfi Traditional 8x10", Delta 100, Angulon 210mm f:6.8, wide open.

Ken Lee
23-Aug-2007, 11:32
I wonder if you have dodged the high values, or is the shot just contrasty ? The woman is so sculpturesque, I would love to see more of the skin tones.

Here's a quick bit of fiddling with the image.

Brian Bullen
23-Aug-2007, 12:09
Darryl, thank you for the kind words. Very much appreciated.

Monty, I love the image even if it's not in focus, looks great on my screen and would love to see it in person.

Ken, excellent portrait of your daughter, beautiful tones.

jetcode
23-Aug-2007, 13:46
I wonder if you have dodged the high values, or is the shot just contrasty ? The woman is so sculpturesque, I would love to see more of the skin tones.

Here's a quick bit of fiddling with the image.

Hi Ken,

I may be wrong but I think it's probably not a great idea to fiddle with images here. The idea is that you are projecting your objectivity onto someone else's work. Had this been an open critique great. Granted there may be adjustments necessary and my eye is getting more evolved day by day but this model has olive skin. She will never have a milky white glow to her.

Thanks,
Joe

Ken Lee
23-Aug-2007, 13:50
Oops !

Joe - You are 100% right.

Thanks for being a good sport about it.

I can't seem to find a way to delete the post.

jetcode
23-Aug-2007, 14:34
Oops !

Joe - You are 100% right.

Thanks for being a good sport about it.

I can't seem to find a way to delete the post.

No need to delete Ken, your input is precious but I have learned over the years that protocol is essential when dealing with artists, especially picky &^$%#'s like me!

Take care and keep the images flowing like the wind!
Joe

jetcode
23-Aug-2007, 22:25
OK. I'll throw in a pair.

Location Details: Mysore, Karnataka, India. Boys in front of Maharaja's east temple doors. Pujari in front of Nandi Bull (c.1643) on Chamundi Hill just outside Mysore.


These are really great photographs, awesome B/W printing.

Alex Hollmann
24-Aug-2007, 00:13
My favourite is still Tri's unwilling father-in-law, which is early in this thread. The composition is just superb, every element works so well - especially the suspender, as someone mentioned - and the tonality is gorgeous.

Here's a portrait of a fellow Seattle photographer, Steve Hanson, taken on 8X10 with a 12 inch Kodak Commercial Ektar.

jetcode
24-Aug-2007, 05:36
My favourite is still ...

I like them all, they are each unique statements and the variety of the print styles and subject presentation is excellent.

riooso
24-Aug-2007, 06:10
My granddaughter, the one that runs the place! 4x4,160s,150mm Schneider, about 5.2.

Richard

65Galaxie
24-Aug-2007, 20:16
Both my boys. Speed Graphic. 135 Optar. Handheld. Fuji Astia. Normally I will always use a reflector or flash to get some light in the eyes but I was alone and I needed to move the boys into the light because of the slower film. If I was using 400 speed film I could have moved them under the porch to get rid of the "racoon eyes".

Ben Chase
24-Aug-2007, 21:56
My father holding my son and daughter.

My son was not very thrilled about the whole exercise and my daughter - well, she loves any attention she can get.

Linhof TK45s
TMAX 100 Readyload
Too small of an aperture

Los
2-Sep-2007, 13:02
LA area jazz musician and educator. my wife is doing a photo story about jazz musicians for a school project, and she lets me shoot 2 sheets at the end of the sessions. hp5 (4x5) symmar-s 210mm@ f8

Sam
2-Sep-2007, 14:08
These are all incredible!

xavier deltell
2-Sep-2007, 16:14
4x5 Tmax 100. Developped Xtol 1+1. Sinar P. 150 Nikon lens. Scanner epson V750

Evgeny Turchak
3-Sep-2007, 09:43
Hi, this is my firs portrait with the 4x5 toyo-view 45D
schneider 180mm, fomapan 100 in rodinal 1:50

http://www.photoetude.com/masha_s.jpg


Thanks,
Evgeny

Jiri Vasina
3-Sep-2007, 09:46
Well, Evgeny, that really is something. The portrait is wonderful (and the size of the linked picture only adds to the experience :D ;) )

Jiri

Evgeny Turchak
3-Sep-2007, 10:01
Well, Evgeny, that really is something. The portrait is wonderful (and the size of the linked picture only adds to the experience :D ;) )

Jiri


Thank you Jiri,
This small jpg is not even close to the full resolution scan from my Polaroid 45 ultra :)

David Karp
3-Sep-2007, 10:12
Evgeny,

WOW.

davidb
3-Sep-2007, 10:19
Evgeny, I am not the kind of guy who comments too much but that photograph is just spectacular. Simply terrific.

Jan Pedersen
3-Sep-2007, 11:08
First portrait?? Keep going Evgeny, this one is a real beauty.

Hugo Zhang
3-Sep-2007, 11:46
Evgeny,

Such a beautiful portrait! Can you share some lighting and other technical information?

Thanks.

Evgeny Turchak
3-Sep-2007, 14:18
Evgeny,

Such a beautiful portrait! Can you share some lighting and other technical information?

Thanks.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND WORDS!

This is my first portrait with 4x5 camera however this is not the only portrait I ever made:)

We have small portrait studio and we are using Kodak SLR/c as our main camera and Elinchrom monolights with different light modifiers.

For this shot I was using Elinchrom medium rotalux octa at ~45 degree from the left very close to the model and I use reflector from the right to open some shadows, also second Elinchrom with the 20 degree greed for the background .
I can post more examples if any body is interested however this is going to be shots from my Kodak camera.

Thanks,
Evgeni

Hugo Zhang
3-Sep-2007, 14:48
Evgeni,

More examples, please!

D. Bryant
3-Sep-2007, 16:41
Hi, this is my firs portrait with the 4x5 toyo-view 45D
schneider 180mm, fomapan 100 in rodinal 1:50

http://www.photoetude.com/masha_s.jpg


Thanks,
Evgeny
Nice! Very Nice!

nelsonfotodotcom
3-Sep-2007, 17:58
Agreed. Skin tones and garment details are wonderful. Thanks for this one.

Evgeny Turchak
3-Sep-2007, 22:13
Evgeni,

More examples, please!

Okay, all pictures bellow are from Kodak SLR/c

http://www.photoetude.com/web/02.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/06.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/10a.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/15p.jpg

Evgeny Turchak
3-Sep-2007, 22:14
http://www.photoetude.com/web/25a.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/28.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/29.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/300.jpg

Evgeny Turchak
3-Sep-2007, 22:15
http://www.photoetude.com/web/60.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/85bw.jpg

http://www.photoetude.com/web/93.jpg

Jim Galli
4-Sep-2007, 07:28
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/CaedonS.jpg
Caedon

Caedon is an impish laddie of 4. It is impossible to be mad at him for more than 8 or 9 seconds. He is my grandson. I used the Kodak 11X14 2D and Cooke 15 1/2" Knuckler Portrait wide open. Madness.

Jim Galli
4-Sep-2007, 07:39
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/KaraS.jpg
Kara

Kara is the opposite of Ceadon. Perfect sweetness. She is 5. Caedon is quite smitten. Who wouldn't be? Done with the 11X14 as above. Of course it's blurry. You think YOU can get a 5 year old to sit still for 1/8th of a second?

katie cooke
5-Sep-2007, 15:04
I decided to be really brave, and lug the camera out into town during the last couple of sundays of the Edinburgh Fringe. I set things up against a church wall just off the Royal mile where all the action was, and then accosted strangers and asked them to pose for me. A surprising number agreed: I photographed 28 people in all, two exposures on each.

And, as I was on a roll of not being chicken, I shot the majority of them wide open, too. There's a set of 24 portraits from this project over on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyoka/sets/72157601845848559/

This chap was wonderful: he does scary things with fire and knives and acrobatics and juggling, and is studying at circus school to learn even more surreal tricks.

Miguel Curbelo
5-Sep-2007, 15:31
Katie that is a wonderful collection of portraits.

C. D. Keth
5-Sep-2007, 17:38
I decided to be really brave, and lug the camera out into town during the last couple of sundays of the Edinburgh Fringe. I set things up against a church wall just off the Royal mile where all the action was, and then accosted strangers and asked them to pose for me. A surprising number agreed: I photographed 28 people in all, two exposures on each.

Katie, that's awesome! You ahev a lot of nice portraits there and I bet it did a lot for you, too. Why all against a wall, though?

riooso
5-Sep-2007, 19:01
Very nice Katie!

Richard

Jim Galli
5-Sep-2007, 19:27
Katie, Bravo!

katie cooke
6-Sep-2007, 00:40
Thank you!


...and I bet it did a lot for you, too. Why all against a wall, though?

oh, it did! It was a really valuable little project, for lots of reasons, but good lord, I learned how to work fast. Why the wall? Boring practical reasons, mostly. Because there were big crowds of people wandering around, and no other way to prevent random people walking behind a shot. I also found a tucked away, protected corner to set up the camera and tripod where it wasn't likely to be barged into accidentally. It would have been good to have moved everyone a couple of feet further away from the wall, but then I'd have been sticking out into a flow of people.

Matus Kalisky
6-Sep-2007, 01:04
Katie, that's very nice collection you have made. I am impressed. The all look very natural.
May I ask a stupid technical question - was the whole event shot in a shade or it was cloudy? It does not look like a direct sunlight...

Peter Lewin
6-Sep-2007, 12:57
Well, I'll throw in another "stupid question" - since all the portraits are both (a) really good and (b) all in very sharp focus, how did you handle the focus-ing (my spelling problem!)? Since you said you were working fast, line on ground, string to nose? With all head & shoulder shots and a 210, I would have expected a shallower depth-of-field, but perhaps all that shows is my lack of portrait experience! Again, a really nicely done project!

katie cooke
6-Sep-2007, 13:50
Thanks!

Matus: I lucked out with overcast bright days. Edinburgh is often like a giant softbox. When the sun did break through for a while, I had to stop because the shadows got very hard and I didn't have a reflector with me.

Peter: I'm a bit baffled myself about how much depth of field I got, at f6.8 which is the widest this lens goes though a few are at made at f8. I was about three feet or so away from my subjects; closer in, of course, the DoF is tiny. I set up a line on the ground, and asked people to put the middle of their heels on it (i.e. roughly the line of the spine). When they came and stood for me, I did a quick fine focus onto the bridge of the nose, and then when I emerged from under the darkcloth I watched them carefully and didn't make the exposure until I thought they had settled back into the right position. Maybe on a quarter of the images (I made two of each person) I got that judgement wrong and the focus was in the wrong place with sharp shirts and soft eyes.

C. D. Keth
6-Sep-2007, 15:51
Nicely done. The background is very understandable since it was such a busy place. I rather like the simplicity of it, actually.

Gustavo
9-Sep-2007, 20:57
Love this here are my 2 cents.
One is a Kallitype guess witch one the other a POP
Cheers

Brian Bullen
9-Sep-2007, 22:27
Rudy at Work
8x10 contact toned in coffee
Dallmeyer 3d wide open

Frank Petronio
9-Sep-2007, 23:54
here's another

C. D. Keth
10-Sep-2007, 01:20
I love your work with Karen, Frank. She's beautiful and very unique, her feature are all a bit exaggerated like an anime cartoon.

karrisz
10-Sep-2007, 20:10
Collodion process is awesome!

karrisz
10-Sep-2007, 20:20
Okay..y..y, Ambrotype is awesome, too. But Wet Plate Collodion's the awesomest!

lenser
10-Sep-2007, 20:29
My kid, Heather.

Made with a zone VI, calumet roll back and my incredible Wollensak 10" Veritar.

Lit with a combination of an 1800 ultra in a 3x4 softbox and a photogenic mini spot.

Used only the modeling light in the softbox.

C. D. Keth
11-Sep-2007, 13:06
Okay..y..y, Ambrotype is awesome, too. But Wet Plate Collodion's the awesomest!

Pssst, an ambrotype is made with the wet-plate collodion process. it's just underexposed and done on a dark surface so it produces a positive.;) :eek:

karrisz
11-Sep-2007, 18:16
Exactly, that's why it's just awesome and not the awesomest!

Scott --
11-Sep-2007, 18:23
Maddie, after her first day of kindergarten.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1101/1269736854_20ad32582e_o.jpg

karrisz
11-Sep-2007, 18:33
Tried to make them look old, they turned out look beaten up. As they really were during the processing.

Frank Petronio
12-Sep-2007, 12:22
a few mo

Jeremy Moore
12-Sep-2007, 12:36
numbers 2&3 make a fabulous diptych, Frank!

Kirk Keyes
12-Sep-2007, 12:58
Frank - any shots from your trip to Oregon yet?

Hugo Zhang
12-Sep-2007, 12:58
Frank,

I like the #2!

Jiri Vasina
12-Sep-2007, 13:17
#2 and #3 are very strong, Frank.

Frank Petronio
12-Sep-2007, 14:14
Yeah I took in a lot of sightseeing in Oregon....

Ash
12-Sep-2007, 14:28
Frank that 3rd one in the second set is classic :D

You really are one of my LF heroes (with regards to crazy half naked photos, lol)

katie cooke
12-Sep-2007, 14:31
if you allow me to blow my own trumpet a little, there's an article about my edinburgh festival portraits project over on photocritic which may be of interest to some of you: http://www.photocritic.org/2007/street-photography

Frank Petronio
12-Sep-2007, 14:32
well Jess is famous for that stuff, (almost) anybody would have taken that shot LOL

Pat Hilander
12-Sep-2007, 20:24
Frank that 3rd one in the second set is classic :D

You really are one of my LF heroes (with regards to crazy half naked photos, lol)


True that, Ash!

And Frank, #4 makes for a cool self portrait too!

Blueberrydesk
13-Sep-2007, 18:56
Frank...you're my hero. :-)

jetcode
14-Sep-2007, 02:48
Yeah I took in a lot of sightseeing in Oregon....

How come I missed that part of Oregon last time I was there?
I made it a point to see all the important sites.

Hugo Zhang
14-Sep-2007, 22:32
Deardorff 8x10 with an Apo-Skopar 30cm lens. Very windy day. Lens wide open and he moved when I squeezed the shutter.

russyoung
15-Sep-2007, 08:42
Made with a Graflex Super D and a 9 inch Spencer Port-Land lens at f/5 (just like Uncle Ansel used for portraits and landscapes). TMAX-100 4x5 developed in TMAX (not RS) developer, 13 minutes, 75F, JOBO.
Russ

Jim Galli
15-Sep-2007, 09:33
We start 'em out young at the Galli's. Shiny Ford's are a lifetime endeavor.

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/BoyZnFordSsm.jpg

Don't remember which camera / lens :confused:

alanps
21-Sep-2007, 11:03
One from me - 5x4 Polaroid

Ash
21-Sep-2007, 14:50
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/Untitled-1copy_edit_sm.jpg

Self portrait on expired FP4+ with the Korona 4x5 + 180/6,8 Dagor tonight.
I focused on a tripod then moved myself in place.
The room was pitch black, the aperture must have been about f/22, the shutter set to T, I had a studio flash attached to a Rolleicord, attached to a long cable Bulb-air-release. The reason for this is the shutter is self-cocking and I can't physically fire the shutter using an air release. The Rolleicord acted as the flash remote trigger while the shutter remained open.

I sucked in my ribs, test shot towards a project I'm planning. Please don't complain about the distracting shadow :D

Frank Petronio
21-Sep-2007, 15:26
haha you look like someone I know

nelsonfotodotcom
21-Sep-2007, 16:23
Looks like Iggy Pop, a bit, eh?

Ash
21-Sep-2007, 16:27
I was nicknamed Iggy (by my father) for a short period whilst I had shoulder length hair. ;)

Frank Petronio
21-Sep-2007, 16:56
nah I meant like these chicks

(none of whom are anorexic, they just have awesome stomach muscles)

Frank Petronio
21-Sep-2007, 16:58
Here is a large format one just to be PC, haha

Ash
21-Sep-2007, 17:03
I think I messaged you about those shots before Frank :)


MJ is anorexic - her own body stops her from being bulimic - but yes her eating disorder and other issues/troubles are quite serious. I guess thats why I hope to photograph her more and boost her confidence.

On the flip side the shot I took is going to be a project. I want to understand 'Thinspiration' and the like. I've found she is disturbed by that shot. I guess that's the point.

Of course I personally am not anorexic, merely underweight with 'good stomach muscles' ;)

C. D. Keth
21-Sep-2007, 17:17
nah I meant like these chicks

(none of whom are anorexic, they just have awesome stomach muscles)


Is the first girl there an aspiring actress named Sarah? She looks like someone who was in a recent film I shot in Rochester.

Photomax
21-Sep-2007, 17:26
Frank,

What camera is that in the third photo? The one with the umbrella in the background...

Frank Petronio
21-Sep-2007, 17:57
Chris - No Sarah in there, that first girl is Shannon from more towards Buffalo....

Max - The camera is the current Linhof Tech V I love and use....

Ash - I was thinking the little series I'm doing would be somewhat disturbing and challenging. However they are hard shots to get, as they are shaking pretty hard when they suck it in....

Photomax
21-Sep-2007, 19:46
Nice looking camera Frank. I guess swapping for a cracking good Pentax K1000 is out of the question...

Muggs
21-Sep-2007, 19:59
There's a camera in the third photo? ;)

jetcode
21-Sep-2007, 20:15
We start 'em out young at the Galli's. Shiny Ford's are a lifetime endeavor.

I really enjoy these photographs. My mom shot on a Brownie in the early 60's. I received the film 3 years ago. My childhood, her brownie.

Craig Griffiths
21-Sep-2007, 22:59
Here is one of my 8 yr old son. He loves using the 8x10 and 4x5 cameras and then helping develop in the darkroom.

looking at the other images, I still have heaps to learn.

C. D. Keth
22-Sep-2007, 00:01
Here is one of my 8 yr old son. He loves using the 8x10 and 4x5 cameras and then helping develop in the darkroom.

looking at the other images, I still have heaps to learn.

We all have heaps to learn. Very nice work.

r.e.
22-Sep-2007, 00:41
Looking at the other images, I still have heaps to learn.

Really...

I've just gone through the whole 20 pages of images. Leaving aside a few that are so small that it's hard to assess anything, the three that I like personally are Nicolai Morrison's, Jim Galli's photograph of his grandson and yours.

Ash
22-Sep-2007, 04:22
Don't worry Frank, my thoughts for the project are on an entirely different vein to yours, you could however call it 'inspiration' that I saw your shots first - I'm going for total different direction however :)

jetcode
22-Sep-2007, 08:00
Really...

I've just gone through the whole 20 pages of images. Leaving aside a few that are so small that it's hard to assess anything, the three that I like personally are Nicolai Morrison's, Jim Galli's photograph of his grandson and yours.

are you saying that your personal preferences indicate that learning is no longer required of anyone if they see like you?

not meant to antagonize but to explore this viewpoint

r.e.
22-Sep-2007, 09:34
are you saying that your personal preferences indicate that learning is no longer required of anyone if they see like you?

not meant to antagonize but to explore this viewpoint

I'm giving the guy a compliment and suggesting that he is being overly modest. I assume that that's allowed :)

jetcode
22-Sep-2007, 11:24
I'm giving the guy a compliment and suggesting that he is being overly modest. I assume that that's allowed :)

I certainly got that from your post, thank you. I was thinking of how much I've learned from this thread and others on this forum. I was relating to "heaps to learn".

MenacingTourist
24-Sep-2007, 10:19
nah I meant like these chicks

(none of whom are anorexic, they just have awesome stomach muscles)

This looks like the yoga thing with the breath where they suck it in so you almost see thier backbone from the front. My wife is a yoga instructor and when she does this it's simply amazing. There's a specific name for it: Uddiyanabandha (I think)

Ken Lee
24-Sep-2007, 10:48
Uddiyana Bandha is correct !

katie cooke
24-Sep-2007, 11:44
A new pinhole self portrait from this weekend. 4x5" HP5+, about five minutes exposure using the modelling lamps on a couple of strobes, in a wooden box pinhole camera that's about f256ish.

alanps
24-Sep-2007, 13:23
Nice work Katie - not what I would have expected of a pinhole camera...

Frank Petronio
25-Sep-2007, 15:57
more

jetcode
25-Sep-2007, 21:17
A new pinhole self portrait from this weekend. 4x5" HP5+, about five minutes exposure using the modelling lamps on a couple of strobes, in a wooden box pinhole camera that's about f256ish.

I almost thought this was in color for a moment, love it, great ambiance and breath.

Photomax
25-Sep-2007, 21:46
Frank,

I am not wild about ALL you work, but I love that last photo, girl in the water, great shot!!!

Max

Greg Lockrey
25-Sep-2007, 21:58
The "Girl in the Water" looks as if it was taken in a room that has flowing water for a floor. The background looks like a baseboard with an outlet. I know it must be something else but it put that idea into my head. Kind of surreal. I like it too.;)

Frank Petronio
26-Sep-2007, 05:08
It's actually in the basement, my wife was a college swimmer and we have an Endless Pool -- one of those 8 x 15 x 4 foot lap pools with a current to swim against. It's actually a great work out in the bad weather, we have the most basic installation and it's worked out great. Safe around our daughter and the humidity level is well under control -- and far less maintenance than a real pool.

It could have been a 20x24 Ebony but no... lol

A few more...

Greg Lockrey
26-Sep-2007, 05:29
Cool. Now what you need is a mural of a swanky furnished room to use as a background.;)

Frank Petronio
26-Sep-2007, 06:07
What I really want to do is to cut a trap door in the kitchen floor so I can shoot DOWN onto people in the pool with a curent of water flowing over them, which would be freaking beautiful....

Guess I gotta wait for that vinyl floor to wear out first.

Photomax
26-Sep-2007, 10:24
Frank, its a great shot. I would kick that photo around to some magazine editors. Its visually striking, would look great on a cover. Its different, hot as hell, without all that phony over styled plastic "airbrushed" look that graces magazine covers these days...

Max

Frank Petronio
26-Sep-2007, 11:00
Thanks, it helps that the model is one step from getting signed by a major agency, lol

jetcode
26-Sep-2007, 11:33
It's actually in the basement, my wife was a college swimmer and we have an Endless Pool -- one of those 8 x 15 x 4 foot lap pools with a current to swim against. It's actually a great work out in the bad weather, we have the most basic installation and it's worked out great. Safe around our daughter and the humidity level is well under control -- and far less maintenance than a real pool.

It could have been a 20x24 Ebony but no... lol

A few more...

great stuff Frank - I am impressed by the quality of the images, the content, design, and the sheer output/volume of your work - inspirational work

Los
26-Sep-2007, 18:24
HP5 4x5, from a print scan.

http://home.mindspring.com/~carlosjackson/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/the_burns.jpg

r.e.
26-Sep-2007, 20:56
Frank,

That last photograph is just plain hot :)

Daniel_Buck
26-Sep-2007, 21:26
Los, I like that a lot! :-) And you captured great expressions on their faces as well!

Jim Galli
26-Sep-2007, 21:31
Los, I like that a lot! :-) And you captured great expressions on their faces as well!

I like it too. Wish the background wasn't quite so busy though.

Greg Lockrey
27-Sep-2007, 01:09
What I really want to do is to cut a trap door in the kitchen floor so I can shoot DOWN onto people in the pool with a curent of water flowing over them, which would be freaking beautiful....

Guess I gotta wait for that vinyl floor to wear out first.

I'd do it now, if the ole' lady bitches...just slap her along side her head till her ears ring. :D Seriously, it would be a cool perspective.

jnantz
27-Sep-2007, 06:41
What I really want to do is to cut a trap door in the kitchen floor so I can shoot DOWN onto people in the pool with a curent of water flowing over them, which would be freaking beautiful....

Guess I gotta wait for that vinyl floor to wear out first.


hey frank

just need a sawzall, and a think piece of plexi/ glass block with a hole in it. ;)

(as usual, nice stuff btw! )

john

Paul Metcalf
28-Sep-2007, 11:44
Wish the background wasn't quite so busy though. But I think all of those lines in the background, chair, and shirt are cool in this composition. The soft background helps. Definitely a "common man" picture, he has a house, a ladder, and a grandson (I assume). What more do you need?;)

Hugo Zhang
28-Sep-2007, 22:36
Some pictures with Pinkham & Smith and Kodak 2D.

Greg Lockrey
28-Sep-2007, 23:35
But I think all of those lines in the background, chair, and shirt are cool in this composition. The soft background helps. Definitely a "common man" picture, he has a house, a ladder, and a grandson (I assume). What more do you need?;)

Same here, but I would try to tone down the "hot" spots. Makes me smile too. :)

Marko
29-Sep-2007, 05:46
The very first 4x5 shot I've taken. Symmar-S 210mm, f16, Tri-X in D76, negative scan.

6230

Jan Pedersen
29-Sep-2007, 08:43
Beautiful photos Hugo and a beautiful model.

vinny
29-Sep-2007, 15:56
Marko, i'm not sure how to say it but there's quite a bit being said in that face.

domenico Foschi
29-Sep-2007, 17:06
It's actually in the basement, my wife was a college swimmer and we have an Endless Pool -- one of those 8 x 15 x 4 foot lap pools with a current to swim against. It's actually a great work out in the bad weather, we have the most basic installation and it's worked out great. Safe around our daughter and the humidity level is well under control -- and far less maintenance than a real pool.

It could have been a 20x24 Ebony but no... lol

A few more...

The first portrait in this post, Frank, is wonderful,
D.

domenico Foschi
29-Sep-2007, 17:09
Some pictures with Pinkham & Smith and Kodak 2D.

That's a beautiful face and you captured the swetness.
But then again, a photographer, no matter what's the subject, always takes picture of Him/herself, isn't it?
Awh! Hugo is a sweet guy. :)

alec4444
29-Sep-2007, 18:57
Same guy and same sitting as the cyanotype I posted on page 2, but this time I made it to the darkroom for a silver print (and subsequent scan)...

--A

http://www.alec.com/images/Stephen11x14.jpg
11x14 with 360mm Symmar Convertible. Pretty near wide open. (f8?)

Frank Petronio
4-Oct-2007, 08:12
More

These are handheld Hp-5 with the Technika, 150mm lens wide open, nothing fancy

Frank Petronio
4-Oct-2007, 10:58
and...

Frank Petronio
4-Oct-2007, 12:01
Last one for today... handheld 4x5 is so great when it works. I won't show you the other 1004434343 sheets I've wasted....

Ah such a good worker...

Michael Graves
4-Oct-2007, 16:09
Me lovely daughter on our poofy leather couch.

Taken with one of those 250mm 6.7 Fujinons that somebody has for sale. Why would you SELL that lens?

Jim Ewins
4-Oct-2007, 22:45
Super reflections there Chris.

Baxter Bradford
7-Oct-2007, 14:04
Desperate to go out with my camera to try out my new toy, a Cooke PS945, but reluctant to miss the England rugby match, I decided some portraiture in the lounge was a respectable compromise.

scrichton
8-Oct-2007, 01:55
As with any portraiture thread petronio poaned it, to quote popular linux speak.

Plus frank the offer stands thats the next time I am stateside if you want an assistant I'll be up for it. Our mag launches in NY and LA in november time so I'll be around then, all going according to plan.

Jiri Vasina
9-Oct-2007, 04:00
I'm not kind of portrait man, but sometimes I'm in the mood to do some. They are usually just snapshot kind, but this one (of my wife) I really like.

And it's crossprocessed Fuji CDU duplicating in C-41 chemistry, 4×5" in MPP Mk.VII, lens was Schneider Xenar 135mm:4.7.

And here it comes :)

http://www.vasina.net/photos/web/p4x5-011_web.jpg

Beware, my wife would probably not like such a photo of her to be shown so publicly, so I may have to delete it. I'll ask her, though.

jetcode
9-Oct-2007, 17:23
I'm not kind of portrait man, but sometimes I'm in the mood to do some. They are usually just snapshot kind, but this one (of my wife) I really like.

And it's crossprocessed Fuji CDU duplicating in C-41 chemistry, 4×5" in MPP Mk.VII, lens was Schneider Xenar 135mm:4.7.


Beautiful image, great light, and nice subject.
I take it duplicating film is transparency? This is a mild color shift for cross processing, correct?

jetcode
9-Oct-2007, 17:31
A model from my days in Larkin Valley. 4x5 using a texture screen at the film plane.

Jiri Vasina
9-Oct-2007, 22:30
Beautiful image, great light, and nice subject.
I take it duplicating film is transparency? This is a mild color shift for cross processing, correct?

Yes, it is a tungsten balanced transparency film. And yes there was a significant color shift in the cross processing. On the other hand, the film itself is very low contrast one, so even in cross processing, the contrast was rather easy to tame. But it took me more than half an hour of tries of different settings (color balance) in scanner to get something usable. But in the end, I very much like the tonality of the picture. Gives a pleasant tan to the skin ;)

Nino Grangetto
10-Oct-2007, 04:27
My first experience with my Linhof Technica in the field and with picture, doing photos of the ewes appeared the caretaker and it was lent to that it did the photo to him.
www.ninograngetto.com.ar

Ash
11-Oct-2007, 14:27
I couldn't help but post this twice :)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/miash__edit_sm_.jpg

Full story on this page http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=26897&page=27

domenico Foschi
12-Oct-2007, 00:15
I can almost see little red heart popping out of your eyes, Ash, and rightly so.
She has a wonderful smile. :)

Frank Petronio
12-Oct-2007, 04:25
Geez after the piercing thread I expected them to look like the Transformers. Congrats, cute shot.

John Kasaian
12-Oct-2007, 08:10
My first experience with my Linhof Technica in the field and with picture, doing photos of the ewes appeared the caretaker and it was lent to that it did the photo to him.
www.ninograngetto.com.ar

Beautiful shot Nino! Thanks, your pastoral scene put my morning back into perspective:)

Paul Metcalf
12-Oct-2007, 08:30
Beautiful shot Nino! Thanks, your pastoral scene put my morning back into perspective:)
Here, Here Nino. Absolutely outstanding portrait. So much in the photo about that lifestyle.

Frank Petronio
12-Oct-2007, 09:09
Nino - excellent work

Ash
16-Oct-2007, 14:50
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/ash001a_sm.jpg


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/ash004a_sm.jpg

Frank Petronio
16-Oct-2007, 14:58
dude those are great

now, about that black point eyedropper tool in Photoshop....

Ash
16-Oct-2007, 15:20
Blame the Epson Scan manager.... just you wait til I can print them in the darkroom ;)

Frank Petronio
16-Oct-2007, 15:31
Go Image>Adjust>Curves>AUTO

AUTO is amazing

AUTO is your friend

Really...

Even the Epson Scan Manager has a relationship with AUTO