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http://www.artistsimageresource.net/blog/2008/2008-04-20sere.jpg
Another 5 exposures shot today with this one rendering the nicest. Polaroid type 56, scanned, de saturated, some colour mixing.
more on the blog (http://eriomishima.blogspot.com/2008/04/ser.html)...
ljsegil
21-Apr-2008, 04:15
Lovely, beautiful atmosphere.
But may I ask (for my own edification, I have never used this film) why you choose the Polaroid? What does it offer that another film might not in this setting (besides of course instant gratification of which I admit to being a big fan)?
Thanks,
LJS
I'm just getting back into large format after almost a decade of inactivity. I wanted to have that instant gratification right now just to gauge my feelings of going back in. I've got another 8 exposures to take with polaroid and may after that go right to sheet film. I'm loving the process and at the slowness of pace that is Large Format.
Ted
Lovely, beautiful atmosphere.
But may I ask (for my own edification, I have never used this film) why you choose the Polaroid? What does it offer that another film might not in this setting (besides of course instant gratification of which I admit to being a big fan)?
Thanks,
LJS
Jorge Gasteazoro
21-Apr-2008, 11:01
http://www.artistsimageresource.net/blog/2008/2008-04-20sere.jpg
Another 5 exposures shot today with this one rendering the nicest. Polaroid type 56, scanned, de saturated, some colour mixing.
more on the blog (http://eriomishima.blogspot.com/2008/04/ser.html)...
Did you sharpen the print with PS? I am surprised a 5 sec exposure is this sharp, unless the model is stuffed... :)
BTW, I checked your web site, very nice portrait work.
Jorge,
Thanks... This was not a 5 second exposure, but a 50th of a second around F:8. No sharpening...
Ted
Jorge Gasteazoro
21-Apr-2008, 14:11
Jorge,
Thanks... This was not a 5 second exposure, but a 50th of a second around F:8. No sharpening...
Ted
Well damn, what do you have? A 10 million watt bulb?!?.... anyhow, very nice
D. Bryant
21-Apr-2008, 15:49
Did you sharpen the print with PS? I am surprised a 5 sec exposure is this sharp, unless the model is stuffed... :)
BTW, I checked your web site, very nice portrait work.
Jorge,
Just an FYI, PS sharpening will not correct subject blurring due to mis-focus or movement.
Don Bryant
Ted,
All technique and technicalities aside, this is a beautiful woman made even more lovely by a very, very fine talent in your image making. Delightful work here as well as on your site.
Congratulations!
Tim
Kirk Keyes
21-Apr-2008, 21:15
Ted - I think you work through the angst just fine. That's a great shot. I hope you bring a print next month.
This is what I was supposed to photograph with my 4 x 5, but with lots of frustration, I used a dslr, instead...
http://www.artistsimageresource.net/blog/2008/2008-05-12jae.jpg
Explanation on the blog... (http://eriomishima.blogspot.com/2008/05/music-song-of-inuit-by-charles-lloyd.html)
windpointphoto
13-May-2008, 10:24
This is what I was supposed to photograph with my 4 x 5, but with lots of frustration, I used a dslr, instead...
http://www.artistsimageresource.net/blog/2008/2008-05-12jae.jpg
Explanation on the blog... (http://eriomishima.blogspot.com/2008/05/music-song-of-inuit-by-charles-lloyd.html)
Another nice picture. That's the important and admirable part of your work. You're doing while most sit around dreaming and talking. If you had said you made it with your new chamonix lots of folks here would ohh and ahh and never would have been able to tell it was made with a digital camera. "Hey Claude, what kind of brush did you use to paint them waterlillies?" You're right on your blog, it's more effort, physically and mentally, to use the big cameras. And lots of times that's the fun part.
Bill_1856
13-May-2008, 12:00
Has she learned to use her left hand, since her right seems to have been amputated? No wonder she looks so glum.
wfwhitaker
13-May-2008, 13:14
Bill, uh, that's not a hand...
windpointphoto
13-May-2008, 14:39
Bill, uh, that's not a hand...
LOL!
Bill_1856
13-May-2008, 20:16
Bill, uh, that's not a hand...
Obviously, you guys see something, (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), that I don't. The composition is spoiled for me because it appears that her right hand has been amputated at the wrist.
domenico Foschi
13-May-2008, 21:13
You need to get an anatomy book.
Has she learned to use her left hand, since her right seems to have been amputated? No wonder she looks so glum.
While I agree that the seemingly disappearence of her right hand (first posted image) is disconcerting, I wonder if it might be more evident in the print than in the manipulated scan. The sharp straight shadow line at her wrist does not help dispell the illision of a missing hand.
I have done only one session of a nude with 4x5. It is something that takes great patience on the part of both photographer and model. I can understand the need of much experience with the subject and equipment -- mostly in refining the working relationship with the model. I will take a look at your blog next.
Vaughn
jetcode
14-May-2008, 18:35
A good model makes all the difference whether nude or not. She/he knows how to help construct a look. A good model is like a flexible doll in that they can be shaped within reason to match your vision. I've photographed about 12-18 models in my time and a really good model is like night and day difference.
jetcode
15-May-2008, 07:34
Ralph I truly admire your sense of humor - not that I'm into making your job difficult but the humor is excellent
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