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Nathan67
28-Aug-2008, 08:49
Hi, I am relatively new this forum and thought I would take the time to introduce my self:
I am English, but living and working full time as a studio photographer here in Norway.
I work 99% digitally these days, but still have a love for film and have recently started to work with large format as a break from the digital work I do all day long...
I have a Crown Graphic and recently acquired a shen hao TZ45 IIb which I have coupled with a Caltar f5.6 210mm IIN
And this is what I look like.. mad as a hatter I know.... with a load og 4x5 polaroid film I just picked up from one of my suppliers.. a chance conversation about the iminent death og polaroid led me to emtying there shelves of some outdated stock... just couldn't help myself....
So go ahead post up those self portraits... don't be shy!
expired t55 and expired t59 both taken on the shen with an air release.. profoto beautydish (yea right...) with grid..
http://www.lediardfoto.com/pola-idiot002.jpg
http://www.lediardfoto.com/pola-idiot003.jpg

Ash
28-Aug-2008, 09:10
How many self portraits and in what format??

I think I have a self portrait with every camera I've used. Maybe one or two cameras slipped through the net.

So do you want LF self portraits or any format ;)

Vaughn
28-Aug-2008, 09:23
Self-portrait
Pinhole camera (made with a box that once held 250 shts of 8x10 paper)
Arista Litho Film (8x10)
Cyanotype Print

Nathan67
28-Aug-2008, 09:26
How many self portraits and in what format??

I think I have a self portrait with every camera I've used. Maybe one or two cameras slipped through the net.

So do you want LF self portraits or any format ;)
well i think Large Format would be best here :)

Nathan67
28-Aug-2008, 09:26
Self-portrait
Pinhole camera (made with a box that once held 250 shts of 8x10 paper)
Arista Litho Film (8x10)
Cyanotype Print

Nice one !

Ash
28-Aug-2008, 10:09
Fuji fp100c45, a couple stereo shots
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/th_img064.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img064.jpg)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/th_img066.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/img066.jpg)

Microwaved
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/th_Untitled-13a.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/Untitled-13a.jpg)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/th_Untitled-14a.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/Untitled-14a.jpg)

Ash
28-Aug-2008, 10:10
Fuji's using filter on flash
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/th_Untitled-15a.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/Untitled-15a.jpg)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/th_Untitled-16a.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/fujiroids/Untitled-16a.jpg)

Polaroid's
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/korpola/th_pola003_sm.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/korpola/pola003_sm.jpg)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/korpola/th_pola002_sm.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/korpola/pola002_sm.jpg)

Ash
28-Aug-2008, 10:12
An oooooold shot from a year or so ago! This is on Kodalith Ortho, so insensitive to red.

For this one I had the barrel lens attached to a Packard shutter (see the shutter mod in my sig) and triggered the flash by hand.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/th_45d09bdfb923b.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/45d09bdfb923b.jpg)

David A. Goldfarb
28-Aug-2008, 10:30
I've posted this elsewhere, but it's my self-portrait of the moment, from December 2007, Chicago Navy Pier--

http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb/temp/Self-portrait,ChicagoNavyPier,30Dec2007.jpg

SAShruby
28-Aug-2008, 12:20
Uh-oh,

Where is my portrait? I just attached it.
:(

Vaughn
28-Aug-2008, 12:49
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/th_45d09bdfb923b.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/45d09bdfb923b.jpg)

"Smokin' in the Boy's Room...":D

Nathan67
28-Aug-2008, 12:55
An oooooold shot from a year or so ago! This is on Kodalith Ortho, so insensitive to red.

For this one I had the barrel lens attached to a Packard shutter (see the shutter mod in my sig) and triggered the flash by hand.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/th_45d09bdfb923b.jpg (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/second-belated/45d09bdfb923b.jpg)

Cool shot!
but why, may I ask, did you put your fuji shots in the microwave???

Nathan67
28-Aug-2008, 12:56
I've posted this elsewhere, but it's my self-portrait of the moment, from December 2007, Chicago Navy Pier--

http://www.echonyc.com/~goldfarb/temp/Self-portrait,ChicagoNavyPier,30Dec2007.jpg

Love it, love it, love it!!!

Ash
28-Aug-2008, 13:40
Why did I do it?

Because I could!


I wanted to see the result. It was a big black spot in the middle of the image. Hah!

scrichton
28-Aug-2008, 18:40
I used to heat sx70 whilst it dried with a lighter, maybe not the same effect, but gives a beautiful crazing to the emulsion. No doubt read it in a 70's photo/darkroom book :)

Well not quite LF but at least a linhof! Man I looked like an idiot with longer hair.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/153/353297450_2e0655c215_o.jpg

Vaughn
28-Aug-2008, 18:44
Cool shot!
but why, may I ask, did you put your fuji shots in the microwave???

For the same reason Ash gave, I put an SX-70 print in the microwave -- sparks flew...I did not realize that there was metal foil in them! Looked cool with the burnt edges, but I won't do that again!

Vaughn

scrichton
28-Aug-2008, 18:55
yeah ... the lighter / heat source underneath is safer with sx-70 :D

ASRafferty
28-Aug-2008, 18:56
Ted took this picture of himself to accompany the press for his last workshop with Bob Carnie at Elevator last spring... toiled over the set up, thought he'd got it just right, and then, as he was sending it out the door, noticed the lens cap!

...and laughed and laughed....

Vaughn
28-Aug-2008, 19:27
Nice one !

Thanks! It was about a 3 to 5 minute exposure...can't remember exactly. Resting my chin on my hands kept my head still. My hands were <6 inches from the camera.

SampleMeagan
28-Aug-2008, 19:57
http://modelmayhm-6.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/080430/21/48192218058c6.jpg

audioexcels
28-Aug-2008, 21:12
Self-portrait
Pinhole camera (made with a box that once held 250 shts of 8x10 paper)
Arista Litho Film (8x10)
Cyanotype Print

God or Gosh I love this one...

audioexcels
28-Aug-2008, 21:15
http://modelmayhm-6.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/080430/21/48192218058c6.jpg

Ok...maybe I like this one more:eek: :eek: :eek:

Beautiful...

As well as the rest. Great stuff.

Vaughn
28-Aug-2008, 21:57
Ok...maybe I like this one more:eek: :eek: :eek: Beautiful...As well as the rest. Great stuff.

Me, too!

Vaughn

Victo
29-Aug-2008, 02:49
Me and my"fisarmonica"


For this selfportrait i used Mamiya 6mf.

;)

alanps
29-Aug-2008, 05:17
Cheerful me :-) - Cambo 5x4 - Polaroid 79

eddie
29-Aug-2008, 05:31
one from my 4x5 zero image pinhole.

the first on we will call it two faces.

the next is me shooting with my LF camera while my 8x10 pinhole was making a 15 min exposure. you can see "me" and my tripod. i moved the tripod once as you can see.

the 3rd was me using my 25mm ultra wide 4x5 pinhole...it is a suspension bridge. it was NOT tryingto be in the photo. it is just too wide!

the last one if from our LF gathering in NYC some time ago. i am the ghost. (from l-r....some of the faces are alec4444, arthurnyc, dave goldfarb, don c, alex w, pete r.)

eddie

Nathan67
29-Aug-2008, 07:50
http://modelmayhm-6.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/080430/21/48192218058c6.jpg
Lovely portrait.

butterflydream
29-Aug-2008, 08:38
I started to shoot photos because I hate to be shot. So self-portrait is a suicide to me.
The only self-portrait is my avatar photo, taken with mobile phone. :)

Ron Bose
29-Aug-2008, 08:42
Cheerful me :-) - Cambo 5x4 - Polaroid 79

Nice Alan, nice ...

I'm gonna really miss Polaroids.

Drew Bedo
29-Aug-2008, 08:46
"As I See It" This is my, so-called GOOD eye.

Nathan67
29-Aug-2008, 09:06
Nice Alan, nice ...

I'm gonna really miss Polaroids.

Indeed... but luckily there is a fuji alternative.. not quite the same, but still very nice...

Nathan

Nathan67
29-Aug-2008, 09:11
talking of which, here is a self portrait taken with my crown graphic with a kodak ektar 203mm f7.7 on fuji fp100c45

George Kara
29-Aug-2008, 11:15
My trusty arca swiss. I love the look of 55 with a little gunk on it.

Charles Hohenstein
29-Aug-2008, 11:25
http://modelmayhm-6.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/080430/21/48192218058c6.jpg

If this is you, I'm in love. We have to chat. :)

George Kara
29-Aug-2008, 11:53
If this is you, I'm in love. We have to chat. :)


Charles -
Your comments are both weird and creepy. I hope you don't scare her or any other female photographer off posting on this site.

George

SampleMeagan
29-Aug-2008, 12:13
Charles -
Your comments are both weird and creepy. I hope you don't scare her or any other female photographer off posting on this site.

George



lol!

I appreciate your defenses, honestly, though it takes a lot more than that to creep me out or send me running ;)

SampleMeagan
29-Aug-2008, 12:15
Thankyou all for your comments on my photo, I'm flattered- I find self portraits to be quite challenging, though fun...

Colin Graham
29-Aug-2008, 12:19
George- love that second one, very nice!

h2oman
29-Aug-2008, 13:35
I almost didn't look at this thread, as it is not my kind of subject matter generally. But I'm glad I didn't pass it up! Vaughn, you look just like I thought you would! And Ash, with your hair cut you somehow remind me of Thurston Moore...

Frank Petronio
29-Aug-2008, 13:38
It takes a lot to creep Meagan out but you guys are trying...

ME

Colin Graham
29-Aug-2008, 13:39
I almost didn't look at this thread, as it is not my kind of subject matter generally. But I'm glad I didn't pass it up! Vaughn, you look just like I thought you would! And Ash, with your hair cut you somehow remind me of Thurston Moore...

Holy crap, is there another Sonic Youth fan here??

Frank Petronio
29-Aug-2008, 14:19
Thurston might be Ash's father!? Meagan looks like Patty Smith pre-heroin

Ash
29-Aug-2008, 14:34
Thurston Moore, that's a new one!

I should really be making a list.

eddie
29-Aug-2008, 16:40
It takes a lot to creep Meagan out but you guys are trying...

ME


yeah! but this photo (of frank) may be creeping her out for sure! :)

David A. Goldfarb
29-Aug-2008, 17:12
yeah! but this photo (of frank) may be creeping her out for sure! :)

Yeah, if only because the image is vertical, but the back is horizontal.

SampleMeagan
29-Aug-2008, 17:24
Yeah, if only because the image is vertical, but the back is horizontal.

LOL

SampleMeagan
29-Aug-2008, 17:29
All I have to say is this:

z_photo
29-Aug-2008, 17:44
at least HE wasn't wearing them!

Frank Petronio
29-Aug-2008, 18:48
oh dear

tit for tat

sorry for going off topic

z_photo
29-Aug-2008, 19:01
i'm out

audioexcels
29-Aug-2008, 20:10
Charles -
Your comments are both weird and creepy. I hope you don't scare her or any other female photographer off posting on this site.

George

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL:D :D :D :D

audioexcels
29-Aug-2008, 20:12
Me and my"fisarmonica"


For this selfportrait i used Mamiya 6mf.

;)

This is wonderful. Triple thumbs up or is it 5...whatever, it gets tons of thumbs up:)!

SampleMeagan
30-Aug-2008, 11:16
oh dear

tit for tat

sorry for going off topic



lol. Dick. ;-p

nelsonfotodotcom
30-Aug-2008, 11:40
Holy crap, is there another Sonic Youth fan here??

Several. Greatest band since forever. Just caught them here--Fayetteville, Arkansas, of all places--for my second Youth live show (saw them the first time at Bumbershoot in Seattle, 1997). I've been a die-hard fan for many years. Music to live, love & die by.

C.

nelsonfotodotcom
30-Aug-2008, 11:41
Thurston might be Ash's father!? Meagan looks like Patty Smith pre-heroin


Har!

nelsonfotodotcom
30-Aug-2008, 11:45
If this is you, I'm in love. We have to chat. :)

Good grief, Charlie Brown.

Bad form.

:eek:

Colin Graham
30-Aug-2008, 11:48
Several. Greatest band since forever. Just caught them here--Fayetteville, Arkansas, of all places--for my second Youth live show (saw them the first time at Bumbershoot in Seattle, 1997). I've been a die-hard fan for many years. Music to live, love & die by.

C.

Cool! I saw em first in '89 or so, circa Daydream Nation. Ouch, was that 19 years ago?

Allen in Montreal
30-Aug-2008, 12:00
........ I find self portraits to be quite challenging, though fun...

I had a friend who was given her assignment by her prof, for her graduating portfolio in Fine Arts, a group of 24 nude self portraits!!

I thought..PIG, report him to the dean, he is totally out of line!

She pondered it and knew the first time he would see them was a group showing.
She agreed to it, and submitted the portfolio of beautiful prints showing nothing but bent elbows, crunched toes being held by fingers etc! It was stunning, he was speechless, after much deliberation I am rather sure, she got an excellent grade.

I think that project, of 24 nude S.P. was by far the most challenging group of work I have seen at any of those showings.

For those wondering, yes, she was young, very beautiful and a very, very sensual woman. I have no doubt that the prof was being a complete pig when he made that request of her!

George Kara
30-Aug-2008, 12:07
oh dear

tit for tat

sorry for going off topic

Frank

I think you are right on topic. How about a self portrait for a specific purpose? I know its not a photo - but it is a photo of a self portrait drawing. This is one a did for my beloved ex -wife.

SampleMeagan
30-Aug-2008, 12:54
I had a friend who was given her assignment by her prof, for her graduating portfolio in Fine Arts, a group of 24 nude self portraits!!

I thought..PIG, report him to the dean, he is totally out of line!

She pondered it and knew the first time he would see them was a group showing.
She agreed to it, and submitted the portfolio of beautiful prints showing nothing but bent elbows, crunched toes being held by fingers etc! It was stunning, he was speechless, after much deliberation I am rather sure, she got an excellent grade.

I think that project, of 24 nude S.P. was by far the most challenging group of work I have seen at any of those showings.

For those wondering, yes, she was young, very beautiful and a very, very sensual woman. I have no doubt that the prof was being a complete pig when he made that request of her!



Damn that sounds like a great assignment, though... and she interpreted it so well! I wish I had been given assignments like that in college, haha. Pig or not.

Wait, aren't all men pigs ;-p

Armin Seeholzer
30-Aug-2008, 14:55
Here is mine with old pola film!
This is one I did with a latern pezval of Jim Galli the lens men

Armin Seeholzer
30-Aug-2008, 14:58
This one was done with the 135mm Rodenstock!

Ken Lee
30-Aug-2008, 15:12
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/tech/tmypc200.jpg
Film Test on Porch - with Pumpkin, Porcelain Pot, and Poland Spring

Armin Seeholzer
30-Aug-2008, 15:26
Hi Ken

Nice to see you on the sun!

Cheers Armin

ASRafferty
30-Aug-2008, 17:33
Film Test on Porch - with Pumpkin, Porcelain Pot, and Poland Spring

...but no dog :(

Ken Lee
30-Aug-2008, 18:00
Here he is, aptly named: Patrick


http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/Patrick-07-20-2008.jpg

ASRafferty
30-Aug-2008, 18:15
:) What a beauty he is too!

eddie
30-Aug-2008, 18:24
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/tech/tmypc200.jpg
Film Test on Porch - with Pumpkin, Porcelain Pot, and Poland Spring

what exactly are you doing to that flower!?!!?:eek:

frank hoerauf
30-Aug-2008, 18:47
Eddie, your too funny...............WE gotta shoot sometime this fall..........frank

Ken Lee
30-Aug-2008, 19:19
what exactly are you doing to that flower!?!!?

I am tripping the shutter with a bulb release - which wasn't really long enough to reach comfortably - but it does look as though I'm trying to hide something.

C. D. Keth
31-Aug-2008, 00:12
Damn that sounds like a great assignment, though... and she interpreted it so well! I wish I had been given assignments like that in college, haha. Pig or not.

Wait, aren't all men pigs ;-p

Only a little, Meagan. Nice to see you hanging around here. I already feel like I know you a bit through seeing Frank's work.

I had a final for a drawing class that was a lifesize full body, nude self portrait. I don't at all think sex was on the prof's mind. It was a great assignment and many people in the class did very creative things with it.

Here's perhaps a more interesting question than the original. Does anyone have self-portraits they've tried that they think are failures? Sometimes one's failures are another's masterpiece.

kev curry
31-Aug-2008, 01:30
Great photo Frank.... I usually take a news paper to the thunder box.....:D

Ash
31-Aug-2008, 02:01
Christopher,

None that I can show on here, but yes I've had enough self-portrait "failures". Oddly the talk of drawing, I had been sketching MJ from photo's (as she was away). One portrait of her I liked, and kept. The other couple I didn't like so much. MJ found my sketchbook after she got back, and she really liked the one I hated (and didn't really like the one I wanted to keep).

jnantz
31-Aug-2008, 04:47
i had a friend when i was in college and she did the same project,
not the teacher's idea, but hers. the only problem was there was a student in
the class who kept stealing her 11x14 prints .



I had a friend who was given her assignment by her prof, for her graduating portfolio in Fine Arts, a group of 24 nude self portraits!!

Allen in Montreal
31-Aug-2008, 05:16
....... she really liked the one I hated (and didn't really like the one I wanted to keep).

The story of my life with photography,
rarely do people like what I think are the best frames. :(

Allen in Montreal
31-Aug-2008, 05:18
i had a friend when i was in college and she did the same project,
not the teacher's idea, but hers. the only problem was there was a student in
the class who kept stealing her 11x14 prints .

Ouch!
That must have ticked her off.

jnantz
31-Aug-2008, 06:41
Ouch!
That must have ticked her off.

especially when the guy bragged to his friends that
he stole her photographs ...

Ken Lee
31-Aug-2008, 07:28
lol!

I appreciate your defenses, honestly, though it takes a lot more than that to creep me out or send me running ;)

Be careful. "SampleMeagan" is actually a pair of FBI agents, posing as... someone else. :cool:


http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/fbi.jpg

Colin Graham
31-Aug-2008, 08:11
Lol. At least they're not wearing white socks.

eddie
31-Aug-2008, 17:44
what exactly are you doing to that flower!?!!?

I am tripping the shutter with a bulb release - which wasn't really long enough to reach comfortably - but it does look as though I'm trying to hide something.

yeah yeah yeah! looks like you got your hand in the bush.......

Victo
2-Sep-2008, 02:14
Spray,or not spray?

this is a problem!

Jim Galli
2-Sep-2008, 07:36
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Great_Race/09Thomas_3selfPrtrtS.jpg
self portrait in Thomas Flyer headlamp

All you really need to know about what I look like. Anything that makes me look old and fat is obviously a distortion by the curved reflecter :cool:

Vaughn
6-Sep-2008, 17:06
Self-portrait
Two minute exposure
Yosemite National Park

Scanned 8x10 carbon print

Jim Fitzgerald
7-Sep-2008, 12:13
Self-portrait
Two minute exposure
Yosemite National Park

Scanned 8x10 carbon print

Vaughn, I know where you shot this! Great portrait! In Carbon none the less.

Jim

Vaughn
7-Sep-2008, 14:37
Jim, I know you think you know, but I think not;)

It was taken near the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls on a trip prior to our get-together earlier this year.

But then, maybe you knew that and I don't realize it...

Vaughn

One thing fun about single transfer carbon prints is that when the image is reversed -- the subject of a portrait often thinks the image looks just like them -- since it looks the same as they see in a mirror (faces are rarely perfectly symmetrical.)

Jim Fitzgerald
7-Sep-2008, 17:30
Jim, I know you think you know, but I think not;)

It was taken near the trail to Lower Yosemite Falls on a trip prior to our get-together earlier this year.

But then, maybe you knew that and I don't realize it...

Vaughn

One thing fun about single transfer carbon prints is that when the image is reversed -- the subject of a portrait often thinks the image looks just like them -- since it looks the same as they see in a mirror (faces are rarely perfectly symmetrical.)

Vaughn, you are right. It looked familiar because I took a short hike up the trail from camp 4 when I was there.

Jim

Hollis
8-Sep-2008, 17:38
The first one is a tintype and the second was shot by Dan Winters when I was helping him in Nashville.

Frank Petronio
8-Sep-2008, 18:37
Dan Winters is the bomb, you assist the best Hollis.

nelsonfotodotcom
9-Sep-2008, 05:44
Winters: I got serious man-love for that guy and his work.

Geert
10-Sep-2008, 12:58
As a counterweight to the beauty of SampleMeagan's image, here is my ugly self.

C.E. Riese Doppel Anastigmat 210mm on Speed Graphic.
Thanks to my lovely wife for the haircut, the shaved the other half right after this shot and the beard is also gone .

http://fijnefotografie.be/pics/zelfportret_01_lift.jpg

Greg Lockrey
10-Sep-2008, 13:47
I got serious man-love...
(Edited)

:eek: Oh those visuals... :D :D :D

Jeff Bannow
10-Sep-2008, 13:47
My humble self-portrait. This was the most difficult assignment I had in school. Thought I would interject a little humor into it. :)

C. D. Keth
10-Sep-2008, 17:28
My humble self-portrait. This was the most difficult assignment I had in school. Thought I would interject a little humor into it. :)

That's very well thought out. I love how the lines of the head (no pun intended:eek: ) continue from your own lines.

Miguel Coquis
11-Sep-2008, 08:32
self, self, self, self... self portrait (from my Clone series)
Lorillon 5x7"
some PS

Miguel Coquis
11-Sep-2008, 08:45
a last self,self,self... self
this time its my self !
8x10"
some PS

Jeff Bannow
11-Sep-2008, 09:06
That's very well thought out. I love how the lines of the head (no pun intended:eek: ) continue from your own lines.

Thanks for the kind words.

Martin
14-Sep-2008, 20:13
Holy crap, is there another Sonic Youth fan here??

Add another Sonic Youth fan to the count. :D

jnantz
14-Sep-2008, 20:31
Add another Sonic Youth fan to the count. :D

you can say that again ;)

Laurent L
21-Dec-2011, 04:43
X-mas vacations, i'm alone stucked in my village in the east of France trapped by snow, time to make a silly selfportrait.

http://35mm-compact.com/album/albums/userpics/11160/fujicator.jpg

Linhof Color
Tele arton 240mm
Self Timer Agfa Fix (and focus point marked in the snow)
Delta 100 4x5 developped in my jobo (ilford HC 1+31)
Printed with a PRIOX (french made 4x5 enlarger) on Fomabrom Variant 112FB


Without the camera (my beloved first reflex) I would have looked like a hobbo in the snow... ^@^

stradibarrius
1-Jan-2012, 10:58
Took this late yesterday afternoon to test some film and try to establish an EI.
Schneider 180/5.6, Tri-X320 @ 160, Rodinal 1+100 1hr stand.
It's pretty scary!!!
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6613609835_8d70846901_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stradibarrius/6613609835/)
self portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stradibarrius/6613609835/) by Stradibarrius (http://www.flickr.com/people/stradibarrius/), on Flickr

Laurent L
1-Jan-2012, 11:22
Kind of scary yes, why do we forget to smile while making self portraits ? Are large camera users too serious and stiff ? ^@^

stradibarrius
1-Jan-2012, 11:26
Maybe we are concentrating so hard???? When I smile I always look like it is fake.

r.e.
1-Jan-2012, 19:02
X-mas vacations, i'm alone stucked in my village in the east of France trapped by snow, time to make a silly selfportrait.

http://35mm-compact.com/album/albums/userpics/11160/fujicator.jpg

Linhof Color
Tele arton 240mm
Self Timer Agfa Fix (and focus point marked in the snow)
Delta 100 4x5 developped in my jobo (ilford HC 1+31)
Printed with a PRIOX (french made 4x5 enlarger) on Fomabrom Variant 112FB


Without the camera (my beloved first reflex) I would have looked like a hobbo in the snow... ^@^

Laurent,

Cette photo me rappelle Peter Ustinov. Je l'aime.

It's one of the few photographs that I've seen of a photographer that is whimsical and doesn't come off as an overly serious, if not overbearing, cliché.

Greg Lockrey
2-Jan-2012, 06:01
Here is one I did a half of a life time ago....

Steve M Hostetter
2-Jan-2012, 08:11
4x5 sinar p on fuji instant film

Frank Petronio
2-Jan-2012, 08:26
Steve, you look like Stephen King, only in good shape. Remind me never to get you mad, or to draft you for my large format football team.

Steve M Hostetter
2-Jan-2012, 08:30
Frank, funny you should mention Stephen King .. In my youth I've had ppl follow me out of stores telling me I look like John Travolta..

Allen in Montreal
2-Jan-2012, 08:45
My humble self-portrait. This was the most difficult assignment I had in school. Thought I would interject a little humor into it. :)

Jeff,
A very, very pretty young female friend of mine was assigned to shoot a portfolio of nude self portraits by her university prof. This was for her graduating portfolio submission.
I told her to report the prof.

Instead, she shot 12 pictures of herself, exposing a bare ankle only, an elbow only, etc etc.
She never revealed anything even close to an intimate view. Rather brilliant I thought.
She got a very good grade on the project.

Brian Ellis
2-Jan-2012, 10:31
How many self portraits and in what format??

I think I have a self portrait with every camera I've used. Maybe one or two cameras slipped through the net.

So do you want LF self portraits or any format ;)

Forum rules require that photographs be large format. Not a rule I agree with - seems kind of silly when it comes to sharing photographs (as opposed to discussion) on a low-res device like a computer monitor but that's the rule, at least as I recall it.

photobymike
2-Jan-2012, 11:02
Not really a portrait ... my dive partner took my picture with a Nikonos just after a great dive. Its the best and only picture of me.

http://web.me.com/photobymike/mikepic/Home_files/shapeimage_2.png

cjbroadbent
2-Jan-2012, 13:39
On a monday morning, nothing to smile about.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PwQ1ENywTL4/TfIffSLC-TI/AAAAAAAAJj0/9aX3RLGchk0/s800/cjb%25252Bbasket.jpg

Nikola Dulgiarov
2-Jan-2012, 14:03
This winter, I spent a great deal of time at home, so I had little chance of taking portraits of anyone but my family and me. So this one I think I haven't shown:
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/311934_2483136676240_1187304355_2999623_1208910056_n.jpg

Jim Jones
2-Jan-2012, 14:42
Double exposure with improvised mat box mounted on a B&J monorail.

Colin Graham
2-Jan-2012, 14:49
Ha, that made my day. The reciprocal birdie is a nice touch.

Sandeha
2-Jan-2012, 15:08
5x7 Wephota NP22 a couple months ago ...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/self_portraits/110306_np22_01.jpg

Just testing. ;)

chassis
2-Jan-2012, 17:40
Mr. Broadbent,

A masterful photograph, as usual, and a handsome looking young man!

Scott Walker
2-Jan-2012, 18:22
Double exposure with improvised mat box mounted on a B&J monorail.

:D Excellent Jim

Wes Stewart
2-Jan-2012, 22:05
2nd image from my 'new' Sinar F

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6422632805_6d524f5847.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesbo/6422632805/)
332 365 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wesbo/6422632805/) by Wes-cpmg (http://www.flickr.com/people/wesbo/), on Flickr

polyglot
3-Jan-2012, 05:00
Double exposure with improvised mat box mounted on a B&J monorail.

Hi Jim,

How did you get the seam (I assume there is a seam) invisible? I'm assuming you exposed half the picture at a time because I can't see through your heads to the curtain, so how did you make sure there was no gap or overlap in exposure?

Jim Jones
3-Jan-2012, 10:02
I improvised a mat box several inches in front of the lens with two hinged flaps that met perfectly over the backdrop between my two selves. While there would have been some fade-out in the center of the image of either half, the superimposed fade-out areas combined to make a smooth and inconspicuous transition. Care must be taken with such a set-up to not move the camera or backdrop between shots, and to make the hinged flaps meet perfectly at the right spot in the image.

polyglot
3-Jan-2012, 17:25
aha; thanks!

Laurent L
4-Jan-2012, 04:22
A funny one and a smiling one, congratulation guys you're improving ! ^@^

Thanks for your nice comment on my one R.E

gsinico
4-Jan-2012, 09:57
a double shot... instead of one...

:confused:

it was a roll back on a 4x5', sorry but not so LF...

Christo.Stankulov
7-Jan-2012, 01:48
Plaubel Peco Profia 4x5/Symmar 150/5.6 320TPX@1600 asa
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3604/3290597581_2ce6bcb8f1_o.jpg

Tom J McDonald
7-Jan-2012, 02:01
I like that picture Christo.

Christo.Stankulov
7-Jan-2012, 02:14
Thank you Tom, here another one but faceless. The same camera, film 400BRF in Bergger Pyro PMK
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3427/3976753673_a952012239_o.jpg

Laurent L
7-Jan-2012, 02:42
Self portrait of your toes ! Nice idea indeed ! A portrait is not only about eyes, really...

Christo.Stankulov
7-Jan-2012, 03:06
Self portrait of your toes ! Nice idea indeed ! A portrait is not only about eyes, really...

Merci bien, Laurent!

Tom J McDonald
7-Jan-2012, 03:29
Christo, how do you trip the shutter?

Christo.Stankulov
7-Jan-2012, 03:40
@Tom

I've asked my wife to pull the trigger. And after that I've bought 5 meters Hama remote trigger.

Tim Meisburger
7-Jan-2012, 03:48
Christo, you are so friggin Parisian! You got the Parisian name, the hat, the coat, and the expression! I love it, and love the way you have pushed the film to get that gritty, grainy, urban (Parisian) look.

I like the second one as well. The detail in the hands, feet, jeans and wood floor reveal more than the eyes would. Bravo!

monsta
7-Jan-2012, 06:06
aero ektar wide open with efke 50. was a nightmare trying to get me in focus. has been posted in the portraits section before but thought i'd add it to this thread.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6205/6065796189_09743ae4c0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21075475@N02/6065796189/)

Christo.Stankulov
7-Jan-2012, 06:15
Thank you, Tim! Actually this one was taken in Poitiers. I did not knew that my name sounds parisian:) I am bulgarian, but my name is with greek origin :)

Scott Schroeder
7-Jan-2012, 21:28
Today, wet plate 8X10, century 10A with dallmeyer 4B ~f/6
http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/SelfPortrait001.jpg

Christo.Stankulov
10-Jan-2012, 10:20
Are the medium format images allowed? This one taken with ADOX 6x6 camera with self-timer. Film is 320TPX pushed at 1600 asa.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3625/3297261701_0d6119d410_o.jpg

Peter Mounier
10-Jan-2012, 10:56
Are the medium format images allowed?

Only in the "Safe Haven for Tiny Formats" forum. http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=43423

Peter

Christo.Stankulov
10-Jan-2012, 15:31
Thank you Peter, I've tried to delete the post, but it is not possible.

JosephBurke
19-Jan-2012, 09:11
"I've asked my wife to pull the trigger"

...be careful with that as she may oblige you

Jay DeFehr
19-Jan-2012, 10:13
aero ektar wide open with efke 50. was a nightmare trying to get me in focus. has been posted in the portraits section before but thought i'd add it to this thread.

I love this! There's real energy here! Probably as a result of focusing anxiety:D But it really works. It feels alive and dynamic, which is always a challenge with LF portraiture, which tends to look more like still life with a face.

r.e.
19-Jan-2012, 10:17
still life with a face.

I have to remember that line. Sums up a lot :)

Iga
4-Apr-2012, 09:44
71374

neprosti
27-Jul-2012, 05:58
77887
a little madness, after too long being in the sun

wentbackward
28-Jul-2012, 18:49
Here's one on fuji instant film, Toyo 45AIIX.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3649/3375948064_809213730e_z_d.jpg

cosmicexplosion
28-Jul-2012, 23:47
[QUOTE=Christo.Stankulov;830120]Are the medium format images allowed? This one taken with ADOX 6x6 camera with self-timer. Film is 320TPX pushed at 1600 asa.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3625/3297261701_0d6119d410_o.jpg[/QUOTE

This is a dynamic gesture, makes me think that any think could be happening!

Ed Bray
29-Jul-2012, 06:00
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/tech/tmypc200.jpg
Film Test on Porch - with Pumpkin, Porcelain Pot, and Poland Spring

I must admit I wasn't expecting that. I pictured you of Chinese abstraction, from your surname I suppose, just shows how wrong perceptions can be!

What makes it worse is I work with a chap called Chris Lee and he isn't of Chinese abstraction either.

Roger Cole
29-Jul-2012, 07:07
Abstraction? Do you mean "extraction" or did you really think Ken was (since we're in an art forum) only Chinese in emphasis on line, color and form and their relationship with each other, and not in distracting details? ;)

Ed Bray
29-Jul-2012, 07:45
Abstraction? Do you mean "extraction" or did you really think Ken was (since we're in an art forum) only Chinese in emphasis on line, color and form and their relationship with each other, and not in distracting details? ;)

Ha ha, yes, extraction, I must have been thinking about my day job!

Frank Petronio
29-Jul-2012, 08:23
I must admit I wasn't expecting that. I pictured you of Chinese abstraction, from your surname I suppose, just shows how wrong perceptions can be!

What makes it worse is I work with a chap called Chris Lee and he isn't of Chinese abstraction either.

The Bean boots complete the ultimate New Englander, Leon Lionel would be proud.... great shot!

emjos
30-Jul-2012, 14:35
A crop from a larger 6x9 neg. Camera is GW690II, film Fomapan 100 and developer Fomadon R09.
78003

Cheers, Micke
http://jabcam.wordpress.com/

austin granger
22-Aug-2012, 12:20
In the Basement, Brentwood Street, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7836069834_9b7a61192f_b.jpg

Good God I'm going bald! And to make things worse, it seems I'm also semi-transparent!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Greg Miller
22-Aug-2012, 12:48
In the Basement, Brentwood Street, Portland

Good God I'm going bald! And to make things worse, it seems I'm also semi-transparent!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

But more importantly, do you ride the Koala Bear before, or after, you empty the beer bottle?

austin granger
22-Aug-2012, 20:48
But more importantly, do you ride the Koala Bear before, or after, you empty the beer bottle?
That's no Koala Bear-it's a vicious, mangy, one-eyed, man-eating lion. The beer was to steel my resolve before getting on his back. I'm lucky to be writing this right now!

jcoldslabs
24-Aug-2012, 01:47
Dug this one out of the archives from my art school days. Taken in 1987 in Boston while messing around in my studio apartment with a Calumet 4x5 checked out from the photo department. Couldn't hold still enough while staring into the camera for the two second exposure.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Self-Portrait-1987.jpg

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Fast forward 25 years. This one's from a lens and film test done earlier this year. (And no, I'm not as grumpy as I look.)

Kodak 2D 8x10, A.T. Thompson magic lantern Petzval (~f/6), Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/J-in-Yard-01-v5.jpg

Jonathan

Luke79
24-Aug-2012, 02:45
the last one´s great jonathan :-)

Roger Cole
24-Aug-2012, 03:16
In the Basement, Brentwood Street, Portland
Good God I'm going bald! And to make things worse, it seems I'm also semi-transparent!



Bald's not so bad... :D

Mealha
24-Aug-2012, 05:17
79312

Pinhole 4x5.

Leigh
24-Aug-2012, 15:48
I pictured you of Chinese abstraction, from your surname I suppose...
If 'Ken Lee' was a Chinese name, the surname would be Ken, not Lee.

- Leigh

Pseudonomic16
24-Aug-2012, 20:58
This is my first post in the forum. It's also my first ever 8x10 exposure. I decided to be vain and not waste such a monumentous occasion on something inane. Forgive my hubris :)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7437396180_4e4b715b83.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vagabond_16/7437396180/)
First Ever 8x10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/vagabond_16/7437396180/) by Pseudonomic (http://www.flickr.com/people/vagabond_16/), on Flickr

Taken on Ilford Delta 100, tray developed in Ilfosol 3 for 5 minutes. Wista 810DX with a 300mm f/8.

austin granger
12-Oct-2012, 22:58
Self with Guitar, Alvord Desert, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8081836179_5f124a7d1e_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Jiri Vasina
13-Oct-2012, 03:31
Self with Guitar, Alvord Desert, Oregon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Austin, that's a fantastic self-portrait... a bit funny, but so wonderful...

Jiri

jcoldslabs
13-Oct-2012, 04:13
At least Austin had the good sense to blur himself out. Wish I'd thought of that.

Toyo 45A, 210mm Sironar-N, Polaroid type 54 film (expired 2001)


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T54---Ugly-Mug.jpg

Jonathan

Ken Lee
13-Oct-2012, 06:50
http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/tech/tmypc200.jpg
Film Test on Porch - with Pumpkin, Porcelain Pot, and Poland Spring

I must admit I wasn't expecting that. I pictured you of Chinese abstraction, from your surname I suppose, just shows how wrong perceptions can be!

People are often surprised that I am neither Chinese nor Korean.

When China was the place to get a first-rate education, many Koreans returning from China changed their name to Lee - which at the time was associated with royalty. It was a form of status symbol. Before that, Lee was not a Korean surname.

A Chinese colleague informed me that there are over 40 separate Chinese words which are pronounced "Lee". When I asked her how hard it would be to learn the language as an adult, she replied "forgetaboutit". I never knew if she was imitating a New York City accent, or just being... enthusiastic :cool:

Lee is also a name in Celtic, Latin, and Irish languages, with a different meaning in each.

Those LL Bean rubber moccasins (http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/19067?feat=19069-ppxs&dds=y) are 100% water-proof: ideal for walking the dog at a moment's notice, in all kinds of weather.

The film test shows how nice TMY is when shot at ISO 200: open shadows, and plenty of room at the top for texture in the high values. That image was developed in Pyrocat HD, but we get the same basic contrast curve with a wide variety of developers.

(Side-bar comment: I observed that some BTZS shooters meter the open shadows, which amounts to a 1-stop over-exposure - but they use a film speed which more closely matches or even exceeds box speed - so the resulting exposure is often the same as shooting at 1/2 box speed when using the Zone System. So I decided to revert to the Zone System, which has given adequate results.)

The Epson scanner (and other flatbeds I presume) resemble cold light enlargers: no callier effect, no blocking of the high values. Notice the separation in the white paint on the building, and how the white edge of the dark slide is even brighter than the white porcelain tea pot.

The black bag the case which comes with an Arca Swiss Discovery: what a great camera !

SamReeves
13-Oct-2012, 08:40
Self with Guitar, Alvord Desert, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8081836179_5f124a7d1e_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

Looks like you're playing at warp speed!

EdWorkman
13-Oct-2012, 09:33
Lee for the younger folks
When I was a kid Peggy Lee sang on b&w tv, and voice over in Disney feature length cartoons
In WW2 Willis Lee commanded the battleship Washington.
But his Annapolis nickname was Ching Lee, which he broadcast in the clear to warn off the US PT boats one night north of Guadalcanal
I don't suppose I actually knew an asian Lee before i was 20 years old
Back to our regularly scheduled programming

austin granger
13-Oct-2012, 09:53
Austin, that's a fantastic self-portrait... a bit funny, but so wonderful...

Jiri

Thanks Jiri. I was camping by myself and the days out there on the playa can stretch out very long. You have to come up with ways to amuse yourself or risk going mad. The odd thing about this picture is that if you look closely, it appears that you can see my face, only that can't possibly be my face because if it was, I'd have the the smallest head of all time. Plus, I was wearing glasses (I think the white line in the face area is the sun bouncing off them) and the 'face' is not. So I think the 'face' is just a random meeting of light and dark areas that combined to look like a face. Either that, or I somehow managed to capture some other soul trapped inside me... (cue creepy horror film music :))

Sam, it might look like I'm playing at warp speed but really I'm slowly strumming for about five minutes. To tell you the truth, this is more a picture of me pretending like I know how to play the guitar than me actually playing the guitar!

This is a fun thread. And Jonathan, I really like that one of you in the chair.

jcoldslabs
13-Oct-2012, 15:00
To tell you the truth, this is more a picture of me pretending like I know how to play the guitar than me actually playing the guitar!

Glad I'm not the only one! I've been "playing" guitar for almost 25 years, but I swear I'm not much better than when I started. I could say that it's because I spend all my extra time on photography, but the truth is music is a foreign language that I have never been able to crack.



This is a fun thread. And Jonathan, I really like that one of you in the chair.

This IS a fun thread, I agree. Makes me think I should try some more SPs. And thanks!

Jonathan

Frank Petronio
13-Oct-2012, 16:55
Those LL Bean rubber moccasins (http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/19067?feat=19069-ppxs&dds=y) are 100% water-proof: ideal for walking the dog at a moment's notice, in all kinds of weather.


From the Poland Spring to the Bean boots to your haircut, that picture just reeks of New England in all the subtle details... remember this book? http://www.amazon.com/Official-Preppy-Handbook-Lisa-Birnbach/dp/0894801406

jcoldslabs
13-Oct-2012, 23:41
Yikes, Frank! I'm old enough to have gone to prep school in the 80s and I actually have that book knocking around here somewhere. I only stopped wearing Sperry Top-Siders a few years ago when my wife got a job at Keen Footwear and I switched over to Keens.

Jonathan

jcoldslabs
15-Oct-2012, 01:43
I had a small epiphany when taking this photo today, and I thought I'd share it. Here goes:

The photo below is rather unremarkable. No, really. Take a look. It is. Even when making it I pretty much knew this wasn't going to be one of my winners. But this begged the question: then why make it? And not only that, why go through all the trouble to hand-cut vintage aerial film from a roll, tape it into some 8x10 film holders, drag the Kodak 2D into the tiny bathroom where one tripod leg had to be in the bathtub, mount a brass lens from 1890 in an iris clamp, take a meter reading, cover the lens, pull the dark slide, stand as still as I could (also with one leg in the bathtub) for the three minute exposure, break it all down, go back into the dark closet to load the single sheet of film into an old Cibachrome drum, process it, hang it to dry, clean up all the chemistry and associated paraphernalia from the kitchen where I process my film, and then scan it?

It occurred to me that if I had a decent digital camera I could have stood there and shot this same image--handheld even--in a matter of seconds. Barring that, I could have used my Fuji GSW690II for this shot with almost identical framing and the set-up and exposure time would have been a fraction of what it ended up being. So why not make it easier on myself?

Well, why do people climb mountains to get to the peak instead of being helicoptered in near the top (for those mountains whose peaks are heli-accessible, of course)? I don't know, but I think it has something to do with the process of getting there being as important, if not moreso, than reaching the end point. You could argue that getting dropped off near the top gets you a shortcut to all the good stuff: the view, the dizzying heights, the clean, cool air, the snapshot of yourself giving the thumbs-up to the camera at the peak. I mean, it sure saves a hell of a lot of time and trouble versus climbing up there yourself. (The same goes for driving versus hiking somewhere, or baking your own cake from scratch versus buying one, or hunting your own game instead of shopping for meat at the supermarket, etc.)

The other methods I could have employed to achieve the same result you see below would only make sense if the end result were the most important thing to me, but it isn't. I know I sound like a simpleton when I say the journey is the goal, but I've realized for a while now that that's true. If my goal were to have the cleanest, fastest route to making photographs, I would have different gear entirely. But in shooting this photo today I realized, mostly while standing still for three whole minutes and staring at myself and the camera the whole time, that using this rickety old camera, feeling the finger-worn patina of the lens barrel, securing it into an old iris clamp, etc.--all this makes me happy and satisfied. It puts a smile on my face. And this is true whether the final image is a winner, or a mediocre (at best) shot like this one. Making photos I'm proud of is icing on the cake, but just making them in my own way and in my own time is the reason I bother to do it at all.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 8 1/2" Gundlach Perigraphic convertible, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277), 3 minute exposure.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/SO-277-Bathroom-Mirror-SP.jpg

Jonathan

Jiri Vasina
15-Oct-2012, 02:07
Jonathan,

I would not dismiss the photo, it's certainly interesting, well composed, well executed...

But what you added in the text is so well said... I too have found out that in photography, the way, the process, the feelings experienced while setting up our clumsy and slow cameras is at least as important as the result...

Jiri

Maris Rusis
15-Oct-2012, 15:55
I had a small epiphany when taking this photo today, and I thought I'd share it. Here goes:

The photo below is rather unremarkable. No, really. Take a look. It is. Even when making it I pretty much knew this wasn't going to be one of my winners. But this begged the question: then why make it? And not only that, why go through all the trouble......
Jonathan

Wow! The picture is stunning all right but I reckon it deserves even more trouble invested in it than you have already put in. Unless I misread your post the image I see on my monitor is a map of an electronic file synthesised by inversion from a scan of a negative. A picture this good deserves material form, a platinotype, a gelatin-silver, something precious to celebrate its excellence.

welly
15-Oct-2012, 16:28
Well, why do people climb mountains to get to the peak instead of being helicoptered in near the top (for those mountains whose peaks are heli-accessible, of course)? I don't know, but I think it has something to do with the process of getting there being as important, if not moreso, than reaching the end point. You could argue that getting dropped off near the top gets you a shortcut to all the good stuff: the view, the dizzying heights, the clean, cool air, the snapshot of yourself giving the thumbs-up to the camera at the peak. I mean, it sure saves a hell of a lot of time and trouble versus climbing up there yourself. (The same goes for driving versus hiking somewhere, or baking your own cake from scratch versus buying one, or hunting your own game instead of shopping for meat at the supermarket, etc.)

The other methods I could have employed to achieve the same result you see below would only make sense if the end result were the most important thing to me, but it isn't. I know I sound like a simpleton when I say the journey is the goal, but I've realized for a while now that that's true. If my goal were to have the cleanest, fastest route to making photographs, I would have different gear entirely. But in shooting this photo today I realized, mostly while standing still for three whole minutes and staring at myself and the camera the whole time, that using this rickety old camera, feeling the finger-worn patina of the lens barrel, securing it into an old iris clamp, etc.--all this makes me happy and satisfied. It puts a smile on my face. And this is true whether the final image is a winner, or a mediocre (at best) shot like this one. Making photos I'm proud of is icing on the cake, but just making them in my own way and in my own time is the reason I bother to do it at all.

Kodak 2D 8x10, 8 1/2" Gundlach Perigraphic convertible, Kodak Low Contrast Aerial Duplicating Film (SO-277), 3 minute exposure.


I think it's a great shot and thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think most of us probably feel the same, certainly I do, about shooting with these cameras. I was out on Saturday shooting with a group of people on "Scott Kelby's World Wide Photowalk". I was not only the sole large format photographer there, I was the only one shooting film. Many of the people there didn't have a clue what my camera was (a Cambo 4x5 monorail), which is fine. Five years ago, I wouldn't have known either.

But they were fascinated by it and thought it was a wonderful piece of equipment. Near the end of the day, one of the girls there asked if it was really worth the effort to set up and take the shot with my camera when I could have got it in less than half the time with a digital camera. I told her it gave me time to think about the shot and whether it would be worth shooting but clearly there's more to it than just that and you summed what I should have told her (if she would be willing to hang around!) up perfectly.

jcoldslabs
15-Oct-2012, 17:26
I feel a bit sheepish because I wasn't fishing for compliments, but I appreciate the kind words. For me it was a disappointing final result compared to the magic I thought I saw on the ground glass, but it was an interesting contrast to spend so much time carefully crafting an image that turned out to be lackluster in my eyes, yet the experience of making it was still quite satisfying. When the final result meets or exceeds my expectations I am all the more pleased.



I too have found out that in photography, the way, the process, the feelings experienced while setting up our clumsy and slow cameras is at least as important as the result...

Indeed. And I have really enjoyed your tree series lately. Fine work!




Wow! The picture is stunning all right but I reckon it deserves even more trouble invested in it than you have already put in. Unless I misread your post the image I see on my monitor is a map of an electronic file synthesised by inversion from a scan of a negative. A picture this good deserves material form, a platinotype, a gelatin-silver, something precious to celebrate its excellence.

Thanks for saying so and yes, I would prefer to see this or any of my negatives wet printed, and I am getting close to being able to do contact prints in the near future. Enlargements will be a bit farther off due to space constraints. Don't worry, I'm sure I will be tooting my own horn and sharing the enthusiasm of seeing my negatives as prints rather than scans once that happens!




I think it's a great shot and thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think most of us probably feel the same, certainly I do, about shooting with these cameras.

I'm glad you could relate. I figure I wasn't the only one hauling around heavy gear simply for the pleasure of making a photo or two in an hour's time. :)

Jonathan

bobwysiwyg
15-Oct-2012, 17:59
. It puts a smile on my face.

This says it all... for many of us I would guess.

life_in_sepia
16-Oct-2012, 08:09
Plaubel Peco Profia 4x5/Symmar 150/5.6 320TPX@1600 asa
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3604/3290597581_2ce6bcb8f1_o.jpg

Fun to go through these -- this one is great!

Laurent L
16-Jan-2013, 11:54
Last sunday after having checked my bank account, I felt the urge to make this silly photo dressing like a hobo.

http://35mm-compact.com/album/albums/userpics/11160/kodobbo.jpg

Sinar F2
Tele Xenar 360
Agfa fix self timer
HP5 4X5
Epson V750 (my print is too big to fit in the scanner)

Take it as a "the light side of european crisis" :rolleyes:

Laurent

Eric James
16-Jan-2013, 12:10
That's is great Laurent - brought a laugh.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5069/5566855360_d2b4af024f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5566855360/)
Dog Pile, Arctic Circle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eajames/5566855360/) by Neanderthal EAJ (http://www.flickr.com/people/eajames/), on Flickr

Laurent L
18-Jan-2013, 10:31
Thanks Eric, that was made for this purpose ! :D

Yours is great, friendly dogs in the artic circle...

My brother is a musher so I know a bit about these dogs. :o

Hugo Zhang
6-Mar-2013, 11:52
9076690767Very hard to do. One with Dallmeyer 2a and one with a Derogy 12" lens.

Jac@stafford.net
6-Mar-2013, 12:26
The story behind this self-portrait might be telling. I was nearly broke. Had no darkroom, but I did have some sheet film, developer and fixer and suntan lotion. I covered my face with the lotion, and in daylight pressed the film to my face, then developed and fixed it. (light areas are where lotion protected film from development.)

Voila. Self portrait sans camera and darkness - to make a very dark image.

90772

jon.oman
6-Mar-2013, 12:27
I posted this in another thread, but I guess it could go here as well.....

http://www.gophotog.org/allphotos/pinhole/medium_photos/SelfPortrait.jpg

Christo.Stankulov
8-Mar-2013, 03:25
9076690767Very hard to do. One with Dallmeyer 2a and one with a Derogy 12" lens.

I like a lot the expression on the second one.

Ootsk
17-Mar-2013, 20:51
Here's one of my first shots with my new/used camera.
Fomapan 400
91434

rariola77
17-Mar-2013, 22:07
http://www.pbase.com/ralyza/image/145178384.jpg

mamypoko
20-Mar-2013, 00:39
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8342146986_b1e80f8848_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/8342146986/)

Deardorff 8x10
240/420 Convertible Symmar
Kodak Super HRT

tigger_six
20-Mar-2013, 05:38
The story behind this self-portrait might be telling. I was nearly broke. Had no darkroom, but I did have some sheet film, developer and fixer and suntan lotion. I covered my face with the lotion, and in daylight pressed the film to my face, then developed and fixed it. (light areas are where lotion protected film from development.)

Voila. Self portrait sans camera and darkness - to make a very dark image.

90772

Fascinating.

moizak
24-Mar-2013, 01:49
Here is my humble offering, a generic bathroom mirror selfie:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8584421770_23cdcbf2a0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moiz/8584421770/)
Generic Self Portrait (http://www.flickr.com/photos/moiz/8584421770/#) by Moiz (http://www.flickr.com/people/moiz/), on Flickr

My first ever shot on 5x4 film, tray processed. I decided, God knows why, to go for two sheets together. 15 secs goes by very fast when you have to shuffle those things and if they stick to the bottom of the tray, panic starts to set in. I was convinced I wouldn't be able to make out an image behind all the scratches I was leaving on them but was surprised to find they turned out pretty well. I may even have another go, once I recover.

The scan is of a print on RC paper. The print is far better than the scan but unfortunately I only have a crappy all-in-one job to scan on and it's awful.

Sorry for the ramble.

Moiz

JoeV
24-Mar-2013, 15:28
Well done, Moiz. The slight blemishes do not detract from the image at all. I've been amused that any flaw like dust or scratches on silver gelatin are considered bad, but edge artifacts of peel-apart Polaroid or wet plate collodion are considered art. Don't mind the dust for now, just shoot more, and post your results. Looking forward to seeing more.

~Joe

moizak
24-Mar-2013, 15:30
Thanks Joe! The funny thing is, most of the flaws on the print are from the glass I used when contact printing not from the neg!! :)

jcoldslabs
4-Apr-2013, 02:26
I wanted to get a shot of myself before I shaved off my hair and beard. It's a bit underexposed, the focus is off, and the framing is odd, too. But when you frame and focus in advance without the subject (me) in the frame, well, that's how it goes. I was clearing the table of the still life detritus I'd been shooting and decided to just duck in for a quick SP; that's why the light meter and film holders are there, not because of any great plan, but because they happened to be there. The blob in the lower right corner is my hand holding the cable release. The hair is now shaved, but at least there is this lovely relic to remember it by. (Not!)

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, 178mm f/2.5 Aero-Ektar, Delta 400 (expired 1999).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/4x5-Delta400%2899%29-SP-01.jpg

Jonathan

mike rosenlof
4-Apr-2013, 14:51
Dusty scan from a darkroom print.

92661

I actually prefer this orientation.

Wista 45SP probably with a G-claron 150mm. Strobe into umbrella. 6x7 Linhoff rollfilm back. HP5+.

Nathan Potter
4-Apr-2013, 17:28
No recent pics so here is one from 1957. Taken on the south shore near Halfar Malta at the head of the Weid Gnuber, near the British airbase at Halfar.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8619825901_be625d4d85_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8619825901/)
45M7-57-17[t1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/argiolus/8619825901/) by hypolimnas (http://www.flickr.com/people/argiolus/), on Flickr

Military Speed Graphic, lens I don't remember. E3 Ektachrome developed under trying conditions in Valetta Malta. About Aug. 1957. Restored by V750 scanning and PS color restoration.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Neck
10-Apr-2013, 05:17
Hola- First post here

2011
Ilford HP5
Liquid Emulsion Brushed on cotton
souped in dektol

93021

dadan.mafak
20-May-2013, 07:04
Hi

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8452961962_731d3180ab_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/57396824@N03/8452961962/)


Linhof Super Tech IV, Conv Symmar 240, HP5+ in Rodinal

PhotoBeePhotography
17-Aug-2013, 13:52
I'm getting ready to take self portraits with a 4x5 view camera. I've taken them with my Mark II and a remote but I'm not sure how to go about doing them with the 4x5 since I typically take wide shots that also encompass the environment. Any suggestions of the best way to do this?
Sorry if this has already been talked about, I've been scrolling through to try and find suggestions, but wasn't finding them easily.

Melissa

Christo.Stankulov
17-Aug-2013, 14:41
Nathan great self!

Jim C.
17-Aug-2013, 15:19
The story behind this self-portrait might be telling. I was nearly broke. Had no darkroom, but I did have some sheet film, developer and fixer and suntan lotion. I covered my face with the lotion, and in daylight pressed the film to my face, then developed and fixed it. (light areas are where lotion protected film from development.)

Voila. Self portrait sans camera and darkness - to make a very dark image.


Awesome, it's a very graphic image.

Jim Jones
17-Aug-2013, 18:55
I'm getting ready to take self portraits with a 4x5 view camera. I've taken them with my Mark II and a remote but I'm not sure how to go about doing them with the 4x5 since I typically take wide shots that also encompass the environment. Any suggestions of the best way to do this?
Sorry if this has already been talked about, I've been scrolling through to try and find suggestions, but wasn't finding them easily.

Melissa

I've used several methods of taking large format self portraits. Some large format shutters have a self-timer that gives you maybe 10 seconds from starting the timer to getting into position. External self-timers are available that either screw into the cable release socket or attach to a cable release. Pneumatic cable releases are available up to 15 feet or more. However, the air tube may be in the photo, and the hand that squeezes the bulb should not be visible to the camera. Some press cameras had a solenoid that could trip the shutter electrically from quite a distance.

For indoors shots, I've set up electronic flashes and framed and focused the shot. Then all room lights were shut off, I opened the shutter, got into position, triggered the flash with a long sync cord, and closed the shutter. When focusing is critical, you can focus on an object that is at the desired distance. Tie a string to the camera and knot it at that distance. When ready for the shot, position yourself at the knot. The string can be tossed out of the picture before the exposure. When practical, I prefer controlling the exact time of releasing the shutter rather than relying on a self-timer.

Armin Seeholzer
20-Aug-2013, 14:38
Nice one Laura are you the American answer on Toto Frima?

Cheers Armin

PhotoBeePhotography
26-Aug-2013, 13:52
Thank you for the information.
Melissa

Christo.Stankulov
26-Aug-2013, 14:21
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8279/8748024900_b3f37b0d0b_b.jpg

I forgot with what it was made here...

Polaroid 54/Linhof MT200?Apo-Lanthar 150/4,5

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8393/8621293439_c81a557cb7_b.jpg

Sinar F2/ Emil Busch 12cm

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8262012536_8c9d3333f5_b.jpg

Sinar F2/Polaroid Sepia

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8065/8207218539_c062f25160_b.jpg

Randy
27-Aug-2013, 04:55
All good Christo, I especially like the last one.

Christo.Stankulov
27-Aug-2013, 08:43
Thank you, Randy!

guyatou
29-Aug-2013, 22:55
This self-portrait is a little darker than most posted here. I shot this around 2008, at a time when my life was somewhat of a wreck. This was my attempt to shed a little light on the concept that men often have image issues, too. Shooting this was one of my earliest experiences with large format gear, and it was even more intimidating than usual, due to my vulnerable pose.

You may notice my left foot is a little off the ground, that's where I hid the bulb for the pneumatic shutter release. :) At some point, I'll post a more normal/less depressing one.

101041
Expired TMAX 100 (2-notch)
Toyo 45GX Monorail
Rodenstock 90mm f/6.8
One Alienbees 400 strobe
Homemade backdrop (cheap cloth, dyed with Rit)
Epson V700 & Silverfast Ai Studio

jcoldslabs
30-Aug-2013, 01:56
This self-portrait is a little darker than most posted here.

Reminds me of this (http://jameswigger.tumblr.com/image/21670334750) self-portrait by a friend of mine. (NSFW - blurry male nudity.)

Jonathan

stradibarrius
1-Sep-2013, 05:39
me at work
Sinar F2, Fujinon 150mm,TMAX 400, Rodinal 1+50
101128

jcoldslabs
1-Sep-2013, 06:39
Since my wife wasn't feeling well and couldn't sit for me I tried a self-portrait instead. Hmmm. Got close but still missed the focus. Tried to hit 1/2 second with a Packard shutter. Got close on that, too. The film, while of unknown origin, is at least 60 years old and is showing its age. Looks like I had some light leaks as well, probably from when the roll of film was in the old camera before I reclaimed it. Maybe this image should go in the 'mistakes' thread....

Century 10A w/5x7 back, 15" B&L projection Petzval, unknown aerial film (likely from the 1950s).


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/5x7-K24Roll-EI6-SP.jpg

Jonathan

Michael Cienfuegos
1-Sep-2013, 07:49
Light leak looks like a needle to yer ear.

m

Laurent L
12-Jan-2014, 01:08
Hi !

Let's dig up this thread !

http://35mm-compact.com/album/albums/userpics/11160/hydrop3.jpg

I'm in the middle with some friends met by the mediterranean seaside, film camera and soft wine enthousiasts ! ^_^

Sinar F2
Sinaron S 150mm
Late kodak EG 4x5
Scanned with my new V700

Cheers ! :)

David A. Goldfarb
1-Apr-2014, 13:43
Something new.

113169

Linhof 4x5" Tech V, 150/4.5 Xenar at f:11, 1/30 s., Fuji FP-3000B, focused with a shoelace
Digitized with iPhone 4 and a 0.5 diopter closeup lens using Hueless app (my DSLR, I hope, is in a container somewhere en route to Hawai'i)

chuck461
29-Apr-2014, 06:05
With my best companions.
8X10 Contact Print
114542

Luis-F-S
29-Apr-2014, 12:06
Guess there are no "lady" photographers in the thread.

vinny
29-Apr-2014, 12:22
here I am.

chuck461
29-Apr-2014, 18:13
Guess there are no "lady" photographers in the thread.

Sorry to disappoint. The dogs are both female.

Winger
29-Apr-2014, 20:47
Guess there are no "lady" photographers in the thread.

Some of us just procrastinate more.

Victo
30-Apr-2014, 13:25
114634
Self with polaroid type 55 (tachihara 45 symmar150)

axs810
1-May-2014, 05:42
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3730/13180257354_4b55194248_c.jpg
(https://flic.kr/p/m5Ggjs)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/m5Ggjs) by studiogeek3 (https://www.flickr.com/people/95695389@N08/), on Flickr

8x10 clear glass ambrotype

bracan
4-May-2014, 08:37
Myself

Expired Polaroid 55 print, Sinar C4x5 and Rodenstock Sironar 240mm f5,6 at f8.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8438021522_7e3ccfe0e3_b.jpg

t0aster
4-May-2014, 11:12
I think I've uploaded these in a different thread but I believe they can be at home here, too.

180mm Symmar-S
4x5 Ilford FP4
r09, 1+100, semi-stand

Mkillmer
4-May-2014, 14:21
I'll throw in one of mine!

+3 Close-up lens with f/25 aperture
Paper Negative - Ilfospeed RC Deluxe
paRodinal 1:50 3 minutes
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2928/14050042314_3ebce9b137_z_d.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9314116@N06/14050042314/

Bill_1856
4-May-2014, 20:36
With my best companions.
8X10 Contact Print
114542

Which one are you?

Alan Gales
4-May-2014, 21:03
This is one ugly thread. I could add to it but I don't want it to get worse than it all ready is!

Hugo Zhang
28-Aug-2014, 15:19
Yes, ugly. But when you have nobody to shoot, you have to take selfies. They are getting popular.

StoneNYC
28-Aug-2014, 16:20
I could help with the ugly issue but all my self portraits are on other formats not allowed here lol,

Mkillmer
29-Aug-2014, 07:30
Ugly, but I can't look away...

Michael Cienfuegos
29-Aug-2014, 10:25
I could help with the ugly issue but all my self portraits are on other formats not allowed here lol,

Just drag your 8x10 outside and do it. If Hugo didn't break his lens, I'm sure you won't break yours. :D

m

Degroto
29-Aug-2014, 12:38
I have a selfie as well:
120798

Made on Ilford Direct Positive Paper 8x10

Smith469
29-Aug-2014, 23:16
Self portrait photos are becoming increasingly necessary in the modern world.

Ari
30-Aug-2014, 07:20
I have a selfie as well:
120798

Made on Ilford Direct Positive Paper 8x10

Like!

stradibarrius
30-Aug-2014, 16:25
There seems to be no women that shoot LF????

StoneNYC
30-Aug-2014, 16:51
There seems to be no women that shoot LF????

I know at least a few on the forum who have posted here at some point.

Mkillmer
30-Aug-2014, 17:02
Here's an 8x10 paper negative selfie...
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3773/11005440736_a551443371_z_d.jpg

saturnus
1-Sep-2014, 13:48
121067

4x5

StoneNYC
1-Sep-2014, 13:52
121067

4x5

Like I said ^^^ girls do exist here.:)

Nice tones by the way.

klocksib
3-Sep-2014, 21:04
Kodak TXP 320 Selfie:
121230

cyrus
23-Oct-2014, 13:09
Squeeeeze that bulb

123814

M.Lange
24-Oct-2014, 01:08
Looks like you're playing at warp speed!
I really like

rhineroo
25-Oct-2014, 20:01
Self with Guitar, Alvord Desert, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8081836179_5f124a7d1e_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

A self I will rember fo a verry long time. Super!

Dave Wooten
25-Oct-2014, 21:54
Squeeeeze that bulb

123814

Nice one Cyrus!

Amfooty
26-Oct-2014, 10:54
One of the first pictures I took with the Busch back when I was still learning how to use it. A rather overcomplicated way to take a selfie... ;p

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/13907637195_e065f952c8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nbYh1c)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/nbYh1c) by thermionic_valve (https://www.flickr.com/people/104349761@N02/), on Flickr

Christo.Stankulov
30-Oct-2014, 07:35
P2
Apo-lanthar 150/4.5
EFKE PL50 4x5
Adonal 1+80?
stand dev. 90 min.
124291

t0aster
30-Oct-2014, 07:45
P2
Apo-lanthar 150/4.5
EFKE PL50 4x5
Adonal 1+80?
stand dev. 90 min.
124291

Really nice, Christo.

Christo.Stankulov
30-Oct-2014, 07:47
Thank you t0aster ;)

gorsescent
31-Oct-2014, 14:10
One of the first pictures I took with the Busch back when I was still learning how to use it. A rather overcomplicated way to take a selfie... ;p

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/13907637195_e065f952c8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nbYh1c)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/nbYh1c) by thermionic_valve (https://www.flickr.com/people/104349761@N02/), on Flickr

Very good idea!

Vaughn
31-Oct-2014, 17:20
Squeeeeze that bulb

123814

Those two parallel shadow lines are just plain wonderful! Awesome, in fact! And the repeated angle of the knees and mantle (?) against the wall -- and the two bald heads!!!!!!! The image makes me laugh!

Domingo A. Siliceo
31-Oct-2014, 23:47
P2
Apo-lanthar 150/4.5
EFKE PL50 4x5
Adonal 1+80?
stand dev. 90 min.
[...]


Christo, don't be shy and look at the camera! :p

StoneNYC
1-Nov-2014, 08:31
One of the first pictures I took with the Busch back when I was still learning how to use it. A rather overcomplicated way to take a selfie... ;p

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/13907637195_e065f952c8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/nbYh1c)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/nbYh1c) by thermionic_valve (https://www.flickr.com/people/104349761@N02/), on Flickr

Doing something similar for a class project, I think this is much more well done and clearer than my own, exposure seems perfect.

Amfooty
1-Nov-2014, 10:16
Doing something similar for a class project, I think this is much more well done and clearer than my own, exposure seems perfect.

Thanks. I got pretty lucky with it. It's somewhat tricky to get the screen brightness right.

If you want to try something fun, try inverting the colors on your phone--that way you get a positive in the negative. It looks kind of wild.

ctgill
11-Jan-2015, 19:18
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8618/16073612379_646bd08271.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qunsXV)

showing off my new shirt....

Kathryn
12-Jan-2015, 20:08
127993

From a series of self portraits dealing with superstitions...an ongoing project that I pick back up from time to time.