June 2009 Portraits

[csant]

June is for summer, summer is for light…

Taken with a poor man's soft focus "lens", a plain and simple magnifying glass that gives a focal length of about 200mm and f/2.6… Light from a window, a beautiful evening far north, three nightlights for the highlights…

Charten 5x7, magnifying glass, Fomapan 100.

http://csant.info/pics/portraits/20090601l.jpg

[eddie]

wow! june already....

all wet plate collodion images. 1st two are aluminum, last one is black jappaned steal. all 5x7.

the 1st i was having fun with adding some "extra" color to david...

second two are of JC. last ones was a bit over exposed....i just like the props.

[Miguel Coquis]

wow ! this is getting serious !!!
I got the impression I am going to start exploring alternatives
great work Eddie,
some more ?

[frank hoerauf]

Eddie that looks great, I think you win the Sally Mann award for the portrait of Coffer though. I think you need to work on your pouring skills a bit............haha... :)

[xmishx]

Fantastic images as of late. Hope to produce more to contribute this summer.

http://artistsimageresource.net/blog/2009/2009-06-01sere.jpg
Chamonix 4x5 | Polaroid

[David Williams]

I just joined the forum and I'm just getting back into LF after several years. May I post an older portrait? Taken with a Calumet CC401, Caltar II E 210mm, Ektachrome 100.

27022

[mandoman7]

http://images49.fotki.com/v1519/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Tom7-vi.jpg
A guitarmaker friend, www.ribbecke.com, playing a newly finished instrument.

Deardorff w/11 1/2 Verito.

[xavier deltell]

Tmax 100. Taken with Sinar P Rodenstock 240 f16

[Allen in Montreal]

Lots of nice work lately,

Xavier, I really like concept!

[Tim Meisburger]

My first portrait post. This is a scan from a very cheap flatbed scanner of an 8x10 enlargement of a Shanghai 100 4x5 negative, Caltar 210 at f6.8, 1/60. I got into LF last fall because my landscapes lacked something, but since then have become interested in the problem of making a portrait (as opposed to finding or capturing the decisive moment). This interest may also have something to do with the fact that I don't always have a landscape, but I do always have, more or less, willing models...

Shot in the living room with a cheap 500w halogen security light and two 250w photo flood bulbs I bought in a thrift shop. Please feel free to criticism or make suggestions for improvement, as I am here to learn. The corners are soft in the print, I think because I enlarge using a 127mm taking lens in a Graflarger. I could fix this, I guess, by burning them in.

[ari velazco]

Deardorff 5x7, Ilford HP5, 210mm
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3310/3590702628_bf0e466d87.jpg

[Miguel Coquis]

My first portrait post....


Tim, this is a very beautiful portrait !
I find there is a natural and direct atmosphere.
Light can always be worked until you fill it is enough.
Good luck !

[Tim Meisburger]

Thank you Miquel for those kind words. I find I am really enjoying trying to shape and form light.

[Miguel Coquis]

Looking for an issue... self portrait.
http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/June%2009/107.jpg

[eddie]

nice one miguel!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Deardorff 11x14/8x10 back/ 405mm 4.5 Kodak efke25

[Andrew ren]

mom.

http://andrewren.com/Images_for_web/PiPi/06.jpg

http://andrewren.com/Images_for_web/PiPi/010.jpg

http://andrewren.com/Images_for_web/PiPi/012.jpg

http://andrewren.com/Images_for_web/PiPi/011.jpg

[Andrew ren]

hey, ok then.

one more,

Alvin(Son @ 38 weeks), Mom and xtol(the 19 pounder male PEI lazy cat),


http://andrewren.com/Images_for_web/PiPi/07.jpg

[Jiri Vasina]

Andrew, those are plain wonderful. The love just radiates from them...

Kudos.

Jiri

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img124.jpg
Park Ranger, Massachusetts
Kodak 2D, 300mm Fujinon A
5x7 Ilford HP5+, Pyrocat HD

An older negative, re-scanned.

[Wally]

A 'one light' environmental portrait: "Howlin' Eddie Wolf". A local guitar player/instructor at his shop. FP-4, normal processing.

[dlin]

Good friend and fellow photographer.
8x10 contact print

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Wally and everyone very nice portraits. Here is my first. It is an 11x14 shot on x-ray film. My youngest son in the Redwoods on the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz. I can only show an 8x10 crop due to my scanner. I used my Hybrid Voigtlander Euroscop 18" lens at f-11 and about 1/2 second for the exposure. This is printed on some 1976 Azo and is un-toned.


Jim

[Steve M Hostetter]

Wally and everyone very nice portraits. Here is my first. It is an 11x14 shot on x-ray film. My youngest son in the Redwoods on the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz. I can only show an 8x10 crop due to my scanner. I used my Hybrid Voigtlander Euroscop 18" lens at f-11 and about 1/2 second for the exposure. This is printed on some 1976 Azo and is un-toned.


Jim

nice shot, where do you get this 11x14 x-ray film and how much is it..?

regards

[Andrew ren]

Thanks Jiri.

Andrew

[Allen in Montreal]

Some very nice work everyone!
Andrew, congrats, and great pix!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

nice shot, where do you get this 11x14 x-ray film and how much is it..?

regards

Steve, thanks. I happened to get this x-ray film off of e-bay for a song. 500 sheets. Sold 200 and kept 300. Virtually made it free and the people I sold it too were very happy. You can get the new stuff from csxonline.com.

Jim

[Steve M Hostetter]

Steve, thanks. I happened to get this x-ray film off of e-bay for a song. 500 sheets. Sold 200 and kept 300. Virtually made it free and the people I sold it too were very happy. You can get the new stuff from csxonline.com.

Jim

thank you Jim, awesome

[Gustavo]

Nice Jim !!!

[Allen in Montreal]

This looks nice here at 72 dpi, it must be amazing as a contact print!



Wally and everyone very nice portraits. Here is my first. It is an 11x14 shot on x-ray film. My youngest son in the Redwoods on the campus of the University of California at Santa Cruz. I can only show an 8x10 crop due to my scanner. I used my Hybrid Voigtlander Euroscop 18" lens at f-11 and about 1/2 second for the exposure. This is printed on some 1976 Azo and is un-toned.


Jim

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Thanks for the nice comments. I need to work on the print some. This is a work print and it does look very nice. I'm very happy with the x-ray film's performance.

Jim

[Jim Galli]

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Verito/HirschClan711s.jpg
clan hirsch, tonopah, nv

My daughter graduated with the lad second from left last row. He is a fan of good photography and prevailed on me to come and make a galli picture of his family on the occasion of the high school graduation of the lassie in front. For this I was handsomely paid with 2 fine bottles of wine and a filet mignon as big as 2 fists.

eastman improved #2 7X11 format camera with 18" Verito. I couldn't afford to booger it up so I took the proven winners.

[Christo.Stankulov]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z8Sv262ZRWw/Sit2utiZnSI/AAAAAAAAB_M/D8p58o8jzjs/s1600-h/chik0506_duotone.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

He is a fan of good photography and prevailed on me to come and make a galli picture of his family...

Ah, a Gallitype, I see... :)

I take it the Verito was wide open?

[Jim Galli]

Ah, a Gallitype, I see... :)

I take it the Verito was wide open?

f5 - ish. I think I was the evenings entertainment. You show up with a camera as big as a dog house and start moving the lawn furniture around, it attracts attention.

[Ken Lee]

I was thinking: Let's call it f/4 instead just for fun.

In terms of depth-of-field, an 18 inch (457) lens at f/4 is roughly equivalent to a 9-inch (228mm) lens at f/2, or a 4.5 inch (114mm) lens at f/1.0

Correct my math if wrong, but... That's one heck of a lens.

[Jim Galli]

I was thinking: Let's call it f/4 instead just for fun.

In terms of depth-of-field, an 18 inch lens at f/4 is roughly equivalent to a 9-inch lens at f/2, or a 4.5 inch (114mm) lens at f/1.0

Correct my math if wrong, but... That's one heck of a lens.

I used just a bit of rear tilt. I had a lovely plane of faces that worked well for that. Notice the feet of the lad standing in the back row are nearly gone from blur. Also I had pre-set the swing on the bench before anyone sat down.

[matthew blais]

Thanks for the nice comments. I need to work on the print some. This is a work print and it does look very nice. I'm very happy with the x-ray film's performance.

Jim

Nice Jim...I like this tight crop though..more intimate, personal

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Nice Jim...I like this tight crop though..more intimate, personal

Matt, thanks. I'm going to work on the print a bit and then tone it. The Azo works nice for this image.

Jim

[Jiri Vasina]

Sunday afternoon coffee can be a ritual for some. And being a ritual, it's also a kind of theater performance, which can easily be imitated. Especially if the actor assumes the role of grown-ups. It does not matter that there is water in the cup... (The cookie (leaf) was her own invention, and in hindsight, it would be lacking something without it...)

She is growing to be my main portrait subject, it seems:


http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/katka/p13x18-220_web.jpg

Ritual

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm, Fomapan 100, Rodinal.

[vinny]

Jiri, exceptional portrait! Hey, I've got your print done, just need to mount and mat it.

[Jiri Vasina]

Vinny, thanks. Then I have to visit my brother and finish the print for you :)

Jiri

[Vlad Soare]

Jiří, I'm speechless. :eek:
She seems to be turning into a professional model. :)

[vwizz]

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1942/vt20090612img221.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/vt20090612img221.jpg/)
Polaroid 51, taken this evening.

[Brian_A]

mom.


Absolutely beautiful. I wish I had done portraits of my wife like that when she was pregnant. Thanks for sharing those!

-Brian

[dazedgonebye]

My first contribution to this thread...nothing spectacular, just learning how.

fujinon 250mm f6.3, txp

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3623170214_12c1995fdf_o.jpg

[dlin]

Kate
8x10 contact print
Fortepan 400 film
Ilford MGIV matte paper

[Tri Tran]

Kate
8x10 contact print
Fortepan 400 film
Ilford MGIV matte paper

Hi Daniel,
Very nice portrait . What lens are you using for this? Thanks.

[dlin]

Hi Daniel,
Very nice portrait . What lens are you using for this? Thanks.

Thanks, Tri. The lens is a 16" P&S Visual Quality, exposed @ approx. f8

Best,
Daniel

[Brian Bullen]

Fever and Tv
My girl had a fever so a little rest and tv helped put her on the road to recovery.
7x14 Palladium
Konica PPB
12" Dagor/Korona 7x17

[Mark Sawyer]

Charming, Brian! And lovely...

[Miguel Coquis]

Fever and Tv
My girl had a fever so a little rest and tv helped put her on the road to recovery.
7x14 Palladium
Konica PPB
12" Dagor/Korona 7x17

very sweet, thanks for this lovely visual !!!

[Miguel Coquis]

self portrait

[monkeymon]

Here's a self portrait also... you know, face and hands.. very important in portraits. So why not slap them in one foto, to tell the whole tale of a person.

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/omakuva_snadi.jpg

apo-ronar 480mm @ f22

This lens seems to be a winner, i like the low contrast and high sharpness this lens delivers.

[eddie]

self portrait

nice one...and his best side to boot!

eddie

[Donald Miller]

Recent...digital photo of 5X7 LF image. 305 G Claron with stage two bronica (white) filter/160 NC.

[Brian Bullen]

Mark and Miguel, Thank you.:)

[Steve M Hostetter]

Here's a self portrait also... you know, face and hands.. very important in portraits. So why not slap them in one foto, to tell the whole tale of a person.

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/omakuva_snadi.jpg

apo-ronar 480mm @ f22

This lens seems to be a winner, i like the low contrast and high sharpness this lens delivers.

I like this

[monkeymon]

Thanks, shame i didn't remember to keep my shoulder down...

[ajsikel]

lots of state of art images.
so here is mine.
fomapan100, rodinal, graflex4x5,xenar147mm

[ajsikel]

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7540/dadagr.jpg

fomapan100

[ajsikel]

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/2852/kontra4.jpg

[ajsikel]

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3845/kontra3.jpg

[ajsikel]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4637/trix320417.jpg

my student,bass/double bass player

[monkeymon]

I really like the first one!

[ajsikel]

I really like the first one!

thanks. thats my Dad.

[Michael Wynd]

I like the third one. It's definitely a different take on photographing a bass player. And I like the lighting too.
Mike

[Vaughn]

Alex, Last Game of the 2009 Little League Season

Speed Graphic w/ lens made from a magnifying glass
Taken on Polaroid Type 55 -- outdated (1986)
Printed on Kodak Medalist F4 -- outdated (1974)

[Monty McCutchen]

Vaughn,

THAT is spectacular.

wow

Monty

[Athiril]

Dont want to miss out... but dont have my LF camera yet.. it's in the mail! :)

Anyway, here are two of mine from this month, also doesnt have any 'old world' look or feel... so yeah... both on the beach after sunset :)

Oh its freezing winter here too, was like 6 c.
http://modelmayhm-0.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090615/02/4a361548d3d98.jpg

http://modelmayhm-0.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/090615/02/4a3614b999d15.jpg

[Scott --]

Haven't shot any film in months. Pulled out the Seneca t'other day and shot this of the boy:

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/braedan09aacroped8x10.jpg

Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110, Seneca Competitor, Sironar-N 210/5.6.

[Charles Hohenstein]

Scott, I love it.

[Ken Lee]

It's wonderful

[Jim Galli]

Scott, I love it.

Me too!

[Frank Petronio]

Charlotte in Chicago

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3640388928_51828a9c12_o.jpg

[Pat Kearns]

(Sorry, I don't have a scanner, please, forgive the digital photo of the print.)

I shot this about 10 years ago and just recently decided to print it.

New Orleans Street Musicians
Tachihara 4x5; 150mm Caltar II-n
Tmax 100

[Colin Graham]

Me too!

+1 more!! Perfect.

[msk2193]

Dont want to miss out... but dont have my LF camera yet.. it's in the mail! :)

Anyway, here are two of mine from this month, also doesnt have any 'old world' look or feel... so yeah... both on the beach after sunset :)

Oh its freezing winter here too, was like 6 c.


Both are great shots. Super lighting.

[Mark Sawyer]

Adding my compliments, Scott! Plus one bonus point per freckle. :)

[Jiri Vasina]

Another one to join the line, Scott. Perfect.

Jiri

[eddie]

ajsikel, i love the shots of the musicians. very well done. lens and camera info? thanks

eddie

[mandoman7]

http://images50.fotki.com/v1525/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Ty6a-vi.jpg
http://images33.fotki.com/v1189/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Ty3b-vi.jpg
Still trying to get comfortable with the verito 11 1/2. Tyrone is a young luthier who's getting this guitar ready for his first show.

[ajsikel]

Eddie, thanks a lot, that means something to me.
All of the shots taken on 4x5 Graflex Crown Graphic, Xenar 147mm, 1st-Fomapan100 in rodinal, the other trix320 in Ultrafin Liquid, certainly I added some tilt action. Cheers,





ajsikel, i love the shots of the musicians. very well done. lens and camera info? thanks

eddie

[Athiril]

Both are great shots. Super lighting.

Thanks the high contrast image is a single direct Sunpak 433 after the ambient light just went far too low, and the other is 2 direct Sunpak 433's :)

[SadChi]

Dallmeyer 3B wide open
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/170/b/5/girl_22_by_SadChi.jpg

[SadChi]

Dallmeyer 3B @5.6
http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/f/2009/171/a/0/girl_26_by_SadChi.jpg

[Athiril]

Dallmeyer 3B wide open
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/170/b/5/girl_22_by_SadChi.jpg

lovely! :)

[Scott --]

Thanks you, gentlemen. Considering the high regard in which I hold all of you, I'm duly flattered. Plus, Momma was happy with the shot. :D

Scott


Scott, I love it.


It's wonderful


Me too!


+1 more!! Perfect.


Adding my compliments, Scott! Plus one bonus point per freckle. :)


Another one to join the line, Scott. Perfect.

Jiri

[Mark Barendt]

Dallmeyer 3B wide open


Wow!

[Frank Petronio]

Sad Chi - excellent!

[Allen in Montreal]

Wow,

I love this picture!!



Dallmeyer 3B wide open
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/170/b/5/girl_22_by_SadChi.jpg

[SadChi]

Wow,

I love this picture!!

Thanks to everyone!

[Jan Pedersen]

What Allen said.. Stunning.

[ajsikel]

stunning images!
simply superb in its simplicity and for.:) congrats!




Dallmeyer 3B wide open
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/f/2009/170/b/5/girl_22_by_SadChi.jpg

[Daniel_Buck]

indeed SadChi, that's quite a stunning portrait there! Well done!

[alanps]

Really nice!

[eddie]

got to play with my new Hermagis petzval today. ran into some hurdles with rain, chemistry, and the like but got some before the clouds rained down.

24inch f 4.5 wide open. about 35 inches of extension. (note the 8x8 lens board) 10 seconds.

[Jan Pedersen]

Very nice Eddie. Amazing how fast you have mastered the wet plate process.

jan

[Dave Aharonian]

That's quite the setup Eddie! Very nice!

Here's my contribution. 5" Darlot on the Canham 5x7 (taken with 4x5 back).

[eddie]

thanks dave and jan.

dave, love the shot. well done

[Jim Galli]

got to play with my new Hermagis petzval today. ran into some hurdles with rain, chemistry, and the like but got some before the clouds rained down.

24inch f 4.5 wide open. about 35 inches of extension. (note the 8x8 lens board) 10 seconds.


Awesome set up Eddie. Hope I get to see it in person some day. I have a bonafide 25 inch Voigtlander but they sacrificed the f4 after they left 21 inch so the casing is the same size, but it's longer and maybe f5 or so.

[Ken Lee]

Here's my contribution.


Beautiful !

[monkeymon]

9x12 rangefinder in action, lens flare?

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/lauta1.jpg

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/raisa2_snadi.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

eddie,, plenty of working distance and nice tight crop,, well tighter... and look at that background is that an 11x14 image..?

[eddie]

eddie,, plenty of working distance and nice tight crop,, well tighter... and look at that background is that an 11x14 image..?

thanks steve. it is an 8x10 shot. i had it on my 11x14 today but i could not get my camera stand out the door (bad back) and so i shot more 8x10 today. the 11x14 head shot looks awesome i just need more light. stay tuned for todays 8x10 images....they are tighter.

[eddie]

well, i was at it again today. tighter head shots were in order. i was very challenged but the long exposure times. they were in the 11-12 second range....moe moe is very good at holding still but these times really push it. i will build a head brace this week. this should help a lot.

collodion on 8x10 aluminum. 24 inch petzval at f4.5ish just shy of 1:1. about 11 seconds ( a bit over exposed at that)

(a few more over in the still life thread)

[Frank Petronio]

Melody (Meagan's twin sister) in Chicago

[SadChi]

Melody (Meagan's twin sister) in Chicago

Frank,

Interesting composition and usage of simple coner !

[chachahavana]

got to play with my new Hermagis petzval today. ran into some hurdles with rain, chemistry, and the like but got some before the clouds rained down.

24inch f 4.5 wide open. about 35 inches of extension. (note the 8x8 lens board) 10 seconds.

Hi Eddie
Thank you very much for the tip and great to see the giant set up in action.

I like to do my first contribution to this thread, chamonix 8x10, fujinon 300 f/5.6 ( sorry, it's a modern lens ), Tilted, Shanghai Brand B/W film, iso 100

cheers
ChaChaHavana

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2881728701_9b0703c731.jpg

[eddie]

Hi Eddie
Thank you very much for the tip and great to see the giant set up in action.



cheers
ChaChaHavana




no worries. awesome shot BTW!

[eddie]

a few from yesterday. my 1st ever "pregnancy" shots.

these are 8x10 negs printed on 11x14 arches platine paper. VDB. a bit too much light coming from the right IMO. ( i am looking for a paper with a bit less texture.) shot with my digital camera....but you get he idea.

i will make some silver prints tonight and try and correct my lighting errors with some burning and dodging.

eddie

[eddie]

i think i like the silver prints better....i need different alt process paper.....

cooke 15 inch series II

[Blueberrydesk]

Eddie, those are all beautiful but I absolutely love that first VDB. Classic classic shot.

[Steve M Hostetter]

#1 eddie,,, nice

[Daniel_Buck]

I like to do my first contribution to this thread, chamonix 8x10, fujinon 300 f/5.6 ( sorry, it's a modern lens ), Tilted, Shanghai Brand B/W film, iso 100

Beautiful! I would like to see more! :)

[eddie]

it is great not having to work....much more time for photography! too bad today is the last day of fun!

5x7 collodion on aluminum. 12 inch Jamin cone lens. about f4.5 wide open. my wife loves the swirl so i have to oblige her too.

[Nicholas F. Jones]

Until I figure out how to scan my 5x7 and 8x10 negs ... and with a debt of inspiration to Roger Minick's Sightseer Series ....

White Wolf #31, Yosemite National Park, July 26, 2002 (but printed a few days ago)

Tachihara 3X 8x10 with 5x7 back, (old) Tri-X, 210/5.6 Apo-Sironar-S, 1/30 @ f22, shutter tripped by my left foot on bulb cable release, HC 110(B) plus development, enlarged on Zone VI 8x10 with 5x7 VC head, El-Nikkor 210/5.6, 16x20 MG IV fb dw cooltone, Dektol 1:2.

Digital shot by my wife on our deck.

[Joe Smigiel]

Here's a half-plate ruby ambrotype I took of Ted last week at the Photostock 2009 event. Deardorff 4x5 Special w/5x7 back, Darlot Petzval lens...

[unrealalex]

http://www.ambrotype.ru/wet-plate-collodion/portraits/images/Oleg_Zhuravlev2.jpg (http://www.ambrotype.ru/wet-plate-collodion/portraits/index_en.html)
Man's Face, Ambrotype 4x5"

[goamules]

Eddie, Joe, and Alexey, it's great to see a three professional collodion portraits on the same screen. All are nice, and unique, as befitting the process and artist.

[Mark Sawyer]

Eddie, Joe, and Alexey, it's great to see a three professional collodion portraits on the same screen. All are nice, and unique, as befitting the process and artist.

Yup, we used to complain about digital technology running the film companies out of business. Now it turns out that wet-plate photography is the big threat! :rolleyes:

Beautiful work!

[Kerik Kouklis]

Taken last week in Northern Michigan at Photostock 2009.

http://www.apug.org/gallery/data/2/ike2.jpg
Ike Eisenlord (http://www.davideisenlord.com)
Whole plate collodion on aluminum
Deardorf 8x10, Jamin-Darlot Conehead lens


http://www.apug.org/gallery/data/2/dan_lin_1.jpg
Daniel Lin (http://www.dlinphotography.com/)
Half plate collodion on aluminum
Deardorf 8x10, Jamin-Darlot Conehead lens

[goamules]

Those coneheads are pretty cool. Good plates.

[Steve M Hostetter]

forgot to tape the waterhouse slot:o Korona 8x10 / 14" no-name Petzval Tmax400 D-76

[Robert Kalman]

I've been working with this model, Beth, for six months.

[Robert Kalman]

Here you go...

[Mark Sawyer]

I've been working with this model, Beth, for six months.

And we've been working with this thread for twelve months! :D