February Portraits

[Jeremy Moore]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g10/jeremydmoore/2010-02-07_LinZ-2.jpg

8x10. 360mm.

[Michael Wynd]

I like it Jeremy. Does that look say "He said I have to stay still for how long?"
Mike

[Tim Meisburger]

Lovely!

[Tintype Bob]

Wow very nice, what film and exposure did you use and was it all natural lighting

[Jeremy Moore]

Wow very nice, what film and exposure did you use and was it all natural lighting

Expired 8x10 Delta 100 souped in Pyrocat HD. 1/15th @ f/8 (Fujinon 360mm f/6.3). All natural lighting.

Thanks for the compliments!

[dlin]

P&S Visual Quality
Fortepan 200 developed in Pyrocat HD

[Ken Lee]

Bravo Maestro !

[Barrie Watts]

Speed Graphic, Aero Ektar 7inch f2.5. FP4 ID11

Robert Haberfield, Artist.

[jack_hui]

Just got the len today, quick test on Cooke PS945, using table light only.....

F4.5, 1/4sec
HP5, HC110 1:49, 9.5 min, 20DegC, Jobo

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/121822587.jpg

It was supposed to focus on her left eyes ... but.... she moved???

Also, found this len can cover 8x10 (infinity) wide open ...quite interesting!

[depso]

cool shots definitely without wanting to digress from the main topic, what is it about pyrocat developer?

[Jeremy Moore]

cool shots definitely without wanting to digress from the main topic, what is it about pyrocat developer?

cheap and works well for both scanning my negatives and printing directly in palladium without having to make 2 different negatives. being a pyro formulation it does a good job at taming the highlights, something needed down here in Texas. additionally, it was developed by our own Sandy King and I get a kick out of saying when I have any problems with it I just email the inventor :D

[eddie]

i just got around to printing these from the "jan 23 shoot". (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=57868)

1st one if George. it is an 11x14 contact print (digital camera image). the film was Efke 25....loaner film. so i did not have my times down all that well. a bit under. 18 inch voigtlander petzval lens wide open at about f3.5 shot with strobes.

the second and 3rd are 8x10 contact prints. FP4. i just started using this film (i could not find my trust foma100 that day) a voigtlander 10 inch petzval from 1853 wide open at about f3.2 with strobes.

[gbogatko]

Nice Eddie.
The old man is ugly, but the girls are not.
BTW, what paper did you use for the prints?

George

[eddie]

thanks G,

i am using ilford RC MG IV. i also printed a few on fiber MG IV. but the posted scans are off teh RC as the FB was still wet.

[Alex Wei]

taken at Eddie's party.

http://www.pbase.com/highpeak/image/121638582.jpg

[Stephane]

Tried my 300mm Perscheid @f/6.5 in my lounge. This was painted with light. Nowhere near soft, and no glowing highlights. This is obviously not the way to use this lens... Maybe wide open would work better, who knows unless I try again... Maybe the glowing happens only in normal daylight enveloping the scene and subject? Oh well...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4346931102_0e8ea2f948_o.jpg

[seven]

wonderful picture Stephane ! don't worry about the lack of softness etc.

[Stephane]

Thank you Seven, I will try again anyway... I have to understand the powers that are hidden behind that hefty perscheid price-tag.

[Ash]

Alex, was Meagan at Eddie's for the free booze? :D

[mandoman7]

Tried my 300mm Perscheid @f/6.5 in my lounge. This was painted with light. Nowhere near soft, and no glowing highlights. This is obviously not the way to use this lens... Maybe wide open would work better, who knows unless I try again... Maybe the glowing happens only in normal daylight enveloping the scene and subject? Oh well...

[IMG]

The best glow happens when an important, in focus, highlight is set against a darker tone. The edge of a face, for example, against dark fabric will give a nice glow if your lens has that capability. Its also best to limit the lines to a few graphic strokes in the image. A busy tree branch isn't really enhanced with halos around each twig. But a strong simple shape like a pear can be made to sing with one highlight that shows some glow.
These are opinions, of course, but the point is that its the subject matter and lighting need to considered along with the maximum aperture. :)

[lenicolas]

Nowhere near soft, and no glowing highlights. This is obviously not the way to use this lens... Maybe wide open would work better, who knows unless I try again...

ha ha! i first though you were kidding ;)
this forum is realy special...

nice shot though!
keep up the good work!

[Armin Seeholzer]

Oh Stephane thad Perscheid is a very bad lens, just send it to me I will look thad it get a nice camera behind and a warm bed;--))))
Your light is very goot but the lens ist so bad;--))

[Frank Petronio]

Making her freeze her ass off again, it was 7 or 8 out....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/shannon_cold_002.jpg

[eddie]

Making her freeze her ass off again, it was 7 or 8 out....



how cold could she be? she has clothes on! :)

[Philippe Grunchec]

"An Eskimoe showed me a movie..." (L. Cohen)

[William McEwen]

Another winner, Frank. Keep 'em coming.

[lenicolas]

how cold could she be? she has clothes on! :)

obviously you don't have much experience with women.
those people are cold ALL THE TIME!
;)

[Robert Hughes]

YMMV :p

[Pawlowski6132]

How do you folks determine exposure for your portraits? Do you spot meter and zone system only on face? Do you just use average scene metering? Do tell!!!

[Frank Petronio]

Meter your hand under the same light as your subject, provided they are the same color as you. The entire range of humanity will fit within a five-stop range, Indians and Mexicans are Middle Grey Zone V; Finns and Swedes are Zone VII; Kenyans are Zone III.

Country Clubs are all Zone VI.

[cjbroadbent]

..Finns and Swedes are Zone VII...
Given the chance, do you compress the lighting tone range then expand the range in post-production, i.e. shoot soft, print hard? Or do you light hard and print soft?
I have always done the latter - fill 3 1/2 stops under (4x5 example below) , but nowadays with the scanner I find it easier to do the former, holding onto the highlights on a forehead and pushing the shadows off the edge. That means shooting with fill light only 1 1/2 stops under, (the negative looks wish-washy I would be ashamed let anyone else print it).
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/S3WBE3cXFdI/AAAAAAAAEH0/_-ljj-wF4Qo/s800/Hair.jpg

[Mark Barendt]

(the negative looks wish-washy I would be ashamed let anyone else print it).

Gorgeous portrait Christopher. If the negative works for you...

[Frank Petronio]

I was just trying to push a few PC buttons but yes, skin color does matter and most American photographers end up thinking "white" most of the time.

But in general I do have flatter negatives for scanning than darkroom printing, I'd probably be burning prints and using Grade V paper with a lot of my film these days.

Per his question about exposure, I used to be a Zone System zealot but in a studio I'd fall back to using an incident flash meter like most other people. Nowadays I use a dslr's histogram and a bit of intuition and voodoo to figure out my exposures but the voodoo part took a few thousand negatives to learn.

[gbogatko]

... holding onto the highlights on a forehead and pushing the shadows off the edge.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/S3WBE3cXFdI/AAAAAAAAEH0/_-ljj-wF4Qo/s800/Hair.jpg

Thus emphasizing the gradient on the face and arms. Gives a wonderful 3D effect. A really nice picture. Bravo!!

[maurits]

http://rexmundi.nl/photo/moniek_03.jpg

School assignment. Gasc & Charconnet Quick Acting Portrait Petzval lens - Ilford FP4+ 4x5 in Pyrocat HD.

Cheers, Maurits

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[eddie]

great shot maurits!

[Jim Galli]

great shot maurits!
I concur.

[gbogatko]

My Gosh!!! That's stunning!!
The lighting is wonderful -- magic

[mandoman7]

Beautiful portrait and lens usage, Maurits. Distiinctive among a lot of the posts here in that the sitter is wonderfully engaged. She looks to be a very interesting person

[PaulRicciardi]

Beautiful portrait and lens usage, Maurits. Distiinctive among a lot of the posts here in that the sitter is wonderfully engaged. She looks to be a very interesting person

Agree, that's a nicely executed portrait, lots of "human" in it...more than just a photo of a person

[dlin]

Maurits

Beautiful portrait!
All the best,
Daniel

[maurits]

Thanks fella's. Coming from you that means a lot to me!

One hand to pull the dark slide out of the holder, one hand for the Eddie two-dark-slides-shutter-method and one to trigger the flash with my meter during the one second exposure... :-) It felt kind of adventurous.

I doubt anyone could make a bad portrait of this lady... :-)

Cheers, Maurits

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[Antonenko]

http://club.foto.ru/gallery/images/photo/2010/02/14/1518911.jpg
My portrait. The author - Dmitry (http://dimonpit.livejournal.com/) FK 18х24 + Industar-37 Foma 100 Rodinal (1 +) f-11 4sec.

[iml]

http://www.adweb.co.uk/ian/photography/hastings23/Images/img229.jpg

Speed Graphic, 127/4.7 Ektar, Tri-X, Xtol 1+1

[r.e.]

My portrait. The author - Dmitry (http://dimonpit.livejournal.com/) FK 18х24 + Industar-37 Foma 100 Rodinal (1 +) f-11 4sec.

Antonenko, you should be very happy with that portrait.

For those who are interested, info on...

the FK 18cm x 24cm (7" x 9.5") camera and Industar-37, 300mm, f/4.5 lens: http://www.commiecameras.com/sov/sovietmiscellaneouscamera/index.htm

more on the lens: http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/industar-37.html

There is also what appears to be a photograph of this camera on the photographer's blog (see LiveJournal link above, which specifies adult content, presumably due to a quite innocent nude photograph accompanying one of the blog posts).

Antonenko, I've sent you a message about Industar-37 lenses. I'd like to acquire one. Do you know whether they will cover 20x25/8x10?

[monkeymon]

these are all shot on 8x10 fomapan 200, first with a nice coated russian projection triplet 365/3.65, second and the third, is shot with an older symmar 300/5.6

http://www.taidejakonsti.fi/muutos/TEMP/fomapan200_1_snadi1.jpg

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

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

The tattoo says something like; "i didn't matter how we lived" in finnish.

[monkeymon]

i don't know why i can't edit my posts, but it should say "it didn't matter how we lived"

[Antonenko]

Antonenko, you should be very happy with that portrait.

For those who are interested, info on...

the FK 18cm x 24cm (7" x 9.5") camera and Industar-37, 300mm, f/4.5 lens: http://www.commiecameras.com/sov/sovietmiscellaneouscamera/index.htm

more on the lens: http://www.mattdentonphoto.com/cameras/industar-37.html

There is also what appears to be a photograph of this camera on the photographer's blog (see LiveJournal link above, which specifies adult content, presumably due to a quite innocent nude photograph accompanying one of the blog posts).

Antonenko, I've sent you a message about Industar-37 lenses. I'd like to acquire one. Do you know whether they will cover 20x25/8x10?

About page I will tell so. It is such humour. There there is nothing erotic. About Industar-has written. I will help to buy it in Russia

[Miguel Coquis]

the lecture
5x7 ilford
under-exposed neg (accident !)

http://macoquis.caraldi.com/scaled/Home/The-Lecture.jpg

[Jim Galli]

the lecture
5x7 ilford
under-exposed neg (accident !)



Beautiful Miguel. Which lens please?

[fenderbja]

http://www.brandonallenphotography.com/posts/DutchTouch2.jpg
http://www.brandonallenphotography.com/posts/DutchTouch.jpg
Dutch Tutch - Rodenstock 210mm - Shen Hao 4x5

[monkeymon]

that is a really nice portrait

[PaulRicciardi]

Dutch Tutch - Rodenstock 210mm - Shen Hao 4x5

Wow, both very strong
damn fine work

[ederphoto]

Just got the len today, quick test on Cooke PS945, using table light only.....

F4.5, 1/4sec
HP5, HC110 1:49, 9.5 min, 20DegC, Jobo

http://www.pbase.com/jack_hui/image/121822587.jpg

It was supposed to focus on her left eyes ... but.... she moved???

Also, found this len can cover 8x10 (infinity) wide open ...quite interesting!



Nice pic .Post more pictures with that lens ,love the look .

[jgburton1]

First post of an image. Kodak 2D 8x10 Verito 18" f4

Jim Burton

[Allen in Montreal]

http://www.brandonallenphotography.com/posts/DutchTouch2.jpg


Very nice work!

[Jim Galli]

First post of an image. Kodak 2D 8x10 Verito 18" f4

Jim Burton

I really like this. Great combination.

[jgburton1]

Hi Jim Yes I love the lens. Bought from you about a year ago, just now getting time to use it.

Jim Burton

[Mark Sawyer]

Hi Jim Yes I love the lens. Bought from you about a year ago, just now getting time to use it.

Jim Burton

Well, you're putting it to good use. A lovely image!

[Ramiro Elena]

210mm Heliar at f4,5
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4375758398_3a638edd38.jpg

[Stephane]

Nicola Perscheid 300@f/6.3
You can see the umbrella catchlight in the eyes from the studio lights I borrowed from work...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4377093652_b7199d58e5_o.jpg
Jørund

[lenicolas]

Stephane, the light is coming from too low, creating a disturbing and un-natural shadow on the left eye and left side of the nose.

When you set up lighting, keep in mind that in nature it's very seldom that the light source is below eyes level...

[craig nye]

first post, and first 4x5 image! i picked up a Cambo 4x5 and assorted lenses and accessories last weekend, am really enjoying these large negatives:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4373767833_ab8d8ebb81_b.jpg

Rodenstock Sironar-N 180mm at F16, lit by an Octobox and ringflash 1:2 lighting ratio.

[r.e.]

When you set up lighting, keep in mind that in nature it's very seldom that the light source is below eyes level...

That's true but... your post prompted me to pull out a Kodak publication by Jack Reznicki that contains a fun portrait, lit very much from below, of the late Al Lewis :)

[eddie]

first post, and first 4x5 image! i picked up a Cambo 4x5 and assorted lenses and accessories last weekend, am really enjoying these large negatives:



Rodenstock Sironar-N 180mm at F16, lit by an Octobox and ringflash 1:2 lighting ratio.

WOW! i love this shot. you seems to have two sets of eyes on you......great stuff.

[Tim Meisburger]

Craig, that is a brilliant image. Norman Rockwell for the 21st century.

[craig nye]

thanks guys, i enjoyed the Norman Rockwell reference. I have always been a fan of his illustrations (and photographs, for that matter).

[mandoman7]

http://images38.fotki.com/v266/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Ben2-vi.jpg

Ben 2/2010; Dallmeyer 2A, HP5, PMK

[jon.oman]

first post, and first 4x5 image! i picked up a Cambo 4x5 and assorted lenses and accessories last weekend, am really enjoying these large negatives:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4373767833_ab8d8ebb81_b.jpg

Rodenstock Sironar-N 180mm at F16, lit by an Octobox and ringflash 1:2 lighting ratio.

Wonderful image!

[Armin Seeholzer]

Craig wonderfull woman and dog and a good composition.

Congrats Armin

[Jim Galli]

first post, and first 4x5 image! i picked up a Cambo 4x5 and assorted lenses and accessories last weekend, am really enjoying these large negatives:

Rodenstock Sironar-N 180mm at F16, lit by an Octobox and ringflash 1:2 lighting ratio.

I will join the chorus. This has everything! Bravo.

[lenicolas]

That's true but... your post prompted me to pull out a Kodak publication by Jack Reznicki that contains a fun portrait, lit very much from below, of the late Al Lewis :)

sounds cool, i'd love to see it!

[lenicolas]

i think i found it!
is it that one?
https://www.genobondo.com/images/al_lewis.jpg

[Allen in Montreal]

i think i found it!
is it that one?
https://www.genobondo.com/images/al_lewis.jpg

Very Alfred Hitchcock. :)

[creep]

Bangkok

sF/F2 - SK210 - 160VC

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/st6.jpg

[Mark Barendt]

Bangkok

sF/F2 - SK210 - 160VC

Nice.

[r.e.]

i think i found it!
is it that one?
https://www.genobondo.com/images/al_lewis.jpg

No, it's on page 114 of the Kodak Pro Workshop Series book Studio and Commercial Photography (1999). I don't think that there's a copy on the internet.

[Miguel Coquis]

Bangkok

sF/F2 - SK210 - 160VC

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/st6.jpg

Wow !!!
Like this poem, sorry picture
btw, what do it means sF/F2 - SK210 ?
Thanks

[creep]

which poem do you mean? :confused:

Translation: :D
Sinar F/F2
Schneider Kreuznach APO Symmar 210mm 5.6 MC
Kodak Portra 160VC




Wow !!!
Like this poem, sorry picture
btw, what do it means sF/F2 - SK210 ?
Thanks

[alon96]

Novice! Looks after:)

Deardorff810 Voigtlander Kollinear 6.3/305 FP4

[lenicolas]

creep > tremendous portrait!! love it!

[Miguel Coquis]

which poem do you mean?

I mean this pic is a poem....
modern language, light, silhouette, dark ... etc
:(

Translation: :D
Sinar F/F2
Schneider Kreuznach APO Symmar 210mm 5.6 MC
Kodak Portra 160VC

[Tri Tran]

F.S Studio 8x10 with Eidoscope #2, exposed about 5 sec at wide open. A nice soft touch for a portrait lens . What you see is what you get. Thanks for checking.

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8099/ryanf.jpg (http://img696.imageshack.us/i/ryanf.jpg/)

[unrealalex]

http://ambrotype.ru/photos/wet-plate/ambro-jana004.jpg

"to Marlene" Series, ambrotype 8x10"

[mandoman7]

Not a beautiful girl by a long shot (Where do these guys find em'?).
Mark came by to borrow a mandolin to take measurements for a woodworking project, and I happened to have my 8x10 set up needing a test subject to make 5x8 images using the mask I made for the back. So, 2 vertical negatives were shot on each sheet, using a 300mm Commercial Ektar wide open at 6.7.
It took a little more attention to keep track of the sheet exposures, but I was pleased with how it worked. This gives me some more options for lens usage, not to mention saving on film costs.

http://images38.fotki.com/v231/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Mark2-vi.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Not a beautiful girl by a long shot (Where do these guys find em'?).
Mark came by to borrow a mandolin to take measurements for a woodworking project, and I happened to have my 8x10 set up needing a test subject to make 5x8 images using the mask I made for the back. So, 2 vertical negatives were shot on each sheet, using a 300mm Commercial Ektar wide open at 6.7.
It took a little more attention to keep track of the sheet exposures, but I was pleased with how it worked. This gives me some more options for lens usage, not to mention saving on film costs.


Hard to find any fault with that one. Soft window light? Very nice.

[Robert Hughes]

"to Marlene" Series, ambrotype 8x10"
Wow! Love that setup - nice glow around the model's shoulders and arm.

[JRFrench]

"to Marlene" Series, ambrotype 8x10"

I really like this shot, its kept me looking for a good few minutes.

[vwizz]

Caltar II-N 210mm and HP5 on Chamonix 45N-1, f5.6 at 1/4s or so

[tenderobject]

Caltar II-N 210mm and HP5 on Chamonix 45N-1, f5.6 at 1/4s or so



very nice! did you made any post process on the image? just curious. :) sharp!

[Anders Korhonen]

Testing new combiplan, new film and new developer.
Txp@250 1+1+100 Tanol 9min 24 deg C. Despite of meager "against light table with dslr, scanning", the negs are seriously detailed and sharp with highlights going on forever =) I'm going to like this combo..

Anders

[vwizz]

very nice! did you made any post process on the image? just curious. :) sharp!
Hi! thanks :) I just slightly darkened the left part.
The Caltar is a great lens, very sharp for sure, but this particular picture is not that sharp because of the continuous light (650W only) and long exposure time. I'm lucky that that the model could be that stable.
It's always the same dilemma, and I can't make up my mind: very smooth/soft light wide open with long exposure and iso 400 or strobe at f16 on iso 100...

Tomorrow I have a female model, I'll try both :)

Regards,
Vincent

[theBDT]

http://brianthedellphotography.com/2_25_10/Untitled-3.jpg

The arms came out a bit blown in the scan (the neg has more info). Other than that I'm fairly happy with how it turned out.

4x5 w/ Ektar 210 (approx) lens, Arista.EDU (Foma) 100 in D-76 1+1 @ EI 50

[iml]

http://www.adweb.co.uk/ian/photography/hastings23/Images/img233.jpg

Speed Graphic, 127/4.7 Ektar, Tri-X. It was freezing cold :-)

[theBDT]

http://brianthedellphotography.com/2_27_10/Untitled-8.jpg

and

http://brianthedellphotography.com/2_27_10/Untitled-10.jpg

[jp]

Testing new combiplan, new film and new developer.
Txp@250 1+1+100 Tanol 9min 24 deg C. Despite of meager "against light table with dslr, scanning", the negs are seriously detailed and sharp with highlights going on forever =) I'm going to like this combo..

Anders

Looks great! I might have to try that developer too!

[theBDT]

http://brianthedellphotography.com/3_1_10/Untitled-3.jpg
and
http://brianthedellphotography.com/3_1_10/Untitled-5.jpg

[VictoriaPerelet]

Few das color homebrews from yesterday, that's why still in Feb:

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/FrancesGrace/big/fp100c-n-6-9-8-.jpg

Sinar P2, 210 APO, F22, front raised about 40mm

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/FrancesGrace/big/fp100c-n-10-13-11.jpg

Sinar F2, 72mm XL + CF, Front rise ~35mm + front tilt

[Tri Tran]

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5962/veritos.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/veritos.jpg/)

F.S Studio with Verito.

[Robert Hughes]

Few das color homebrews from yesterday
Wow! I especially love that second one - how did you control the indoor/outdoor lighting levels? That window view looks so deep and threatening...

[VictoriaPerelet]

Robert, sorry it is studio shot, actually 3 light setup - 10in Fresnel + 2Kw/s pack, 4in elipsoudal spot + 1Kw/s and gridded 22in beauty dish.
You may get hint of light setup in model eye catch lights. Shutter time 1/30 which balanced window with flash.

Using spot meter instead of dslr in situation like this may present serious difficulties:)

[Matt Magruder]

some recent 8x10 wet plate portraits.

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/35_358x10wpalderon.jpg

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/35_8x10wpaldrewpickle.jpg

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/35_8x10wpalkim.jpg

[creep]

This one is terrific. amazing tones, my jaw dropped.

http://www.victoriasphoto.com/models/FrancesGrace/big/fp100c-n-10-13-11.jpg

Sinar F2, 72mm XL + CF, Front rise ~35mm + front tilt[/QUOTE]

[creep]

A beaten friend, Feb. 2010

Sinar P2 / NikkorW 180mm / Profoto flash

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/gie.jpg