October portraits [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

Craig Tuffin

1-Oct-2010, 05:37

This was a location shoot but of course it had to be in the middle of a forest...not ideal for the logistics of wet plate. Carrying an 8x10 camera, chemistry, glass and a darkroom with you isn't easy :rolleyes:

Here I am setting up my darktent and the rain starts. Getting a plate in between cloud bursts was a challenge. I know I wanted just a touch of swirl so I took the 11.5" Holmes Booth Hayden with me but had to shoot it wide open to get the exposure DOWN to 15 seconds (not easy for the boys when leeches are crawling up their legs).

This is to be the next CD cover for the band "The Lamplights". A great group of guys and a really fun day.

8x10 Ambrotype on black glass. KCN fix.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/5038583147_d2fd2aeab8_z.jpg

wangyou

1-Oct-2010, 09:57

magic lantern petzval lens
aprix 150 mm f3

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5041588047_0c42c93b5e_b.jpg

Frank Petronio

1-Oct-2010, 13:44

Boring old Tri-X with a Symmar

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/britt_5x7_sept10_close.jpg

Yellowjacket

1-Oct-2010, 14:23

Boring old Tri-X with a Symmar

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/britt_5x7_sept10_close.jpg

i like-a dis a lot

jon.oman

1-Oct-2010, 16:16

Your boring Tri-X image is nice!

Jon

Steve M Hostetter

1-Oct-2010, 17:17

I agree.. damn

lenser

1-Oct-2010, 17:46

Yellowjacket. That is down right "Diane Arbus", haunting. Wow!!!

Frank Petronio

1-Oct-2010, 20:00

Out by the power lines....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/britt_5x7_sept10_far.jpg

David Woods

1-Oct-2010, 20:39

Out by the power lines....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/britt_5x7_sept10_far.jpg

what power lines

jss

1-Oct-2010, 21:19

http://schlachet.net/images/2010/john-and-betty-640.jpg

320TXP at ISO 640, Gundlach Rapic Rectigraphic. Taken in San Francisco.

See my blog post (http://schlachet.net/2010/10/john-and-betty/) for larger versions.

Gary Nylander

1-Oct-2010, 22:54

taken in Whistler, B.C., Ebony 4 x 5, 120mm lens, HP5 film.

Frank Petronio

1-Oct-2010, 23:58

I love how the light comes through the screened window in yours Gary.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/frances_ryann_5x7_factory_092310.jpg

eddie

2-Oct-2010, 04:28

nice frank. who is the "bottom" girl?

gary, great shot.

Gary Nylander

2-Oct-2010, 07:17

I love how the light comes through the screened window in yours Gary.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/frances_ryann_5x7_factory_092310.jpg

Thanks, Frank, a nice series of portraits, the first one you posted was very nice.

Frank Petronio

2-Oct-2010, 07:48

Edited a bit further....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/frances_ryann_5x7_factory_092310_alt.jpg

goamules

2-Oct-2010, 09:57

Nice. Let's see more of the hanging girl.

Brian Bullen

2-Oct-2010, 10:58

Gary, excellent portrait, love the composition and exposure is perfect. Great Job!!

jnantz

2-Oct-2010, 11:29

i love power lines ..
great work frank!
john

Frank Petronio

2-Oct-2010, 11:42

I guess there isn't a grab shot thread for large format... but I really want to complain about these ~darn~ Mennonite drivers always leering at my models ;-)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/frances_mennonites_5x7.jpg

Bill Kumpf

2-Oct-2010, 11:49

Gary,

Very Impressive. It is a major impact when your
elements" come together.................

Hovmod

2-Oct-2010, 15:34

Work buddy Per with Trinity.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5045641190_2bc29484e7_z.jpg (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5045641190_2bc29484e7_b.jpg)
efke25 4x5 in stand developed in Caffenol (I assume the right hand side suffered from no agitation).

Andrew ren

2-Oct-2010, 18:01

I guess there isn't a grab shot thread for large format... but I really want to complain about these ~darn~ Mennonite drivers always leering at my models ;-)

yeah, especially the younger one!

nice work, Frank!

Andrew

Jfnphotography

2-Oct-2010, 18:02

Gary,
Great photograph, the like the use of the window, so warm and peaceful.
Jacob

Gary Nylander

2-Oct-2010, 20:22

Thanks Bill and Jacob.....I think I have figured out how to insert the images in these posts, I think its a little nicer to look at, sorry about double posting this picture, Gary

http://www.garynylander.com/whistler_portrait.jpg

baronvonaaron

2-Oct-2010, 21:20

6x6 back, on a 4x5 calumet:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5045686919_f29cfe3ff4_b.jpg

it's overexposed, i know. i'm still trying to teach myself to slow down while shooting.

tbeaman

2-Oct-2010, 23:32

I think I have figured out how to insert the images in these posts, I think its a little nicer to look at, sorry about double posting this picture, Gary

Don't be. It really does make a difference. I hadn't paid it enough attention the first time and it really is lovely.

I finally have something to show here myself. I still haven't seen any of my actual film shots yet, but I've been playing around with some Polaroid for awhile and have slowly started scanning it. I've been exclusively using 3x4 stuff up until now, but tonight I wanted to finally give the 240 Ronar I purchased awhile ago a swing, and I thought the occasion was right to break into some of the old type 54 and 59 I had sitting around.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5045984355_a8c7af724e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tombeaman/5045984355/sizes/l/)

Speed Graphic, Rodenstock Apo-Ronar 240mm at f16

I'm very happy with this. Of course, it helps to have a good subject. I won't subject you to the self-portraits I started the evening with. :D

Jim Galli

2-Oct-2010, 23:51

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/Littlejohns_Portraits/AlexRishellePandS15_1ss.jpg
rachelle & alex

Stephane

3-Oct-2010, 01:35

Good portraits everyone!

Here is my son, with a magnifying glass (340mm f/3)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5042058171_d497a6c16b_b.jpg

Tobias Key

3-Oct-2010, 04:22

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4084/5039355308_263edebca1_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/5039355308/)Tilt (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/5039355308/) by Toby Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr

My second serious attempt at an LF portrait (my first was when I discovered a rather large light leak)

Ilex Caltar 165mm f6.3, HP5+ Toyo 45c

caleb

3-Oct-2010, 07:59

Las Vegas strip. Tech IV, 75mm, RVP

GSX4

3-Oct-2010, 10:17

My daughter who was home with pink eye... whole plate collodion on aluminum

D. Bryant

3-Oct-2010, 10:30

taken in Whistler, B.C., Ebony 4 x 5, 120mm lens, HP5 film.
Charming. Very Charming.

Don

Ken Neely

3-Oct-2010, 11:06

45671

Self portrait, 135 mm 4.7 Optar, Graflex Super Speed on TMX

Jim Galli

3-Oct-2010, 12:14

Good portraits everyone!

Here is my son, with a magnifying glass (340mm f/3)

I think this has beautifully captured the essence.

goamules

3-Oct-2010, 13:41

Sarah in a 1938 Hollywood look. Sorry about the blown out dress, you don't want to shoot turquoise with wetplate. Halfplate 18 secs. Another exotic "mystery lens" not originally made for soft focus.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5048659816_239278b88c_z.jpg

Larger (http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/5048659816_239278b88c_b.jpg)

Stephane

3-Oct-2010, 14:42

Could not help it, but post before going to bed the difference between some lens from the dumpster and a purse plunderer. Both are very different and likable, but the perscheid has class (at least for me).

My son and the perscheid doublet 480mm @ f/4.5

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5048852772_373e3e4d86_b.jpg

drew.saunders

3-Oct-2010, 17:06

I'm taking a class called "The Creative Portrait" and I'm the only one who showed up at the studio session with a large format camera. Heck, there were only a couple other film cameras there. All with an Ebony 45SU and FP4+ film. Here are a few.

Marissa, one of the models for the shoot, who is also a dancer. Finally got her to stay still by both of us sitting on the ground and facing each other, taken with a c. 1960 Zeiss Tessar 165/3.5 stopped down a bit to f/5:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5049231212_d3a5a72f51.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/5049231212/)
And again, this time moving, thus a bit blurred, shot with a Fuji 250/6.3 at f/11:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5048610457_b8c7c520e1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/5048610457/)

Molly, the other dancer/model was better at staying still:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5048609903_ab4d829dc0.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/5048609903/)
As a dancer, these pay the bills:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5048610097_50d6befe51.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/drew_saunders/5048610097/)

Both shots of Molly were taken with a Fuji 250/6.3

Henry Ambrose

3-Oct-2010, 19:07

mcfactor

3-Oct-2010, 20:14

taulen

3-Oct-2010, 20:26

Forgive my ignorance, but how do you insert images into a post?

You have to have a link to an image, like in the example above:
http://www.garynylander.com/whistler_portrait.jpg
And then you have to press the small symbol when making an post that looks like an mountain inside a square. When you hover above it with your mouse it says "Insert Image". When pressing it, you will get a dialog box that you have to paste your image link into. After pressing OK, it will insert the following: (expect the _ ) [_IMG]http://www.garynylander.com/whistler_portrait.jpg[/IMG]
Then youre done =) Hope that helped.

Gary Nylander

3-Oct-2010, 22:33

Thanks Don and Henry for your comments.

mcfactor...... I was wondering that myself in how to insert pictures into the post, taulen explained it perfectly.

asmith

3-Oct-2010, 22:39

Lady photographed with a Toyo-View D45M
Schneider Symmar-S 5.6/210 at f/8
3 monolights with 2 umbrellas and softbox
Agfapan APX 100 (4X5) developed in Rodinal 1:14 for 6 minutes
Negative scanned on Epson P2450

Pug dog photographed with a Toyo-View D45M
Kodak Commercial Ektar 10" at f/8
3 monolights with umbrella, softbox, and hair light (snooted)
Ilford FP4 125 (4X5) developed in Rodinal 1:29 for 11 minutes
Negative scanned on Epson P2450

Gary Nylander

3-Oct-2010, 22:49

Stephane

3-Oct-2010, 23:28

Thanks Gary, I hope so... It is the first time he is willing to pose without me having to give an ice-cream... To be self critical, I would say it is not well composed as I feel I should be able to see the resting elbow. I usually frame the shot so the top of the head is cropped or almost. Even if the expression and the lens effect are nice, it is not well balanced.
You got nice optical interference pattern going! I studied this in physics, but cant really remember how and why...

merelyok

3-Oct-2010, 23:40

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5048836936_ca521488d0_b.jpg

The Girlfriend.

Toyo 45CFL
150mm Caltar II-n
HP5+
HC-110 1:100

eddie

4-Oct-2010, 02:50

The Girlfriend.

Toyo 45CFL
150mm Caltar II-n
HP5+
HC-110 1:100

wonderful. made me smile.

merelyok

4-Oct-2010, 05:59

wonderful. made me smile.

Thanks, eddie :)

goamules

4-Oct-2010, 07:21

rachelle & alex

Really nice portrait Jim. What lens was this one?

jon.oman

4-Oct-2010, 07:49

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5048836936_ca521488d0_b.jpg

The Girlfriend.

Toyo 45CFL
150mm Caltar II-n
HP5+
HC-110 1:100

Nice one!

Jon

baronvonaaron

4-Oct-2010, 07:58

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4091/5050725951_75877c5706_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogo-xm4/5050725951/)2010-10-04 [Mom] (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogo-xm4/5050725951/) by baronvonaaron (http://www.flickr.com/people/pogo-xm4/), on Flickr

Calumet 4x5 w/ graflex 6x6 rollback
kodak tmax 100
HC110 DIL:B

ustas

4-Oct-2010, 12:19

Hey everybody! This is my first post here and here is "a smoker" taken with Plasticca 350 mm 13x18 scan neg

http://ipicture.ru/uploads/101004/10430/Wv3DZwNGk6.jpg (http://ipicture.ru/)

jim kitchen

4-Oct-2010, 20:33

Great images everyone... :)

A recent image.

A strong ranch-hand and furious outrider, a fun loving trailblazer, and an excellent Paleontologist. This young woman can surely throw a mean accurate punch that tends to travel right through you, when she attends to any honourable duty in a cowboy bar, especially when a cowboy goes astray. Periodically, I call her C4...

jim k

JW, Noble Homestead, South Southwest of Turner Valley, Cowboy Trail, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10051504.jpg

jonespointfilm

5-Oct-2010, 10:45

4x5 Instant picture.

Author : IMRE BECSI
© All rights reserved

Model : Blanka (my girl)

Location of shoot :
My garden
Time of shoot :
2010.09.

Camera : Cambo SC
Lens : Cango 180/5,6
Film : Fuji Fp-100 C45 (expired)

Light :
Afther sunset,
haze front light from big sky
Exp.:
f 8 - 1/4 second (80asa)
Dev.:
180 second

Post work : (25.09.2010)
Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)
Scanner software : SilverFast SE
Final work : PS (16bit/Tif)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5023237605_693bb034fc_b.jpg

Jim Galli

5-Oct-2010, 12:13

Really nice portrait Jim. What lens was this one?

Thanks! This was the 15" Pinkham & Smith Semi Achromatic.

Stephane

6-Oct-2010, 12:56

I asked all my friends to grow their beards. Frøde did not listen!

Perscheid 480 @ f/4.5

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5058112040_3437957a93_b.jpg

Shailendra

6-Oct-2010, 16:28

I asked all my friends to grow their beards. Frøde did not listen!

Perscheid 480 @ f/4.5

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5058112040_3437957a93_b.jpg

Wow..such fantastic depth of field...

gbogatko

6-Oct-2010, 17:25

Has anyone noticed that a lot of these portraits have been taken with classic lenses -- especially soft-focus lenses or ones that have significantly narrow D.O.F.?

Is this a trend?

gbogatko

6-Oct-2010, 17:26

OMG!! This is straight out of "Carnival of Souls!!!"

Halloween month!

Again, starting with attitude... Marcus feeling like being part of the Gotham project.

New to me Hermagis petzval portrait 5 @ f/4

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5039066195_e31fd5b07f_b.jpg

gbogatko

6-Oct-2010, 17:29

Oh. This is just delicious. Beautiful. Bravo!!!

Thanks Bill and Jacob.....I think I have figured out how to insert the images in these posts, I think its a little nicer to look at, sorry about double posting this picture, Gary

http://www.garynylander.com/whistler_portrait.jpg

Gary Nylander

6-Oct-2010, 22:24

Thanks, gbogatko !

asmith

6-Oct-2010, 23:47

Pug dog.
ToyoView 4X5
Schneider 210 at f/8
Agfapan APX 100 developed in Rodinal

Stephane

7-Oct-2010, 04:56

7-Oct-2010, 06:17

Has anyone noticed that a lot of these portraits have been taken with classic lenses -- especially soft-focus lenses or ones that have significantly narrow D.O.F.?

Is this a trend?

Most of the Soft focus lens's softness vary with aperture. So if you want bigtime softness wide open is where it's at, and it gets tamer as you stop down. This provides some creative control.

Most normal lenses are a little softer wide open, it's just less pronounced with modern lenses.

Daniel Stone

7-Oct-2010, 08:00

Pug dog.
ToyoView 4X5
Schneider 210 at f/8
Agfapan APX 100 developed in Rodinal

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=45856&d=1286433899

can you say, Pug-A-Licious :)?

or... Pug in a rug? :D?

-Dan

Mark Sawyer

7-Oct-2010, 16:20

Hey everybody! This is my first post here and here is "a smoker" taken with Plasticca 350 mm 13x18 scan neg

Quite the introductory image! Finely done, and you have great taste in lenses!

Jay DeFehr

7-Oct-2010, 17:02

Has anyone noticed that a lot of these portraits have been taken with classic lenses -- especially soft-focus lenses or ones that have significantly narrow D.O.F.?

Is this a trend?

It seems to be popular here. I think many of these portraits were made in natural light, on 8x10 or larger format, which practically dictates a wide aperture/ narrow dof. Maybe these guys spent so much on their lenses they can't afford to buy lights:) I suspect there's also a sense of community here, and one inspires another, and presto!, there's a trend.

robbert

7-Oct-2010, 17:18

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3739/robberttc003.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/i/robberttc003.jpg/)

first time with a large format camera outside of our studio at school

Emil Schildt

7-Oct-2010, 17:21

It seems to be popular here. I think many of these portraits were made in natural light, on 8x10 or larger format, which practically dictates a wide aperture/ narrow dof. Maybe these guys spent so much on their lenses they can't afford to buy lights:) I suspect there's also a sense of community here, and one inspires another, and presto!, there's a trend.

on the other hand - if you're using the plasticca or the kronarette (and proberly others too), You don't have a choise..

No apertures present in those lenses....:rolleyes:

ustas

8-Oct-2010, 09:24

this image was taken with Sironar-N 360mm f22 (just for some :) )

http://ipicture.ru/uploads/101008/10430/W1xTXdtdcF.jpg (http://ipicture.ru/)

goamules

8-Oct-2010, 09:36

... and presto!, there's a trend.

I've noticed this pesto trend also. Everywhere you go, there's pesto pizza, pesto sandwiches, pesto on the side....I'm sick of pesto trends.

Jay DeFehr

8-Oct-2010, 11:08

I've noticed this pesto trend also. Everywhere you go, there's pesto pizza, pesto sandwiches, pesto on the side....I'm sick of pesto trends.

hahahahaha. Me too! It's like when they decided to put baking soda into everything.

Frank Petronio

8-Oct-2010, 13:24

A lot of the people on this forum think of photographic lighting as being a shoe mount flash on a PC cord. Lighting just isn't in their vocabulary yet.

cdholden

8-Oct-2010, 13:57

A lot of the people on this forum think of photographic lighting as being a shoe mount flash on a PC cord. Lighting just isn't in their vocabulary yet.

Other than the big hot lamp that sits 93 million miles away, I don't have any lighting tools.
Chris

mandoman7

8-Oct-2010, 14:32

A lot of the people on this forum think of photographic lighting as being a shoe mount flash on a PC cord. Lighting just isn't in their vocabulary yet.

There seems to be an ethic around minimalist lighting tools, even for some pro's.
When I started back in the 80's if you didn't have a flash pack with heads you were not really serious. A painful expense but rewarding over time, I found.

boris

8-Oct-2010, 14:52

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/3739/robberttc003.jpg (http://img87.imageshack.us/i/robberttc003.jpg/)

first time with a large format camera outside of our studio at schoolcool, i like it alot! even the backround is very sophisticated.

Jay DeFehr

8-Oct-2010, 15:19

I'm the first to admit I know nothing about lighting beyond simple intuition, but I hope to change that in the near future. I plan to spend the next few weeks working indoors with artificial lighting; something I've never done before. My lighting kit is laughable, but one must begin somewhere. I'll post some results, if I get anything acceptable.

Steve M Hostetter

8-Oct-2010, 15:26

Jay DeFehr

8-Oct-2010, 16:04

I plan to begin with small formats, and work my way up as I gain confidence, so I'll use a variety of lenses, some faster than others. I just ordered a bunch of film and paper from Freestyle (anyone tried the Slavich Bromoportrait silk?) and I'm going to dig in and see what I can do with lights. It should be an adventure, and I'm sure I'll learn something, even if I don't make anything memorable in the way of portraits.

sully75

8-Oct-2010, 21:34

First portraits in quite a while. Have been developing and scanning a lot of BW film.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5062678414_9e7aa69b89_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5062070949_622a88b6a0_b.jpg

sanchi heuser

8-Oct-2010, 21:59

this image was taken with Sironar-N 360mm f22 (just for some :) )

http://ipicture.ru/uploads/101008/10430/W1xTXdtdcF.jpg (http://ipicture.ru/)

Hi Ustas,

good job,
a little bit levelling and it's fine:)

These portrait threads are a great idea.
Inspired me to try it...

sanchi

Hugo Zhang

8-Oct-2010, 22:15

Hi Ustas,

good job,

sanchi

Agreed and a terrific model too. :)

ustas

9-Oct-2010, 01:51

Sanchi and Hugo, thank you both for your kind words :)

ustas

Ramiro Elena

9-Oct-2010, 02:48

Not a fan of swirls but here's one so I can get it out of the way.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5063968327_49af3ef10e_b.jpg

Graflex Speed Graphic
Hermagis projection Petzval 140mm ƒ2.4
Efke25 (pushed one stop)

Miguel Coquis

9-Oct-2010, 03:00

Nice shot elena !!!!
... beautiful woman !!!
(remembers me a beautiful Spanish song....)

ustas

9-Oct-2010, 03:18

Elena, exellent shot and a delicate "tornado" for sure!

Stephane

9-Oct-2010, 04:00

Took the 5x7 out yesterday... Magnifying glass 360mm @ f/3

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/5064063111_23245425ef_b.jpg
Adriane

Armin Seeholzer

9-Oct-2010, 05:25

Stephane this looks very nice its from the time of the pictorialists!!

Ramiro Elena

9-Oct-2010, 05:48

Stephane this looks very nice its from the time of the pictorialists!!
Totally does. In fact it just crossed my mind that if you were to see this in a fashion magazine people would go on straight to think it is a digitally modified image.

You're doing great stuff with that magnifying glass lens Stephane. Problem is, what to do with all those nice brass lenses... I know! I'll PM you my home address. :D :D :D

Stephane

9-Oct-2010, 07:34

Thanks guys! Have a great weekend!

9-Oct-2010, 15:44

Not a fan of swirls but here's one so I can get it out of the way.

Graflex Speed Graphic
Hermagis projection Petzval 140mm ƒ2.4
Efke25 (pushed one stop)

I think it's nice. Last swirly pregnant photo I saw was a sonogram a few years ago.

Morca

10-Oct-2010, 13:04

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4148/5068481919_525679553c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crooked_style/5068481919/)

asmith

10-Oct-2010, 21:41

Constructive criticism (or appreciation) encouraged and requested.

Jay Decker

10-Oct-2010, 22:02

Eidoscope No.2, Kodak 2D, 8x10, FP4+, HC-110

http://monkeytumble.com/tmp/Nick%20on%20Jump%20Off%20Joe,%20JSD,%2020100615.jpg

Jim Galli

10-Oct-2010, 22:16

Eidoscope No.2, Kodak 2D, 8x10, FP4+, HC-110

Great portrait Jay!

unrealalex

11-Oct-2010, 02:09

http://www.ambrotype.ru/photos/wet-plate/ambro-alice037.jpg
Head without Smile, ambrotype 8x10"

Two exposures 3sec each on Dallmeyer 4B

Armin Seeholzer

11-Oct-2010, 02:40

He Alex a real winner, great idea!

Cheers Armin

Ken Lee

11-Oct-2010, 03:06

Constructive criticism (or appreciation) encouraged and requested.

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/LFPforum650X490.jpg

W K Longcor

11-Oct-2010, 05:56

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/LFPforum650X490.jpg

Ken - I've got to disagree. Your closer cropping brings the photo into the class of "regular portrait". I really love the extended black space the that subject is looking into. Original presentation is great.

Shen45

11-Oct-2010, 06:06

I too have to agree, the original has a certain something that you are prepared to look again. Cropped it is very good, but left as it was to me is more engaging.

Ramiro Elena

11-Oct-2010, 07:40

I would have liked the original better with a little detail in the background. It would be nice to see a hint of book shelves or something to help place the subject in its environment.

Mattk

11-Oct-2010, 07:53

Not sure exactly when this was shot but it was in a holder I was unsure about when developing the rest of my October portraits last night--does that count? 135mm Symmar on a Speed Graphic w/expired Ektapan.

asmith

11-Oct-2010, 10:18

Ramiroelena,

The "hint of bookshelves" is in the portrait; see upper right side of portrait.

Thanks for the comments. Always welcome them in any form.

I would have liked the original better with a little detail in the background. It would be nice to see a hint of book shelves or something to help place the subject in its environment.

W K Longcor

11-Oct-2010, 13:17

I would have liked the original better with a little detail in the background. It would be nice to see a hint of book shelves or something to help place the subject in its environment.

Nope -- I really like that black space, void of anything to take your eye from the subject.

tbeaman

12-Oct-2010, 00:10

Slowly scanning some of the Polaroids I have laying around.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs829.snc4/68977_584060301794_48305099_34730068_7645896_n.jpg

Handheld with a Speed Graphic. Optar 135, Fuji FP-3000b. As this is the 3x4 stuff, framing is a bit of a challenge, but fun at the same time.

Stephane

12-Oct-2010, 07:49

Adriane
Perscheid 480 @f/4.5
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5064062095_0d9f77f84c_b.jpg

Magnifying glass 360 @f/3
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5064677080_c5380dea3c_b.jpg

Jim Galli

12-Oct-2010, 07:52

Adriane
Perscheid 480 @f/4.5

Magnifying glass 360 @f/3

WOW! Twice gorgeous work!

lenser

12-Oct-2010, 08:27

Asmith,

If I were to comment in any way, it would be about the lighting which is terrific overall, but doesn't quite catch the eyes which leaves them dead looking. Also, somewhat printing down both the hair light and the light on the back of the chair would draw much more attention to the face and hands.

Stephane

12-Oct-2010, 08:35

WOW! Twice gorgeous work!

Thanks! I need new toys, like a broken P&S... or so I wish...

Mark Sawyer

12-Oct-2010, 08:52

Thanks! I need new toys, like a broken P&S... or so I wish...

But as your lovely magnifying glass portrait proves once again, there's a fine, fuzzy line between a P&S and a PoS, (Piece of Sh**)...

Stephane

12-Oct-2010, 09:27

Right, only extremes... from the trash or from a locked safe... Nothing in between!

Ramiro Elena

12-Oct-2010, 10:06

PoS, that's a good one lol.

dcypher

12-Oct-2010, 10:51

Adriane
Perscheid 480 @f/4.5

Magnifying glass 360 @f/3

Very impressive work Stephane!

Frank Petronio

13-Oct-2010, 13:35

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/illiana_hug_5x7.jpg

Stephane

13-Oct-2010, 14:23

Frank, I dont know what's funny about it, but it is! At least, with my current mood and all, it makes me laugh!

Ash

13-Oct-2010, 14:45

I think it's the geeky glasses

sly

13-Oct-2010, 15:30

She looks pretty uncomfortable to me.

eddie

13-Oct-2010, 16:21

She looks pretty uncomfortable to me.

yeah, wouldn't you with that guy groping you?!?!!? lol!

Ron Marshall

13-Oct-2010, 17:47

yeah, wouldn't you with that guy groping you?!?!!? lol!

It's the pain in her feet from walking over the sharp rocks.

The image really works for me; leaves me wondering what the story behind it is.

Frank Petronio

13-Oct-2010, 22:42

I did it because I was with another guy who wanted her to do art nudes and I didn't see the point, so I asked her boyfriend to step in. I like that you could imagine a lot of different stories from the picture, and in this case, her nakedness engages you so you care enough to think about it.

But, in spite of what you guys might thing, I think most nudes kinda suck, the whole genre, so anything to mess it up is good.

Anyway, I like portraits of attractive women, I'll admit that. Here's a predictable one with lots of bokeh and freckles but I still like it.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/kathleen_george_5x7_3.jpg

I love it when people actually hold still!

and

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/kathleen_george_5x7_4.jpg

Stephane

13-Oct-2010, 23:28

It was the "I have so much love to give" and the "hug me not".
I tend to go for soft focus portraits because it is not often you get people with perfect skin. Looks like you found one.
It's so beautiful out there, all leaves are orange, and the light in Scandinavia has changed again. A winter day could sometimes be like a long and beautiful sunset (or miserable dark gray).

Frank Petronio

14-Oct-2010, 07:41

Younger the better

But the older skin is interesting too.

14-Oct-2010, 07:45

Bokeh and Freckles are always a good combination on B&W film.

Stephane

15-Oct-2010, 07:59

Perscheid 480mm/4.5

Diva Dollface
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/5083444627_6e744dd505_b.jpg

Stephane

15-Oct-2010, 10:28

Vitax 16"@f/3.8
Both from last night

Diva Dollface
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5084039288_f0471851c4_o.jpg

eddie

15-Oct-2010, 14:29

great stuff stephane.

same lighting set up for both shots i assume?

Stephane

15-Oct-2010, 14:54

Thanks Eddie! Same lighting, yes. One soft box to the side, a reflector on the other. I only put the light straight right next to the lens with highly diffusing lenses (magnifying glass or meniscus).

Allen in Montreal

15-Oct-2010, 18:37

That is a beauty!!

......

Magnifying glass 360 @f/3
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5064677080_c5380dea3c_b.jpg

Mattk

15-Oct-2010, 19:36

8x10 Calumet C-1
14 1/4" Hugo Meyer Double Anastigmat--apparently a Dagor with oodles of coverage.
f/13 and 1/15 sec
HP5@400 in HC-110
Haven't had this lens outdoors since its re-cement. Its tack sharp on the dress even at f/13.

Monty McCutchen

16-Oct-2010, 12:02

A couple of recent portraits done with the big camera.

Lara

20 x 24 Wet Plate Collodion Alumitypes
Dallmeyer 8D Lens
Old Relieable/Sugar developer/KCN

Monty

benrains

16-Oct-2010, 14:06

A couple of recent portraits done with the big camera.

Lara

20 x 24 Wet Plate Collodion Alumitypes
Dallmeyer 8D Lens
Old Relieable/Sugar developer/KCN

Monty

I really like the second image.

eddie

17-Oct-2010, 07:55

collodion on 5x7 aluminum.

cooke knuckler 13 inch f5.6 wide open

Tri Tran

17-Oct-2010, 08:04

Very cool ! Monty & Eddie. LCD doesn't cut it but well ...wish to see the mammoth plate in person. Great work both.
Eddie,why the tone is so difference between the 1st and the 2nd?

eddie

17-Oct-2010, 08:04

one more. 5x7 glass

Hugo Zhang

17-Oct-2010, 11:02

collodion on 5x7 aluminum.

cooke knuckler 13 inch f5.6 wide open

Nice composition!

hugo

Thom Bennett

17-Oct-2010, 19:29

Photographer/Artist/Teacher Michel Varisco with a section of her photo installation at Pops Fountain in City Park, New Orleans, LA
Dusk, Deardorff 8x10, Fuji 250mm f6.7, Ilford HP5, 1 second @ f16, PMK Pyro, Lodima Grade 2

Scott --

18-Oct-2010, 16:00

Lens test today with a Darlot Hemispherique Rapide 9" f/6 RR:

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/0059.jpg

Dunno what was on the boy's mind...

Joe Forks

18-Oct-2010, 16:29

Lens test today with a Darlot Hemispherique Rapide 9" f/6 RR:

Dunno what was on the boy's mind...

Looks like a keeper!

Scott --

18-Oct-2010, 17:30

Thanks, Joe!

Allen in Montreal

19-Oct-2010, 05:04

Lens test today with a Darlot Hemispherique Rapide 9" f/6 RR:

Dunno what was on the boy's mind...

I would bet the same as my daughters........

"hurry up dad!" :) :)

Ramiro Elena

20-Oct-2010, 09:23

My little brother Martin.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1094/5099924296_03492a01d7_b.jpg

Graflex Speed Graphic
Hermagis projection Petzval 140mm ƒ2.4
Efke 25 pushed two stops (don't really like the results of pushing, won't repeat)
First try of Rodinal (R09) in years.

Stephane

20-Oct-2010, 09:40

Nice one!

Stephane

21-Oct-2010, 12:22

24" Sutter landscape meniscus lens f/8 (out of barrel).

Maia Frost
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/5102905044_2a03e1b9c4_b.jpg

Stephane

21-Oct-2010, 12:24

And because I cant help it, magnifying glass 360 f/3

Maia Frost
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1192/5102904604_78bc527abe_b.jpg

Joe Forks

21-Oct-2010, 13:20

Stephane, absolutely love the magnifying glass shot. Bravo.

feppe

21-Oct-2010, 13:30

And because I cant help it, magnifying glass 360 f/3

Maia Frost

That is an amazing photo of a stunning lady!

eddie

21-Oct-2010, 13:43

Great stuff stephane. Always a pleasure

Kerik Kouklis

21-Oct-2010, 14:23

Stephane - wow... great stuff.

goamules

21-Oct-2010, 15:47

bvaughn4

21-Oct-2010, 17:57

http://billvaughnphotography.com/lf/content/bin/images/large/harlon6.jpg
My first portrait attempt. Thought this guy had a very interesting look about him.

Zone VI 4x5 Caltar Ilex 215 HP5

jon.oman

21-Oct-2010, 18:09

Very nice!

Jon

eddie

21-Oct-2010, 18:57

My first portrait attempt. Thought this guy had a very interesting look about him.

Zone VI 4x5 Caltar Ilex 215 HP5

nice!

gsinico

22-Oct-2010, 01:36

http://billvaughnphotography.com/lf/content/bin/images/large/harlon6.jpg
My first portrait attempt. Thought this guy had a very interesting look about him.

Zone VI 4x5 Caltar Ilex 215 HP5

Bravo!

bvaughn4

22-Oct-2010, 06:04

Thank you all!

jb7

22-Oct-2010, 06:06

Lovely stuff again this month, in particular, Frank and Gary's pictures on page two, Stephanie's Perscheid of his son on page 4, and Garret's 18 seconds- Merelyok's charming girlfriend on 5, ustas' topless smoker on 8, ramiroelena's, Stephane's magnifying glass on 9, Unrealex's double exposure on 10, Stephane's magnifyying glass on 11, (proving that expression trumps glass); Frank's arresting image on 12, limboing one on 13, Monty's first of Lara (since he's forced me to choose, would love to see that one), ramiro's little brother, and Stephane's stunning Maia, twice.
And bvaughan's first portrait, again, bravo...

See what a nightmare of punctuation you've all forced me into?

Those last two of Maia, I can't choose- lighting is great, and those highlights in the background are perfectly drawn-
I'm assuming there was some supplementary lighting used? Perhaps the background in the first edges it…

Even the ones I haven't mentioned are all inspiring-
but I suppose there's always a touch of a beauty contest about these threads…

I've been away for a month, must open the camera again soon...

Stephane

22-Oct-2010, 12:54

Joseph, the lighting for Maia is like any other: I only use one strobe with soft box and one reflector. Depending on the lens I move the light source. For the highlight in the back, it is a perfect illusion: I use one of this cheap indian cloth onto which tiny round reflective pieces are stitched. Shoot the lens wide open and it gives these (classy?) highlights.

jss

24-Oct-2010, 00:45

http://schlachet.net/images/2010/jeremy-640.jpg

http://schlachet.net/images/2010/david-640.jpg

Two more portraits on 320TXP in Xtol. I wrote two blog posts, the first for Jeremy (http://schlachet.net/2010/10/jeremy-saflor/) and the second for David (http://schlachet.net/2010/10/david-sumner/).

jb7

24-Oct-2010, 02:26

24" Sutter landscape meniscus lens f/8 (out of barrel).

Maia Frost
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1216/5102905044_2a03e1b9c4_b.jpg

Thanks Stephane-

I had assumed that it was light creeping through trees, perhaps I'm conditioned to think that- but I was slightly puzzled by the discs-
They are nicely drawn, only a little brighter around their edges, and just a hint of swirl- pleasing bokeh, you might say-
Often, in Petzval shots, those sylvan highlights are sought out, and accentuated, but I suppose it can be overdone,
and they may become little more than a signature of the lens, rather than the photographer.

Your beady cloth is a useful extra layer, and goes to prove Christopher Broadbent's assertion that the background is the photographer's most personal element...

benrains

24-Oct-2010, 08:54

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1094/5108774012_a22f5be90e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benrains/5108774012/)

Wollensak Velostigmat Series II 12"/4.5 @ f/6.3 and 1 sec
2 full turns of the diffusion adjustment

life_in_sepia

24-Oct-2010, 11:55

Noel.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1209/5108239713_184030f16a_z.jpg

5x7 tintype. Ross Cabinet No.3, f3.5, 25 seconds (rainy day).

Frank Petronio

24-Oct-2010, 11:59

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/sarah_jessica_cliff_57_final.jpg

Jay Decker

24-Oct-2010, 12:05

Noel.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1209/5108239713_184030f16a_z.jpg

5x7 tintype. Ross Cabinet No.3, f3.5, 25 seconds (rainy day).

Ed - another sublime image from your creative mind and heart. I enjoy that your work bounces back and forth between beautiful, and frequently nude, women and "real" people with years and miles on them.

Jay, who looks early anticipates to updates to "ed's adventures with ether" blog

Jay Decker

24-Oct-2010, 12:07

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/sarah_jessica_cliff_57_final.jpg

Frank - looks like you have been having fun again... how did you decide who got to be on top?

life_in_sepia

24-Oct-2010, 12:11

Wow -- thank you, Jay! But I think your "Rectory Courtyard" shot is the best-in-show these days! Really a lovely image. Ed

Frank Petronio

24-Oct-2010, 12:35

To be blunt about it, I put the girl with boobs on top, the other one was flat-chested.

Armin Seeholzer

24-Oct-2010, 12:41

Thats honest Frank the boobs has always to be on top;--))))

Frank Petronio

25-Oct-2010, 07:34

Here's something rare, from ca. 1990, a 4x5 Kodak Infrared portrait, I shot it as a test when I was doing boring photos of RayBans for Bausch & Lomb back when they were still a real business in Rochester. I was dicking around with some bullshit about how the IF could see through the lens coating. All pre-Photoshop of course.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/raybans_if4x5.jpg

alex from holland

25-Oct-2010, 09:36

Noel.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1209/5108239713_184030f16a_z.jpg

5x7 tintype. Ross Cabinet No.3, f3.5, 25 seconds (rainy day).

Hi Ed,

like this one very much.
LOL Posing for 25 secs with this face !!!

alex

Joe Forks

25-Oct-2010, 14:13

Yo Frank, nice!

>>>I was dicking around with some bullshit

hahaha more good stuff.

KyledeC

25-Oct-2010, 22:37

Some new portraits...

Yellowjacket

26-Oct-2010, 00:41

Woops dont wanna post them yet!

jim kitchen

27-Oct-2010, 00:59

Great images everyone... :)

I thought I would introduce a recent scenic image.

Two great friends of mine. An F-18 Captain, and a ballerina, where these two young ladies have known each other since public school.

jim k

Classmates, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10102309.jpg

Jim Cole

27-Oct-2010, 02:59

JIm, that's a bit different for you. Very nice subject matter though. F-18 Captain as in fighter pilot? Holy cow!

Armin Seeholzer

27-Oct-2010, 03:54

Is the F 18 Lady the woman with the dark hair?
Booth are good looking woman and sexy!

Cheers Armin

Andrew ren

27-Oct-2010, 06:23

Jim, This is different!

is she capable to handle a JSF anyhow?

Andrew

madmax12

27-Oct-2010, 07:40

First 4x5 portraits

sly

27-Oct-2010, 07:59

[QUOTE=jim kitchen;642575]Great images everyone... :)

I thought I would introduce a recent scenic image.

Two great friends of mine. An F-18 Captain, and a ballerina, where these two young ladies have known each other since public school.

jim k

[
I don't understand why you had to dress two talented, intelligent women up like tarts to photograph them. Can't women be beautiful, sexy, interesting, and photogenic without the uncomfortable lingerie? Frank and others do this kind of stuff all the time, and I just skim past it and ignore it as much as possible. I'm surprised to see it from someone whose work, usually, I enjoy immensely, study, and return to repeatedly.

Frank Petronio

27-Oct-2010, 08:37

My hunch is that they decided to tart themselves up -- those are not silly teenagers but adults who made a conscious decision to present themselves like that. They understand photography and probably worked with Jim because he's an excellent photographer.

As for their motives or intent, I have no clue. I suspect that it has something to do with showing off while they can be considered "hot" and they probably relish the shocked reactions they get from their friends and family.

Or who knows, we can let our imaginations run wild and maybe it truly was a sordid round of debauchery and decadence? But it almost seems to be mocking us for imagining that, which is the rationale for a lot of women who pose "that way". It's sort of a post-modern feminism, where they play "gotcha" with all the men who are thinking they are whores based on a photo, exposing the men as the ones who are the sexual deviants for thinking such lurid thoughts.

(Oh and I never ever shot lingerie, you must be closing your eyes as you're blowing past!)

jb7

27-Oct-2010, 08:53

Yes, nice portrait-
nothing sordid about it, except for the switches it throws in some of our brains...
Accomplished young ladies, I'd guess the ballerina was on the left...

jim kitchen

27-Oct-2010, 09:04

Gentlemen,

Thank you for your comments... :)

Yes this a very different exploratory path for me, but these two friends of mine drove me crazy about capturing a portrait or two for the past few months, so I thought I should take a moment to see whether I could or not. I discovered that it is a very difficult task to do and surely stressful, when subjects such as these two ladies sit down in front of my 8X10, complete with a single light source. The stress is propagated by the fact that I do not know how the images will look, until I develop the film, and I now have a superlative appreciation for old school portraiture, and film. People can surely talk back with great vigor, compared to trees, rocks, and water when an image runs aground, but I learned during the past few weeks to be fearless.

As a side note, my initial Cowboy Trail portraits triggered a few requests from several unexpected sources, and for the moment I really cannot mention which young lady happens to be the Captain, but your selection could be correct. I was also approached recently to capture a few more portraits during next two or three days, especially from the current group of Cirque de Soleil "Kooza" performers, and the Alberta Ballet, which in itself will be great fun, and probably just as stressful.

Again, thank you...

jim k

sly

27-Oct-2010, 09:21

Frank, it's not the lingerie, it's the fixation with tits (excuse me, "boobs") and ass. It's the repeated, ad naseum, sexual objectification of women. I don't find it shocking, just dreary, sad, boring, All I get from your pictures is that you like looking at young women. I never learn anything about them.

How about a self-portait Frank? Lets see YOU in a titillating pose.

Frank Petronio

27-Oct-2010, 09:31

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs369.snc4/45202_10150252973535646_843525645_14320755_5225525_n.jpg

I'm not tit..illating. Just happy to be around pretty girls ;-)

jim kitchen

27-Oct-2010, 09:48

I don't understand why you had to dress two talented, intelligent women up like tarts to photograph them...

Dear Sly,

I do appreciate your concern for this image, and that fact that you respect my other images, but these women are highly trained professionals and I treated both of my friends as professionals. These women knew exactly what they wanted to achieve in the finished image, and it was surely their decision to be presented in this manner; whereto I agreed. These friends are continuously thrilled by their own beauty, and politely accept the attention that they attract, where they desired an image that was tasteful, respectful, and an image that politely and quietly captured their elegant beauty.

This image simply represents another avenue of my attempt to capture a different moment in time, and it was not intended to be a derogatory comment about any woman's beauty, nor do I really believe that this image should be unfortunately interpreted in that manner. The image was purely presented as a simple, yet elegant image of two beautiful women.

They had a fun moment in time... :)

jim k

sly

27-Oct-2010, 10:35

Well Jim, I'm glad to hear the lingerie and the perposterous shoes were their idea. Too bad these intelligent women couldn't come up with something more original. I'd love to see a photo of them that was about more than just their attractiveness.
Thanks for answering me. I find it hard to address this issue, as I know I'm likely to be dismissed as suffering from sour grapes. Just some bitter middle aged woman. I've got no objection to skin, or sexuality. I love Gandolfi's images - young, beautiful, naked or semi-clothed women, but the photos transcend that description.

Again, thanks for answering me seriously. I'd love to hear how other women browsing this forum react to the "girlie" pictures.

PS I'm envious of your chance to photograph for Cirque du Soleil and Alberta Ballet. Please share, if they'll agree.

bsimison

27-Oct-2010, 10:47

Whatever the motivation behind the image, it's very well done. Kudos, Jim.

Joe Forks

27-Oct-2010, 11:15

gotta put my two cents in now....

Jim, Fabulous image, great tones, and yes I love the subject and I'm not ashamed to admit the attire as well. I do apologize if this makes me male chauvinist pig, but I like it.
I also love you fabulous landscape images. It appears you are good at anything you might want to capture on film.

And Frank, You already know I like your usual MO, but the billboards and landscapes are nice too.

All the posters in this thread really deserve kudos. Every month the portrait thread is my favorite - and portraits are absolutely my weakest link as a photographer. So keep up the good work everyone and keep posting. I'll keep looking.

Ben Syverson

27-Oct-2010, 11:33

From what I understand, Frank has a great reputation among the models he works with, and that world operates on reputation. He wouldn't have any girls to shoot if he was seen as just a creepy GWC (Guy With Camera).

The question of sexual objectification is more complicated than it seems. Unlike a professional full-time model, the aspiring model picks who shoots her, and how. All it takes is one visit to ModelMayhem to see that the women are running the show, and each is cultivating and crafting her own image. Like it or not, they are being depicted exactly the way they want.

You could argue that they're just parroting back what our culture prescribes for them, but it would strike me as condescending to the women. If our culture has a Madonna-whore complex, then it seems to me Frank and these models are playing with it and working it out in a fun, creative way. Saying "T&A pictures are bad" (I'm paraphrasing here) only reinforces that cultural psychosis, by pushing things to either extreme.

Besides, sexual objectification is only a problem when it becomes the only way you can see a woman—then it's actually called misogyny. "Sexual objectification" is really a derogatory term for "lust," which itself has a bad rap, despite being a big part of what makes us human. We all sexually objectify our partners, and it's perfectly healthy—I don't care what the Bible says. The ability to lose yourself, and get lost with someone, is exactly what makes sex fun and transcendent. Who wants to get rid of that?

Ultimately, you can judge a work of art through any number of political prisms, and see a unique result each time. If you use second-wave feminism to view Frank's work, it's a twisted collection of sexist male fantasies. If you use third-wave feminism, it's a collaboration with empowered women who are playing with the male gaze.

The work doesn't change, but your perspective can twist it into any shape.

jon.oman

27-Oct-2010, 12:07

Very well put!

Scott Walker

27-Oct-2010, 14:23

Well said Ben

Allen in Montreal

27-Oct-2010, 17:53

oouuff! :)
Encore, encore!
Bien fait!

Great images everyone... :)

I thought I would introduce a recent scenic image.

Two great friends of mine. An F-18 Captain, and a ballerina, where these two young ladies have known each other since public school.

jim k

Classmates, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10102309.jpg

bobpin

28-Oct-2010, 10:11

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/bobpin/Portrait/05.jpg

Pre-wedding photo of Oska and Sam, by 14" Seneca Portrait f5, 1/30 sec, Kodak Portra nc 8x10

Frank Petronio

28-Oct-2010, 10:39

I like that the groom holds the flowers.

Ash

28-Oct-2010, 11:04

I like the hats

Scott Walker

28-Oct-2010, 12:04

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/bobpin/Portrait/05.jpg

Pre-wedding photo of Oska and Sam, by 14" Seneca Portrait f5, 1/30 sec, Kodak Portra nc 8x10

Not certain exactly what it is about this image that I find so appealing
But.........I sure like it

28-Oct-2010, 12:19

I like the hats, the unusual-to-me clothes, and the contrast between the neat/presentable/colorful people and the overgrown/unkempt/drab background.

The gentle side lighting coming from above is nice too.

Ben Syverson

28-Oct-2010, 13:09

Drab background?! That's Angkor-Wat, isn't it?

JR Steel

28-Oct-2010, 19:57

Beautifully unpretentious and sensitive. The coordination of colors helps give a sense of serenity.

argos33

28-Oct-2010, 20:59

Jim -
The moment I saw your portrait I assumed it was not your choice of attire, etc. It just doesn't seem like your style. However, I also think it is very well done, and great that you are trying and learning new things. Great Job!

Here are a few photos that yours reminded me I had. They were taken a few years ago when I was learning to use LF. A friend of mine had been doing a lot of portraiture and modeling shoots and asked if I wanted to come along. Sure! I said - it will be fun to try something different and learn a thing or two. Needless to say I learned a lot! As you stated, there is certainly more pressure involved when people are waiting on you. Suddenly all of those little tasks you used to have plenty of time to think about and do must be done quickly and it's hard not to rush things. It was also pretty funny that we were switching off, so the poor model would go from about 80 photos a minute with the DSLR to about .25 photos a minute with the 8x10 (if I was fast). Now I just look at the photos and laugh - I was so out of my element! But I learned a whole lot about working with the camera and models. I think it was a great learning experience and now I have a lot more confidence doing portraits with the big cameras as a result.

Keep up the good work!

Evan

Cambo 8x10, 300mm Xenar, Arista 200

brchambe

29-Oct-2010, 08:30

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/bobpin/Portrait/05.jpg

Pre-wedding photo of Oska and Sam, by 14" Seneca Portrait f5, 1/30 sec, Kodak Portra nc 8x10

This is just to cool. I love this portrait.

ustas

29-Oct-2010, 10:18

a magnificent portrait bobpin!!!

this shot done with Dallmeyer3D
http://ipicture.ru/uploads/101029/10430/Vgw5TBQopF.jpg (http://ipicture.ru/)

Frank Petronio

29-Oct-2010, 20:41

Repeated, ad naseum, sexual objectification of women....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/maddy_5x7.jpg

cjbroadbent

29-Oct-2010, 23:52

Frank, Pretty strong stuff! Tri-X with a green filter?

Jay DeFehr

30-Oct-2010, 00:22

My gypsy girl. Foma 100, 4x5, experimental developer, 8-1/2" Goerz Dogmar, scanned contact print. Playing around with studio lighting.

Stephane

30-Oct-2010, 00:54

Great portraits everyones!

Veritar 14" @ f/6
First time I kind of got it right with this lens, if you forget about the vignetting from extension bellows at the bottom...

Nathalie
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/5126320087_cd1bbd6bb4_b.jpg

eddie

30-Oct-2010, 05:37

Repeated, ad naseum, sexual objectification of women....

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/maddy_5x7.jpg

nice. those freckles would look awesome with wet plate! set me up frank!

Frank Petronio

30-Oct-2010, 07:42

She is half Scilian, half African, half Irish. I don't know what the other half is... but it's straight unfiltered TXP. It's a pretty accurate portrayal.

ustas

30-Oct-2010, 07:55

same girls, same lens
http://ipicture.ru/uploads/101030/10430/7qA7XtsjGV.jpg (http://ipicture.ru/)

cjbroadbent

30-Oct-2010, 09:04

Polaroid in a 4x5 TLR Cambo. As is - what a TLR is for.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TA-JCgeOuxI/AAAAAAAAFM0/TiVo_uEwilE/s800/bag.jpg

Hung Nguyen

30-Oct-2010, 09:25

Everyone's photos are so wonderful...i'm a bit embarrassed to post mine.

The object of my affection.

Jay Decker

30-Oct-2010, 09:38

Everyone's photos are so wonderful...i'm a bit embarrassed to post mine.

The object of my affection.

Please don't be embarrassed, it is a good photograph and you have the most important element, a beautiful subject. Keep posting them... I for one look forward to seeing the improvement in LF photographers photography of their personal subjects.

Allen in Montreal

30-Oct-2010, 10:22

Please don't be embarrassed, it is a good photograph and you have the most important element, a beautiful subject. Keep posting them... I for one look forward to seeing the improvement in LF photographers photography of their personal subjects.

Hear hear!
:) :)

Hung Nguyen

30-Oct-2010, 10:34

Thanks Allen and Jay.

You've made my wife blush with your kind words.

Hung

Frank Petronio

30-Oct-2010, 10:59

So, Frank. How do you obtain the modeling services of these women, e.g., their pimp, street corners, or an agency? Do you tart them up and pose them according to your vision/desires?

I think I understand your point but suggesting that they are prostitutes is rude, especially since this is a public forum where someone might come across that post without the benefit of context. So I much rather you confine any criticism to me, not the models, whom you don't know.

I haven't knowingly photographed anyone who is a prostitute and in most cases, the models find me through referrals from other photographers and models. I don't pay them but I will help cover their expenses and am generous with prints and during our shoots. Most are simply arty college kids.

Most of the outfits are are worn at their own suggestion and the poses and overall looks are usually collaborative. I don't find most of the stuff I do that titillating or suggestive, I think the pictures are more about documenting a lifestyle and feeling, even if they are posing. And a lot of them are simply portraits of interesting faces. A few, with people I know well, are about what's going on between us and I suppose there are a small handful of pictures you might label erotic, because they were when I did them.

As far as I know, I haven't shot anyone in hooker garb or even fancy undergarments. There's a leotard and some undershirts worn, but not the usual heels and stockings and other props that people associate with pin-up and boudoir styles.

What I find strange is that if a photographer does a photo of someone nude, even if it's only one out of ten, a lot of people will characterize his work as being "nudes" or somehow cast attributes to the entire body of work based on a couple of photos. It doesn't matter to me what people say, but it does point out where their focus and attention go (and the shallowness of their gazes).

I mean really, does the single nude I posted earlier in this thread, of the skinny girl being held in her boyfriend's protective arms, really get you excited sexually? While I won't say you have a problem there -- to each his own -- but it seems like kind of a stretch to be assigning a sexual theme or motive to something like that.

Jay Decker

30-Oct-2010, 11:03

Thanks Allen and Jay.

You've made my wife blush with your kind words.

Hung

Hung - for me Large Format photography has been a lesson in perseverance. I suffered so many technical failures when I started, and when I did end up with an image, my photographs sucked. Today, I have fewer technical failures and my photographs a little suck less. Here's who has to suffer my effort to learn LF photography...

http://www.monkeytumble.com/tmp/Hamsters%20on%20Jump%20Off%20Joe%20Triptych%20larger%20version%20no%20titles%20small%2020101017.jpg

Frank Petronio

30-Oct-2010, 11:39

Thanks Jay, I thought so but Google doesn't catch irony!

JamesFromSydney

30-Oct-2010, 11:50

Frank: simply stunning.

What focal length is that -- 300mm?

Frank Petronio

30-Oct-2010, 12:26

No, 180 on 5x7, kind of wide actually but I cheated and cropped about 20% out.

David Aimone

30-Oct-2010, 14:54

Frank,

I think she is unusually and very differently stunning. Great photo.

David

bobpin

30-Oct-2010, 21:51

a magnificent portrait bobpin!!!

this shot done with Dallmeyer3D

I like the multi exposure. :)

eddie

31-Oct-2010, 05:34

Everyone's photos are so wonderful...i'm a bit embarrassed to post mine.

The object of my affection.

a wonderful portrait. keep em coming. it gets easier!

eddie

Frank Petronio

31-Oct-2010, 09:43

Kathleen

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

Frank Petronio

31-Oct-2010, 10:22

Of course I am responsible for starving her so that she conforms to my male-dominated ideals of what a fashion model's body should look like....

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

mdm

31-Oct-2010, 20:43

Of course I am responsible for starving her so that she conforms to my male-dominated ideals of what a fashion model's body should look like....

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May I ask about the lighting in the portraits you have been posting recently. I assume it is natural, but perhaps I should not. When you choose a place and time to make your photograph, what are you looking for?

Thanks
David

Frank Petronio

31-Oct-2010, 21:40

The trees are noon-day but filtered, the lens does cool things with bokeh.

The concrete wall is just an overcast day.

lordmint

1-Nov-2010, 00:29

A portrait of my wife, she's currently 11 weeks pregnant of our first child. It means the world to me, and I've recently purchased the pt/pd printing kit that's been on my wishlist for so long, so I decided to make it a double-joy occasion for me :D

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1340/5132297330_96c69daf83_o.jpg

dsphotog

1-Nov-2010, 01:12

dsphotog

1-Nov-2010, 01:14

Armin Seeholzer

1-Nov-2010, 02:52

Frank did you really use Kodak HIE IR Film or you just put the frame of the HIE around your negs?

Cheers Armin

cjbroadbent

1-Nov-2010, 04:28

Kodak HIE IR Film
See here (http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/f3/f3.pdf) Tri-X.

Frank Petronio

1-Nov-2010, 06:07

I just Photoshop borders onto my edited pictures, as I habitually blow out the skies and need to crop ;-) it also serves to remind me what medium the originals were done with but I've been known to convert Portra to TXP just out of laziness. And I think it looks cool while being aware it is also a gimmick.

I just posted 20-yr old IF 4x5 shot and the notches are exactly like TXP only flopped in reverse. That's fine, I always processed it the same way as TXP.

nray

1-Nov-2010, 06:20

My first portrait attempt. Thought this guy had a very interesting look about him.

Zone VI 4x5 Caltar Ilex 215 HP5

Great shot. My favorite one on here.

jb7

1-Nov-2010, 07:09

Polaroid in a 4x5 TLR Cambo. As is - what a TLR is for.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OR3U2BmIDuk/TA-JCgeOuxI/AAAAAAAAFM0/TiVo_uEwilE/s800/bag.jpg

Has nobody mentioned this one?
I think this is great, very stylish individual, and I assume we're looking at fashion here?
Is it really possible to frame so accurately with a TLR (across a range of distances, easily) or were you pushing it a bit?

Frank Petronio

1-Nov-2010, 07:19

I missed Christopher's TLR portrait too - it is truly excellent (and he is consistent).

Ramiro Elena

1-Nov-2010, 09:00

Has nobody mentioned this one?

I am often left without words when looking at Broadbent's work.

jim kitchen

1-Nov-2010, 10:12

Great images everyone... :)

A recent trial portrait of a young talented engineer, and a fabulously gifted working associate, that tends to leave a few male engineers in the dust...

jim k

Jodie, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10102906.jpg

Hung Nguyen

1-Nov-2010, 10:25

Lordmint,

Wonderful photo. Congrats to you and your wife.

HN

Frank Petronio

1-Nov-2010, 10:31

More of Alysha, the best model yet.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/alysha_barn_2x.jpg

Peter De Smidt

1-Nov-2010, 10:39

Great work, Frank!

goamules

1-Nov-2010, 10:53

...

Most of the outfits are are worn at their own suggestion and the poses and overall looks are usually collaborative. I don't find most of the stuff I do that titillating or suggestive, I think the pictures are more about documenting a lifestyle and feeling, even if they are posing. And a lot of them are simply portraits of interesting faces. A few, with people I know well, are about what's going on between us and I suppose there are a small handful of pictures you might label erotic, because they were when I did them.

As far as I know, I haven't shot anyone in hooker garb or even fancy undergarments. There's a leotard and some undershirts worn, but not the usual heels and stockings and other props that people associate with pin-up and boudoir styles...

I've got to say I sure appreciate that Frank. Your models are beautiful, and when I see them, fully clothed, and the way you shoot them, their beauty and appeal is much greater than any "skank mode" shot, which always seem out of place to me. But seeing how you represent them, as you'd see them in their real lives, is very appealing. They don't need wilder costumes or less clothes to be knockouts.