January 2011 Portraits

[Joel Brown]

Rain and cold in So Cal, so time for the darkroom.
Finally did a reprint over the NewYear weekend of
my wife from a warmer time. First time using
Fomatone MG Classic warm tone. I think I like this paper.
8x10 Deardorff with 14" Commercial Ektar.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3337/jc2byjci.png

joelbrownphotography.com

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/fabien-640.jpg
(blog post (http://schlachet.net/2011/01/fabien-penso/))

Negative scan. Ilford HP5+ at ISO 1600. Taken with a Crown Graphic, Xenar 1:4,7/135. Developed in Adonal 1+50 for 25 minutes. Unintentionally underexposed.. this was a quick mutual portrait we both did as we parted from meeting for coffee. Fabien shoots street portraits with his Mamiya 7.

[sly]

Joel - I like the photo of your wife. More honesty than many of the female portraits seen here. Thanks for posting it.

[Joel Brown]

Sly, thank you for the kind words.

[Morca]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5003/5323218824_84bcbf2055_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crooked_style/5323218824/)

Taken last month, but only now scanned it.

[Scott --]

Another from the un-named ML Petzval.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5324133886_533f0bb61f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5324133886/)
Braedan (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5324133886/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

[David Aimone]

Starting to get into portraits...Chamonix 045n-2, Busch Magic Lantern Petzval, Efke 25, Pyrocat-MC.
http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s9/v14/p639394256-5.jpg

[Peter De Smidt]

Nice work, David.

[Donald Miller]

Centrale - Milano, Italy
5X7 - 210 Symmar S w Bronica soft focus filter

Efke Pl 100 - Pyrocat HD

JandC Nuance - MAS Amidol

[David Aimone]

Thanks, Peter. I'm learning and progressing!

Donald, another nice one (in addition to the still lifes)...

[Jim Galli]

Starting to get into portraits...Chamonix 045n-2, Busch Magic Lantern Petzval, Efke 25, Pyrocat-MC.


Classic! Well done.

[David Aimone]

Classic! Well done.

Thanks Jim, looking forward to giving that wollensak a try...waiting for a lensboard.

[Donald Miller]

Thank you David. Your portrait is very nice. I agree with Jim. It is very well done.

[ImSoNegative]

Rain and cold in So Cal, so time for the darkroom.
Finally did a reprint over the NewYear weekend of
my wife from a warmer time. First time using
Fomatone MG Classic warm tone. I think I like this paper.
8x10 Deardorff with 14" Commercial Ektar.


joelbrownphotography.com

very nice image

[Joel Brown]

Thank you ImSoNegative.

[mandoman7]

http://images116.fotki.com/v108/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Napoleaon-vi.jpg
Napoleon; Vyd Worker Series
8x10, Heliar 11 3/4
Cold this morning, but I had a crew lined up and a bunch of holders loaded with FP4.

[Sean Galbraith]

Mando... that is so... crisp. Lovely

[mandoman7]

http://images51.fotki.com/v1561/photos/2/1219782/7565497/Vydworker2-vi.jpg

Thanks Sean,
Vyd Worker #2

[cowanw]

Starting to get into portraits...Chamonix 045n-2, Busch Magic Lantern Petzval, Efke 25, Pyrocat-MC.
http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s9/v14/p639394256-5.jpg

I get a drawing of a lock and content protected by owner?
What's wrong with my settings
Regards
Bill

[Wayne]

I get a drawing of a lock and content protected by owner?
What's wrong with my settings
Regards
Bill

Me2

[Stephane]

Diva Grotesque
After she untied her hair, my jaw dropped...

Imagon 300/4
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5335491833_fa02565e72_b.jpg

[David Aimone]

Me2

Wayne, Bill,

Does the photo come through now?

David

[David Hedley]

Vyd Worker Series
8x10, Heliar 11 3/4


Two excellent and arresting portraits. I get the sense of two men inwardly saying "this isn't what I expected this morning, but I'll go along with it as he's due to pay me later" :) I'm sure that they are pleased with the outcome.

[David Aimone]

Another from the same photo shoot. This one with Efke 25, Busch Magic Lantern Petzval and Pyrocat-MC. Chamonix 4x5

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s10/v16/p279706242-4.jpg

[David Hedley]

Diva Grotesque
After she untied her hair, my jaw dropped...


That really does leap out of the screen, Stephane. Wonderful.

[goamules]

Another from the same photo shoot. This one with Efke 25, Busch Magic Lantern Petzval and Pyrocat-MC. Chamonix 4x5

Wow, classic. I love profiles, we don't see enough of them. What a beautiful face.

[Bob Kerner]

Maybe this is really still life, but I spend more time with him and his buddies then my family, so I consider him human!

My first image post where I feel like I knew what I was doing with the camera. Fine focus needs some work...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5336014755_3db36c9707_b.jpg

Wisner 4x5. Fuji 210mm. Kodak Portra NC. A scan of a contact sheet made with a Canon all-in-one.

[cowanw]

Wayne, Bill,

Does the photo come through now?

David

No but your second one did. Can you repost for the benefit of the no see ums
Regards
Bill

[Jim Galli]

Diva Grotesque
After she untied her hair, my jaw dropped...

Imagon 300/4


Stunning, both here and in the meniscus thread with the magnifying glass. Why the word grotesque though? That doesn't seem to fit well in english. Does it mean something else in your land? She looks anything but grotesque. In this with the 300 the head looms a bit though. Like it's too big for the doll body?

[Stephane]

Thanks Jim. Yes, 300mm is short for 8x10, so I tried not to get too close, but cannot get rid of the wide angle effect. I'll try get the scratched kodak 405mm with loose iris. Meniscus lens above 300mm are not so easy to find... Anything lying around in your toolbox that could fit my needs?
Diva Grotesque is her model name. She usually poses in goth or pvc outfits, but not that day. Maybe next time ;)

[David Aimone]

No but your second one did. Can you repost for the benefit of the no see ums
Regards
Bill

This work?
http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s1/v21/p328554027-4.jpg

[Mark Sawyer]

Stephane, I think she was posed with her head forward from her body. I use 300mm lenses for portraits on 8x10 pretty regularly without the issues here. (Then again, some could find the effect quire appropriate and effective.) As you and Jim have noted, a longer lens would lessen the effect.

But it is a lovely and powerful image.

[Jim Galli]

Thanks Jim. Yes, 300mm is short for 8x10, so I tried not to get too close, but cannot get rid of the wide angle effect. I'll try get the scratched kodak 405mm with loose iris. Meniscus lens above 300mm are not so easy to find... Anything lying around in your toolbox that could fit my needs?
Diva Grotesque is her model name. She usually poses in goth or pvc outfits, but not that day. Maybe next time ;)

OK, that makes better sense. I guess if you look like her you can call yourself diva - anything you want and get away with it perfectly.

I've not got any "spares" but take the front group out of your 15" Petzval and you will have one.

[Stephane]

You are right, I should have the front element of a petzval always ready to be mounted on... I would like to try with the large vitax, but it is too big (and I dont know if this is common, but I can take the whole vitax apart).

[S.Charles]

Another from the same photo shoot. This one with Efke 25, Busch Magic Lantern Petzval and Pyrocat-MC. Chamonix 4x5


Really like this image. Beautiful tonality and composition.

[Wayne]

I still see nothing in post #7 above, David

[cowanw]

But post 31 is just fine
Thanks
Bill

[Craig Tuffin]

Part of my "AS FAULTY AS WE ARE..." series. Brave men who take part in a 4-stage 'Transformations' detox program to deal with their personal addictions.

8x10 Ambrotype on black glass. 12" Dallmeyer soft-focus portrait anastigmat f5.6 on full sharp.

Take off your mask...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5334629797_ff7defd4c8_z.jpg

[lenicolas]

Craig tuffin > great portrait, works even better with the caption.

[maurits]

Giovanni - repairs bicycles using only recycled parts. First attempt at an assignment for school: make three raw full body portraits of "people who have voluntarily chosen not to run the economic rat race."


http://rexmundi.nl/photo/giovanni_02.jpg

4x5 FP4+ in Pyrocat HD

Cheers, Maurits



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[eddie]

cool shot maurits.

[jmooney]

Giovanni - repairs bicycles using only recycled parts. First attempt at an assignment for school: make three raw full body portraits of "people who have voluntarily chosen not to run the economic rat race."


4x5 FP4+ in Pyrocat HD

Cheers, Maurits



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I'm not one for portraits for the most part but I REALLY like this. Well done!

[SamReeves]

I'm not one for portraits for the most part but I REALLY like this. Well done!

Seconded. This is how I'd like to do it, so superbly done!!!

[al olson]

Maruits, very nice environmental portrait. Nice depth all the way from his tools to the teapot sitting on the hotplate.

I presume from depth and the exaggeration on the leg that this was done with a pretty extreme wide angle?

[Sanjay Sen]

Maurits, that's a fine example of an environmental portrait. Well done!

[Ramiro Elena]

I used to have that same fish on the wall!

[Mark Sawyer]

My compliments as well, Maurits! Wonderful work.

[jim kitchen]

Great images everyone... :)

A recent portrait.

A close friend and social worker, enjoying a lighter moment at the end of a long day.

jim k


Julia, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2010

http://largeformatgroupimages.jimkitchen.ca/images/10111809.jpg

[Sanjay Sen]

Jim, you are a master of all! I love the portrait, her smile, and her sweater! :)

[p_markowski]

Luke at 8 years.

Chamonix 4x5
HP5
Cooke 229mm f5.6
Scan from neg.

[Ramiro Elena]

Wow Peter, amazing portrait. Love the lighting and the focus.

[Craig Tuffin]

"Jase"

8x10 Ambrotype on black glass shot with my Cooke 18" Knuckler @ f4.5

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5342218058_80e0b25843_z.jpg

[Armin Seeholzer]

Craig amazing work just perfect!

[GSX4]

Here's my first plate in over 2 months since winter hit MN... Collodion was old and red and very contrasty. This was also a test of my new UV lighting setup... Interfit SC655 2 head kit.

Shot with Kodak 2D 8x10 and 9" F4-ish Darlot Lantern Lens... Exposure was about 5 seconds with 5 out of the 6 bulbs in each head lit. With new collodion, new developer, and a sunned and re-silvered silver bath, this should be at least a stop or so quicker...

For the first plate with the new set up I am very happy! I hope to experiment a bit more in the next few weeks.

Whole plate collodion on aluminum

[Craig Tuffin]

Really nice Andrew!

The new lights are perfect for your long, cold winters eh?! My brother lived in Mankato for 5 years and I couldn't believe how cold he said it got.

[GSX4]

thanks Craig.... I'd love to be having summer temperatures again like you guys no doubt are!!! Yes, it can be brutally cold here.... Some might question why I left the UK where I grew up to come to the frozen tundra!!

I'm loving these lights so far... Will experiment with newer collodion and a freshly maintained silver bath in the next few days hopefully!

[GSX4]

WHOA!!! Superb plate, missed this before... Stunning.


"Jase"

8x10 Ambrotype on black glass shot with my Cooke 18" Knuckler @ f4.5

[jim kitchen]

I love the portrait, her smile, and her sweater... :)

Dear Sanjay Sen,

Thank you for your comment, kind sir... :)

Her gentle nature, her laughter, and her balanced sense of humour can be very intoxicating, among our friends.

jim k

[Craig Tuffin]

WHOA!!! Superb plate, missed this before... Stunning.

Cheers Andrew!

[maurits]

Maruits, very nice environmental portrait. Nice depth all the way from his tools to the teapot sitting on the hotplate.

I presume from depth and the exaggeration on the leg that this was done with a pretty extreme wide angle?


Thanks for all comments! Got a great grade and was asked to continue on the same path.


@Al Not really extreme, a humble but good 90 mm Caltar II f8.

[nkrustev]

http://photo-zona.net/images/user43270/album25849/large/1294857568_lhwd0577_nikolay_portrait_no_sharpen.jpg

self

450mm Nikon f/9 Fomapan 100 8x10''

[Iga]

Iggy,
CZJ 45cm Apo Tessar
8x10 contact lith print ( cropped at top )

[nray]

self

450mm Nikon f/9 Fomapan 100 8x10''

Very nice!

[eddie]

self

450mm Nikon f/9 Fomapan 100 8x10''

perfect self port....

[ajsikel]

taken last week. ektar 127mm

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5786/anbujaj.jpg

cheers

[Hugo Zhang]

taken last week. ektar 127mm

cheers

Very nice!

[Hugo Zhang]

self

450mm Nikon f/9 Fomapan 100 8x10''

How did you get focus dead on? Wonderful!

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/street-travis-640.jpg
(blog post (http://schlachet.net/2011/01/travis-jensen/))

One of the last shots after being out all day shooting with two friends in San Francisco.
HP5+, ISO 1600, in Adonal 1+50.

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/street-cinnabar-winly-640s.jpg

Winly, the bartender at Cinnabar in San Francisco. Wide and slow with the Crown Graphic, HP5+ at iso 1600.

[Allen in Montreal]

Jim,

In the building where I have my studio, there is a very busy portrait studio.
All weekend long people come and go, all of them carrying white shirts on hangers and wearing jeans. Family after family is paying large dollar to be shot, barefoot in a white shirt and jeans on a white Cyclo. This barefoot white shirt gig has been running for several years now.

I see a lot of people carrying out large prints.
Not one of them could ever touch this!
Great pix!

[eddie]

Winly, the bartender at Cinnabar in San Francisco. Wide and slow with the Crown Graphic, HP5+ at iso 1600.

very nice.

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/street-glide-640.jpg
Another street portrait from last weekend. In front of Glide Memorial, San Francisco.
(blog post (http://schlachet.net/2011/01/in-front-of-glide/))

[Yellowjacket]

Giovanni - repairs bicycles using only recycled parts. First attempt at an assignment for school: make three raw full body portraits of "people who have voluntarily chosen not to run the economic rat race."

4x5 FP4+ in Pyrocat HD

Cheers, Maurits



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straight into my inspiration folder haha

[Renedage]

Love this forum.

Cool Napoleon series).

Just to keep it going here is my piece of cake. Best viewed large at flickr where they are hosted.

Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5, Kodak Ektar 127/4.7 at f/8, Delta 100

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5351941982_89dd9b2e69_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neverbe/5351941982/sizes/l/in/photostream/)

Same stuff as previous but with FP4+ & f/16

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5354554476_9829d00072_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neverbe/5354554476/sizes/l/)

[Joe Forks]

Вечера малороссок / Ukrainian nights is really nice. Good work!

[Renedage]

Вечера малороссок / Ukrainian nights is really nice. Good work!

Thanks, Joe. You have many beautiful landscapes especially those made the same year I was born. :)

[David Brunell]

[QUOTE=Renedage;673988]Love this forum.

Cool Napoleon series).

Just to keep it going here is my piece of cake. Best viewed large at flickr where they are hosted.

Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5, Kodak Ektar 127/4.7 at f/8, Delta 100

Really like this one Renedage.

[BennehBoy]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5209/5249241381_68b735d339_b.jpg

Schneider 165 SA, E64T

[lenicolas]

Love that one!
great tones and colors, the model's atitude is perfect, and some tastefull details like the pumkin on the table or the light on the pots under the table. Bravo!

[BennehBoy]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5130/5251490932_fd8cbfbcbb_o.jpg

Schneider 165 SA E64T wide open, hence the vignette.

Forgot to say that both were shot on an 8x10 Sinar P2

[eddie]

Giovanni - repairs bicycles using only recycled parts. First attempt at an assignment for school: make three raw full body portraits of "people who have voluntarily chosen not to run the economic rat race."

4x5 FP4+ in Pyrocat HD

Cheers, Maurits



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straight into my inspiration folder haha

hey yellow jacket thanks for another look.

i just noticed 2 people in the mirrior...and maybe a camera. well done maurits! great idea/plan.

[Steve M Hostetter]

Schneider 165 SA, E64T

I agree, nothing worse than consumer grade tools

[maurits]

hey yellow jacket thanks for another look.

i just noticed 2 people in the mirrior...and maybe a camera. well done maurits! great idea/plan.

Eagle eye Eddie! You are the first one to see it (except for me). That's me on the left and my camera. On the right is my classmate Duane who was assisting.

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

Cheers, Maurits

[BennehBoy]

I agree, nothing worse than consumer grade tools

Ha, yeah the chopsaw didn't have enough depth to cut the mitres in the skirting board - he wasn't happy :)

[alex from holland]

here's my tribute for this month,

Black Glass.
KCn
Poorboy collodion
dallemeyer 3b at 5.6
exposuretime 7 sec.


http://www.pbase.com/alex28/image/131843670/original.jpg

[Adam W. Byra]

Is that Simon Roberts bubble wrapped? :D

[Stephane]

Wet platers rule!

[BennehBoy]

Is that Simon Roberts bubble wrapped? :D

Yeah, James (pictured) runs a Gallery in Sheffield, Simon's Motherland was showing just before we shot this.

[Stephane]

Yvonne through a Perscheid 480. She was the "escort friend" for Kaluma (below) and thought it was fun so joined in.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5046/5361242150_9183fdfe4a_b.jpg

Kaluma through the magnifying glass 360/3 (while Yvonne was putting make up).
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5087/5360629151_dc44c5af80_b.jpg

[Craig Tuffin]

Absolutely gorgeous Stephane!

Love the highlights on the lips with the perscheid.

[Tri Tran]

My Niece Catherine portrait taken today with 12 inches Darlot . Plate 11x14 / Former schwing.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7933/catherines.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/catherines.jpg/)

[cjbroadbent]

Tri Tran, Once again you are reminding us of what Large Format is all about and what makes it different. Thanks.

[Mark Sawyer]

Tri Tran, Once again you are reminding us of what Large Format is all about and what makes it different. Thanks.

Agreed. I'm impressed by so many of the portraits in these threads, but this one stands out as one of the loveliest. The 11x14 contact print must be stunning.

[goamules]

Very nice, 3D effect really makes her stand out, and great tones.

[Jiri Vasina]

Yes, Tri Tran, so lovely a portrait...

Jiri

[Jim Galli]

My Niece Catherine portrait taken today with 12 inches Darlot . Plate 11x14 / Former schwing.

Me 5! Just beautiful.

[Craig Tuffin]

...and 6...just gorgeous Tri!

[Craig Tuffin]

Another of my "As Faulty As We Are..." series. Brendan started taking drugs at 10 years old and was in and out of jail as he struggled with his addiction to heroin and ICE. He's a leader in the "Transformations" program after graduating and now helps transform many other lives. So often we're distracted when we know the path we're to follow is clearly marked. He's an inspiration to me and everyone he makes contact with.

8x10 Wet Plate Collodion Ambrotype on black glass shot with the Cooke 18" at f4.5 for 5 seconds.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5365150917_b80bbf8431_z.jpg

[Jan Pedersen]

My Niece Catherine portrait taken today with 12 inches Darlot . Plate 11x14 / Former schwing.




Precious. Nice work TT.

[ustas]

Great portraits everyone!
Here is one of mine


http://s1.ipicture.ru/uploads/20110118/UHcVUhIN.jpg (http://s1.ipicture.ru/)

"Olga"
4x5 Graf Variable f5.6

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Tri, can't wait to see this one! Lovely image.

Jim

[Tri Tran]

Tri Tran, Once again you are reminding us of what Large Format is all about and what makes it different. Thanks.

Thank you all for the nice words. I appreciate it. The reason I posted the picture format because most of the folks here might have not yet seen or tried the 12 inches Petzval on the 11x14 format. The Darlot 12 inches here covers nicely on my FS 11x14 ground glass as you’ve seen in this picture. A soft light fall off and dreamy bokeh transition is real smooth. The optic aberration of the petzval characteristic is well performed to the maximum around the edges on 11x14 plate.That’s is the beauty of the Petzval in my opinion! I do know I have to sacrifice the perspective here but well …you have to work around the composition, distance from the subject. I encourage people who use the Petzval lens do not hesitate to try and justify the image on the ground glass instead of the focal lens / the format.

[dupont07]

Beautiful portrait, anh Trí.

[archer]

While testing an old lens, 1903 kodak anastigmat at f7.7 Foma 100 in Stoeckler divided developer. White nylon diffusion. My niece and her daughter in the sun room, reading.
Denise Libby

[goamules]

Denise, that diffusion trick worked really well on your portrait. Nice soft focus without the cost.

[tonkhang]

Trần Trí ...
Đẹp thế , it's so beautiful .. I like it !

[Victo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/vittorio/double-vic.jpg

Self portrait

Tachihara 45 ,symmar 150,polaroid type 55

[lenicolas]

Very nice!

[Wayne]

How about thumbnails or smaller images people? I walked away from my monitor for more than 10 minutes and this page still isnt anywhere near fully loaded.

[Ramiro Elena]

How about thumbnails or smaller images people? I walked away from my monitor for more than 10 minutes and this page still isnt anywhere near fully loaded.

I have no problem at all and I use a crappy netbook and a very old primitive Apple G4. It could be your computer... little RAM or very little space left on your hard drive? It could even be your connection.

[Thom Bennett]

An 8x10 bridal portrait. Deardorff 8x10, Fuji 300mm C, HP-5, PMK Pyro.

[William McEwen]

Thom, if that bride is smart, she'll order a hundred prints.

[Thom Bennett]

Thanks William! This is something new my colleague and I are offering; Platinum Bridal Portraits. Full disclosure: this is a friend of ours in a borrowed dress :) We did this as a sample to show brides the difference between 8x10 film and a digital image. No "real" bride has been willing to give it a try so we created our own. We're hoping that once brides and their moms see the quality available they will just have to have one. We're marketing it as an heirloom product that will last generations.

[bobpin]

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/bobpin/Portrait/02.jpg

Hermagis 300mm F4 on Deardorff 8x10, Ektar 100

[Wayne]

It could even be your connection.

Yes, its called dial up. I'm willing to be patient since I'm in the minority still being on dial up, but there is no reason images have to be so big that a page won't fully load even after 10 minutes. While we are in the minority there are still quite a lot of us out there-it only takes a few seconds to downsize an image, or post a link to a huge file somewhere else that we can choose not to click on. Most of that extra size is wasted anyway.

[Matt Magruder]

Some recent 8x10 wet plate collodion images done on aluminum.

My sister is VERY pregnant and a joy to photograph.

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/35_8x10lorenpreg001.jpg

Her son (my nephew) even managed to hold still for nearly 20seconds.
Must be some kind of record.

http://matthewmagruder.com/files/gimgs/35_8x10lorenpreg002.jpg

[BennehBoy]

Hermagis 300mm F4 on Deardorff 8x10, Ektar 100

nice, got a link to any more?

[Reinhold Schable]

Hermagis 300mm F4 on Deardorff 8x10, Ektar 100

This is surely one of the most stunning color portraits upon which I have ever laid my 76 year old eyes. Eloquent. Stately. Imbued with quiet dignity. A masterpiece.

Reinhold

[Ramiro Elena]

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/bobpin/Portrait/02.jpg

Hermagis 300mm F4 on Deardorff 8x10, Ektar 100

This is quite brutal.

[Stephane]

My son through the suter basel meniscus 24" at f/8 (I will use it as f/6 from now on)

It's that one (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=49804&highlight=suter+basel+meniscus), got it at a discount price because no one wanted it!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5166/5361243306_4ee4eb30d0_b.jpg

[Steve M Hostetter]

My son through the suter basel meniscus 24" at f/8 (I will use it as f/6 from now on)

It's that one (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=49804&highlight=suter+basel+meniscus), got it at a discount price because no one wanted it!


nice work Stephane! My guess is no one had 800 bucks but well worth every penny and you make it sing

[Stephane]

I think I got it for 499 on ebay early last year (BIN). It was there for a while, tempting me until I could not take it anymore...

Thanks steve, but I do not consider this as "work". Or not any other picture for that matter...

[gsinico]

Self portrait

Tachihara 45 ,symmar 150,polaroid type 55

Hai ancora delle pola PN55 in frigorifero?
beato te, e
complimenti per l'autoritratto!

[bobpin]

nice, got a link to any more?

Yes, if u use Facebk: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=489701476657&set=a.144482766657.114970.579536657

[Ramiro Elena]

Yes, if u use Facebk: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=489701476657&set=a.144482766657.114970.579536657

There are some truly nice portraits in your FB. Do you do fashion at all?

[bobpin]

There are some truly nice portraits in your FB. Do you do fashion at all?

Yes, but I'll keep my large format style.

:)

[Ramiro Elena]

Of course! That's the point! ;-)

[Jim Galli]

Yes, but I'll keep my large format style.

:)

Is fashion and Large Format mutually exclusive. Might make a thread out of that :D:D

[Scott --]

One of the boy looking up from World of Warcraft:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5373290359_20f7c128af_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5373290359/)
Distracted... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott--/5373290359/) by Scott -- (http://www.flickr.com/people/scott--/), on Flickr

Un-named Petzval, Arista.EDU Ultra 100 in HC-110 dil H.

[taulen]

Wonderful portrait of your boy, Scott.
He will love having so many high quality portraits of him self later in life ! :D

[Ron McElroy]

Some recent 8x10 wet plate collodion images done on aluminum.

My sister is VERY pregnant and a joy to photograph.


I like the first image alot.

[Tri Tran]

Some recent 8x10 wet plate collodion images done on aluminum.

Hi Matt,
Your work is getting better and better everytime I have a chance to see it. Your plate is perfect. Hope you still doing Platinum print. Good to see your work here and good luck to your sister with her pregnancy.

[Matt Magruder]

Thanks Ron.
And thank you Tri. Very kind words. Means alot.

[Scott --]

Still stuck inside due to the snow. Put the boy in front of the new-to-me B&J Ajax #1 Portrait:

http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd359/smpsweeps/0119.jpg

Arista.EDU Ultra 400 in HC-110 dil H.

[David Aimone]

Arista Edu 400 in Pyrocat-MC, Chamonix 045n-2
Now, some of these were a Petzval, some a 7 1/2" Velostigmat II. I gotta get better at keeping records! My bad...
And the light that I had for a little back highlighting went out. Live and learn! Hey, relatives get what they pay for!

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s1/v19/p621248796-4.jpg

http://www.davidaimone.com/img/s3/v24/p931002323-4.jpg

[Jim Galli]

Arista Edu 400 in Pyrocat-MC, Chamonix 045n-2
Now, some of these were a Petzval, some a 7 1/2" Velostigmat II. I gotta get better at keeping records! My bad...
And the light that I had for a little back highlighting went out. Live and learn! Hey, relatives get what they pay for!


Both gorgeous! I see Velostigmat written all over these. Exactly what I would expect. Where'd you ever get such a remarkable lens??

[David Aimone]

They came out decent for a very last minute very rushed thing.
And I got the lens from Jim somebody...it'll come to me eventually...


Both gorgeous! I see Velostigmat written all over these. Exactly what I would expect. Where'd you ever get such a remarkable lens??

[Jim Galli]

They came out decent for a very last minute very rushed thing.
And I got the lens from Jim somebody...it'll come to me eventually...

Ha ha, you cheated anyway. You couldn't possibly take a bad picture of that lovely girl.

[argos33]

Self portrait in the shop

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5124/5376825379_7682c8bb7d_b.jpg

Evan

[eddie]

Self portrait in the shop


Evan

ha! great one! looks like an alien monster is coming for you.

david, nicely done.

[cdholden]

Self portrait in the shop

Evan

Very cool! I wish I had that kind of airflow when I'm in cubicle hell at the office.

[Peter van Rychvald]

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/363/d/0/ka10_2b_by_hypnogen-d35uqfk.jpg

shot on paper (fomaspeed)
with globica 13x18

[goamules]

Tony the photographer and ultra marathon runner.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5205/5381682450_399098e6ee_z.jpg

5x7 wetplate collodion, Jamin Cone Centralizer, 6 sec

[Ari]

Evan and Garrett, very evocative stuff!

[luphot]

Hermagis 300mm F4 on Deardorff 8x10, Ektar 100

I love this picture and its color !

[Scott Schroeder]

Self Portrait
Collodion on whole plate alumnium. Just over a minute for exposure.

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/SelfPort001.jpg

[Jim Cole]

Nicely done Scott!

[Mark Sawyer]

That's an excellent, excellent portrait of Tony, Garrett! Everything came together in that one, the process, the light, the lens, the mood of the composition, all in harmony. If only we could keep such things in a bottle...

[goamules]

Thanks Mark and all. As you know, with collodion, every day and lighting is different. With a different batch of collodion and different UV light factor, it would probably have been less "Rembrandt." Saturday I took 2 positives on alum, and one glass negative. They all look similar to this one. Standard "it looks better live" too.

[fenderbja]

Love this forum.

Cool Napoleon series).

Just to keep it going here is my piece of cake. Best viewed large at flickr where they are hosted.

Graflex Crown Graphic 4x5, Kodak Ektar 127/4.7 at f/8, Delta 100

Same stuff as previous but with FP4+ & f/16



I love the first one - great job.

[Ramiro Elena]

Meniscus 300mm ƒ5,5 on Eastman View 8x10
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5214/5386847065_68d52d9598_z.jpg

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/img656-640.jpg
See the blog post (http://schlachet.net/2011/01/michela-at-powell/)

Michela, a fellow film shooter in San Francisco. Taken at Market/Powell with a Crown Graphic. HP5+ at 1600, souped in Adonal 1+50.

[Jiri Vasina]

I haven't shot that many portraits with LF, and very small percentage of them are presentable... This one is IMHO...



http://www.vasina.net/wp-content/gallery/lide/p13x18-412-1-c_web.jpg (http://www.vasina.net/?p=2974)

Jana

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar 210mm, 13×18cm, Fomapan 100 @ EI 64, developed in Rodinal 1:50 (my developer of choice), light was from a single Metz 45CL-4 flash.

[goamules]

jiri, this is a nice portrait of Jana. I like it.

[baronvonaaron]

Just moved to Clarkville, TN to live in this warehouse. just set up my darkroom. here's the results of my first time playing with strobes:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/5394414266_38bc45b25e_b.jpg
Calumet 4x5, Kodak Tmax400, HC110 Dil:B (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogo-xm4/5394414266/)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5215/5393816489_b7494c699a_b.jpg
Calumet 4x5, Kodak Tmax400, HC110 Dil:B (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogo-xm4/5393816489/)

[jss]

http://schlachet.net/images/2011/powell-julius-640.jpg
Julius and his dog Leica. See my blog post (http://schlachet.net/2011/01/julius-bulius/).

Taken with a Crown Graphic. HP5+ at iso 1600, Adonal 1+50 for 25 minutes.

[argos33]

Self portrait in the shop - this is the black & white version, which was shot on Delta 100 instead of Provia.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5396894185_eb2736528c_b.jpg


Evan

[creep]

http://www.creep.lt/linkout/dollbox_960.jpg

La Senza underwear session

P2+150L

[jp]

Self portrait in the shop - this is the black & white version, which was shot on Delta 100 instead of Provia.


Evan

The color and B&W versions both look very nice.

BTW, very clean shop! Which welder are you using? I see the hoses/wires for 3 setups going to you.

[Jay Decker]

La Senza underwear session

P2+150L

Thomas - Superb Work! Compositional elements, lighting, and your work with the model, e.g., positioning, expression, and emotional projection, all work incredibly well together.

Thanks for sharing with us!

[ypres.bass]

La Senza underwear session

P2+150LTomas, me with my girlfriend in vain if we think we like it or not. Shes pretty, light's pretty, space's pretty, but together it does not fit for us. Sorry, but i look your site with other works and... its good...

[argos33]

The color and B&W versions both look very nice.

BTW, very clean shop! Which welder are you using? I see the hoses/wires for 3 setups going to you.

Thanks - The shop is at the University of Colorado so I try to keep it very clean and orderly for students, etc. The two Oxy Acetylene carts are just for theatrical effect. I am using the stick welder because it puts off a lot of light and slag, but we also have MIGs, TIGs, Plasma Torches and other fun tools to try photographing.

[ypres.bass]

Thanks - The shop is at the University of Colorado so I try to keep it very clean and orderly for students, etc. The two Oxy Acetylene carts are just for theatrical effect. I am using the stick welder because it puts off a lot of light and slag, but we also have MIGs, TIGs, Plasma Torches and other fun tools to try photographing.naaajzzz :D :D :D

[monkeymon]

Thomas - Superb Work! Compositional elements, lighting, and your work with the model, e.g., positioning, expression, and emotional projection, all work incredibly well together.

Thanks for sharing with us!

Hmm, sorry about this.. but at first i saw a plastic doll, took me some time to realize it actually was a real person, so i wonder about the emotional side of this image?

[baronvonaaron]

technically this was shot a few months ago, but I JUST got it processed and scanned.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5140/5398876306_37896644d2_b.jpg
Virginia and Sydney in Tallahassee (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogo-xm4/5398876306/)

Calumet 4x5, Kodak Tmax400, HC110 Dil:B

[Tobias Key]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5392810309_0bcc787457_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/5392810309/)
Steffi Rox (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobykey/5392810309/) by Toby Key (http://www.flickr.com/people/tobykey/), on Flickr


This month I am mostly stealing from Richard Avedon

[Jay Decker]

Hmm, sorry about this.. but at first i saw a plastic doll, took me some time to realize it actually was a real person, so i wonder about the emotional side of this image?

This image is closer to edges and not safely in the middle where it will have broader viewer appeal. On my calibrated computer monitor the image has graduated skin tones and she looks real. She is has a unique appearance in this image; the angle of her head and her long neck on her body are visually unusual and interesting. There is a feeling that she is tall and beautiful in many respects, but also awkward and gangly.

However on my laptop monitor, which is not accurately calibrated, the center of visual interest is overpoweringly the shiny part of the bra and bra's contrast with her skin, which is not the case on my calibrated computer monitor. The facial tones do look "plastic" on my laptop screen. So, what we might be different images also.

I for one find it visually interesting.

[Thebes]

La Senza underwear session

P2+150L

Well I like it a lot. Its got a direct unique and moderately edgy look to me. I'd have classified it as fashion rather than portrait from just having seen the image itself.

[jp]

Shot it in May actually at the Tillman Crane / Russ Young soft focus workshop. This in the Olson House in Cushing ME. "Scanned in January" is more like it. 4x5 TMY2 in xtol. My shooting notes are in a reallllly safe place right now and without them, I can't remember if it was shot with a Kodak 305 portrait or a veritar. (Sorry for the CRS moment) Wide open, whichever it was. In addition to the backlight, there was some light from the stairway and some from a portable wescott 5-in-1 reflector. I was backed into a dark corner and couldn't get a wider view than shown here.

http://www.f64.nu/photo/tmp/lff/img297c.jpg

[GSX4]

Here's a whole plate sized wet plate collodion on aluminum image. It was shot with a Kodak 2D 8x10 camera and 13" Darlot F4 petzval. Exposure time was 15 seconds. It was lit with 1 Interfit SC655 cool-lite head with all 6 bulbs lit and a reflector on the other side of model Pam.

[baronvonaaron]

Roadtrip across America. Virginia in Arizona.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5015/5400149256_a422856593_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogo-xm4/5400149256/)
Calumet 4x5. Kodak TMax400. HC110 Dil:B.

[Stephane]

Benedicte through a Nicola Perschied 480/4.5

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5056/5400583311_90eb0dca39_b.jpg

Sorry for the scanning line, but I wont get a new scanner...

[Scott Schroeder]

Stephane beautiful as always. love it!
As to the scan line. Check the area of the scan glass where the scan starts. It's usually the place where is 'zeroes' out (background). If there is a spec of dust there it will make that the background across the whole scan.

[Renedage]

Benedicte through a Nicola Perschied 480/4.5

Sorry for the scanning line, but I wont get a new scanner...

Unbelievable beauty.

[Stephane]

Thanks Scott! And yes, Renedage, she is very pretty in real life.

I'll check out this scanner pbl sometime. It is a Microtek i800 and the glass wont come off that easily... Maybe I should start by shaking it ;)

[Frank Petronio]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8636/caitlin_car_2011redo.jpg

This is a "redo" because I was never happy with the original scan and editing. I think I did better after a couple of years!

Here is how different the negative/scan was:

[Scott Schroeder]

Stephane just clean that area real well with whatever liquid cleaner you use....

Here a two from yesterday. Whole plate, collodion, Dallmeyer 4B

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/DevRebPorch001.jpg

http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/DevPorch001.jpg

[jp]

This is a "redo" because I was never happy with the original scan and editing. I think I did better after a couple of years!


While she's easy on the eyes as a whole, I think the tones and position of the right hand combine together to be the nicest part of the image. Really really nice. Sort of like the rich B&W tone of "Migrant Mother" but without the grit.

[ypres.bass]

picture
woow, nice picture...
btw: i think, that originaly scan is better, but you are author...

[al olson]

Stephane beautiful as always. love it!
As to the scan line. Check the area of the scan glass where the scan starts. It's usually the place where is 'zeroes' out (background). If there is a spec of dust there it will make that the background across the whole scan.

[This is a repeat because I can't see my original. My apologies if you see a duplicate.]

If your scanner is a Microtek, these artifacts may be saved in the 'settings files'. Microtek's solution is to delete the settings files and let the software create new files when you set up the next scan. I can't seem to locate my downloaded instructions, but you can find them on the Microtek 'tech support' site under FAQs for 'striping'.

[Jiri Vasina]

Benedicte through a Nicola Perschied 480/4.5


Sorry for the scanning line, but I wont get a new scanner...

Fantastic portrait...

Jiri

[Bob Kerner]

My friend, Don, with one of his many stringed instruments. My first LF portrait scanned directly from the negative using an Epson V750

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5260/5401471165_c6bf15972b_b.jpg


Wisner 4x5, 210mm Fuji, TXP 320.

[HorvathMF]

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum, and I am looking for some honest critiques of my photography. Feedback is appreciated, thank you!

my blogsite is here http://horvathphotography.blogspot.com/



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19837368/Bri%202%20NoN.jpg

[Stephane]

Benedicte, through the French Eidoscope.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/5401183420_43dc3bf335_b.jpg

I will open the scanner in few days for a clean...

[DanK]

Benedicte, through the French Eidoscope.

I will open the scanner in few days for a clean...


Exceptional Image... Very Impressive...

Dan

[creep]

Hmm, sorry about this.. but at first i saw a plastic doll, took me some time to realize it actually was a real person, so i wonder about the emotional side of this image?

so you've gor it - the name of the session: "doll box". will share more in a day or two.

[Jim Galli]

Benedicte, through the French Eidoscope.

I will open the scanner in few days for a clean...

Have to say it again. Wow!

[Jim Cole]

Benedicte, through the French Eidoscope.

Stunning portrait of an absolutely stunning model! Bravo!

[Steve M Hostetter]

Stephane,

I like the last one but not to sure about the square catch lights in eyes

[Jerry Bodine]

Benedicte, through the French Eidoscope.

I think I've died and surely gone to Heaven, staring at an angel with jaw dropped. :eek:

[Stephane]

Sure, a beautiful subject helps for a nice portrait.


square catch lights in eyes
At least you know my lighting setup: one softbox and a bounce thingy.
Sorry for my loss of words, just coming back from a geology and wine evening (and the best wine was where I come from, so RamiroElena you can feel good too!)

[Stephane]

Through lyneisokope 480/6
See!! She got perfect skin! No need for some soft focus stuff really..
Yea, she is a doll, and said she will come back...
not for me though.. but for some outdoor pictures!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/5400583193_5864422bb1_b.jpg

[Stephane]

How rude! Forgot to say thanks... So thanks guys! And have a great evening!

Stephane

[Ramiro Elena]

Stephane,

I like the last one but not to sure about the square catch lights in eyes

I agree. I think I'd prefer a round light source :)

...WHAT!? you mean French wine is better than Spanish!!!? :D :D :D

[Mark Sawyer]

I don't mind the square; it echoes light from a window. One could always throw faux curtains and pane dividers over the soft box tho complete the illusion... Or round is nice too. Umbrella-shaped reflections are the bother me...

Regardless, it's a lovely portrait, Stephane!

[Stephane]

You know what? Lets meet, at least for an argument, then I'll go to France after...
I'll be happy no matter what, my gf will be with me, and we dont have a baby yet ;)

Bed time now for me (before lightning strikes me). Tomorrow, its business talk at work, so gotta be fresh...

[Ramiro Elena]

You know what? Lets meet, at least for an argument, then I'll go to France after...
I'll be happy no matter what, my gf will be with me, and we dont have a baby yet ;)


AHAHAHA yes, let's argue around bottles of French and Spanish wine :p

...and cheese (french)

[Stephane]

You got it!

Cheese? Whats that?

I guess you mean "fromage"...

[JamesFromSydney]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5407602656_cafd4cbb00_b.jpg

8x10 Arca Swiss F-line, 300mm Nikkor-M F/9, FP4+, bellows ext 445mm, exp -1 stop (f/11). Developed normal in D76 1+1, scanned on a v700.

Full size available on flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/xamesm/5407602656/)

(Critique welcome).

[Jerry Bodine]

Through lyneisokope 480/6
See!! She got perfect skin! No need for some soft focus stuff really..
Yea, she is a doll, and said she will come back...
not for me though.. but for some outdoor pictures!


The Eighth Wonder of the World ... UNBELIEVABLE!! No tatoos and ubiquitous hardware here. Maybe a cross (star) filter for the catchlights, nah that would smack of commercial as well as draw more attention to the button that I feel should be cropped.

[Steve M Hostetter]

I have one of those oval inserts for my softbox

[Tim Layton]

Andrew, I was thinking about buying the same setup you have, the Interfit SC655 kit for my studio collodion work. How do you like the setup, and would you recommend it?

[GSX4]

I would recommend the interfit kit. I am down to 4 second exposures with my dallmeyer 3b wide open using 2 SC655 heads using the octoboxes without the diffusers. They work very well.

[Tri Tran]

Jim, thanks for the great lens

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6021/marymask2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/marymask2.jpg/)

[Ray Bidegain]

a portrait in Platinum from last week.

Ray Bidegain

[Tri Tran]

a portrait in Platinum from last week.

Ray Bidegain

Great tone Ray, I like the deep black . Thanks for the prints. They are beautiful.

[C. D. Keth]

Why are we posting again in a 21 month old thread?