December Portraits

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Originally Posted by r.e.

This is a significant issue among street photographers. There are three problems, the first having to do with ethics and propriety, especially when money changes hands, the second being that these photographs are easy to do and a dime a dozen, and the third being an absence, except in the context of a thought-out documentary project, of any apparent aesthetic or even political purpose. Experienced street photographers won't do them; just check out the street photography fora on the internet, where this kind of thing is looked on with disdain. What's a little different about this one is that the subject's decision to hold up the dollar bill can be construed as giving the finger to the photographer. Just look at the expression on his face.

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Troubling, because of some personal mutual respect issues, but I agree with everything you said. Even worse, you said it well. Thanks.

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/img005a.jpg
Sinar P, 250mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, Pyrocat HD

Two recent images...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/...fb9c470d47.jpg
B&J Rembrandt Portrait Camera Model II 5x7
Artists Special Symmetrical f6.8, 12.5" lens
(a no-name extra rapid rectilinear lens, but
its become one of my favorite lenses.)
Ilford HP5 Plus / Rodinal 1+50.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2674/...3a51880f5f.jpg
Deardorff 8x10 using a 5x7 reducing back
Caltar-S II 360/6.8
Ilford HP5 Plus / Rodinal 1+50.

My three boys with the Three brothers in the background

Along the Merced River, Yosemite National Park

f64 @ 1/4 second, with yellow filter

Scanned 8x10 neg, Tri-x, developed in Ilford Universal PQ developer, 1:9, 70 degrees, 9 minutes

Taken November 22, 2010, developed tonight

Fairly straight scan

Wow! An image from the future!

Nice one.

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Originally Posted by jon.oman

Wow! An image from the future!

Nice one.

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He must be a fan of the Twilght Zone. Either that or he's so far ahead of the rest of us he must use a special calendar. :D

"Wow! An image from the future!"

It's comforting to know that film will be available in the future !

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Originally Posted by Ken Lee

Sinar P, 250mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, Pyrocat HD

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I just love this photo. I keep going back to it over and over. What I see in her face is all coming from the inside, and those are the kids I love best.

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Originally Posted by Monty McCutchen

I'll throw in a couple of shots of my daughter. From a series on 'before she turns 10'. I travel quite a bit and so we (she and I) have agreed we will try to get one session in per trip home before early January when she turns ten.

Both 20 x 24 Wet Plate collodion Dallmeyer 30" Rapid Rectilinear shot wide open @ f8. Exposures were 95 seconds on the indoor available window light shot and 30 seconds on the outdoor heavy overcast shot.

Hope you enjoy,

Monty

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Beautiful images, Monty. I can only imagine what they look like in real life.

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Originally Posted by Jim Galli

I just love this photo. I keep going back to it over and over. What I see in her face is all coming from the inside, and those are the kids I love best.

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Thanks Maestro - We have you to thank for the stylistic inspiration and technical know-how.