yes, his face does! A bit of white point adjustment would probably make him pop some more :)Quote:
Originally Posted by domenico Foschi
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yes, his face does! A bit of white point adjustment would probably make him pop some more :)Quote:
Originally Posted by domenico Foschi
Like it Domenico...just as it is.
No pop needed for me. That's just plain gorgeous Domenico.
Kirk, Just extremely bright and hot as Tombstone can be. The light kicking up from the bottom was from the wooden board walk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirk Keyes
This is mighty fine and I agree that his face is one of potential.Quote:
Originally Posted by domenico Foschi
While not a single portrait, this is one from about a year ago while in the Philippine Islands. I just love these people...so warm and friendly.
4X5 with 180 Nikkor W. 160 S film
Domenico,
That's a beautiful picture, almost like a drawing. Strong three dimensional feeling. Can share your techniques like lighting and printing here a little bit?
We are still waiting for your words on models for our next shoot.
Thanks.
Hugo
Hopefully Tom won't mind me posting his portrait. This is Tom Perkins. We were working together inside the old Kelly Machine buildings. I had a 24" Petzval on the 7X11 camera and noticed the light on him. I suppose I could crop a bit but I like the vacant surround of the place.
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/TPs.jpg
Tom Perkins
First things first, thank you all for the comments.
Hugo, to answer your question.
Since I have been using Arista Edu Ultra and HC110 a world of possibilities has been opening up to me.
Also, I have started to use N- development where "it shouldn't" be used.
The lighting was all natural.
The main light source was given by the sun reflected by a building and the highlights contouring his hairline where coming from a wall close by.
If I had given N development the highlights would have still been manageable but not as delicate as they are in the image.
Plus, now I am printing with a lot of midtones and shadow and I am avoiding very light tones like the plague, I want the viewer to be swallowed slowly in the image.
In the printing, I expose first with a very low grade, from 1/2 to 1 1/2 and then I add "body" to the image kicking some 4 to 5 bust.
At times I also flash the paper if I see I need some more smoothness.
I also give a soft exposure dodging the face very diffused in order to burn the background and I burn the lower side of the image with the same grade with a black cardboard attached to the lens in order to have a very diffused burn.
This is a lucky negative since it is sharp in the right places.
It was shot with my Dallmeyer Petzval wide open and it is very sharp in the eyes(one more than the other) and the mouth is very crisp.
This, plus the angular characteristic of the face and the gorgeous light have contributed to the three dimensional effect that you mention.
Thank you for sharing you secrets with us, Domenico. I tried A.U.E./Fomapan 200 with HC-110 recently and I like the tones, too.