Starting a Portrait thread from small format cameras. Here is one to kick off the thread.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2%20800LFF.jpg
Nikon 1 S1, b&w conversion in Aperture
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Starting a Portrait thread from small format cameras. Here is one to kick off the thread.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2%20800LFF.jpg
Nikon 1 S1, b&w conversion in Aperture
I got lots of that. Here's one:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/...3f1f8a87_z.jpg
Leica M4/ 90mm Elmar / Tri-X / D76
We shot this at night, after dark. The subject, an author, wanted an early morning, sunlit, casual, friendly and inviting look.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...ps413e5a3f.jpg
Totally convincing!
I literally had about 3 mins to shoot this as she was checking out of a resort and before she got in a cab for the airport. So, the plan went bye-bye and I grabbed what I could in the time available. One light and a prayer...
Please feel free to critique any and all of my photos so I can get get better.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...psd72259ba.jpg
These were shot with a D300, then heavily post processed. All were first converted to B&W then colorized with Corel Painter, along with other assorted tricks and mischief with PS and Topaz
Main camera left 8" Fresnel (strobe), fill (in the wrong place due to space) even further camera left 8' octabox, hair/kickers 2- 5' strip boxes high camera right and directly behind subject
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7555/...c29e8e4c_b.jpg
fill flash from speedlight on flipflash bracket
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2809/...3abe4f0e_b.jpg
4" Phillips Fresnel Hotlights for main and kick, fill is D800 set to auto fill with yellow topped Fong tupperware contraption to convert to tungsten (or close)
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/...6933cb01_b.jpg
Same as above
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8525/...98b7d1ac_b.jpg
@ David Labota above.
Wow! That is an amazing image from a compact camera. No blown highlights in the windows, nice tonal gradation, I seriously thought this was medium format film when I first saw it..
Based on the very misleading title of this thread, I was going to post some 16mm and Minox but I think I'm in the wrong place. Do we really need another digital photography thread? Are there not thousands of places on the internet to see that stuff?
I'd say you're very welcome to post your film-based small format shots. And I for one do like that there are two or three places where digital pictures can be posted on here. It gives me some insight into how the LF photographers here work on smaller formats. Besides, if anything non-LF can be posted here, then that could be a point of debate as well as there are thousands of places online where these things could be posted and yet, the smaller format threads are quite popular. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I enjoy them.
Now back on-topic, I'd suggest.This was shot about a decade ago. On film...
http://koraks.nl/galleries/portraits...shica%2024.jpg
If we're talking about digital, too, which I didn't realize, here's
another. This was actually a test shot for a 4x5 shoot, but I
preferred this one from all of them. Nikon D300, micro-Nikkor:
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/...4e4a71a7_z.jpg
Stefan Hersh
by Michael Darnton, on Flickr
Another rush diagram.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...ps0148f6ab.jpg
As always, please feel encouraged to offer constructive critique. :)
I always shoot digital first. Below is the digital which makes the subject look 10 years younger. He likes this one for promotional purposes.
Here is the LF 4X5 version. Posted in LF portraits earlier today. The film is being printed at Costco and as a fiber print.
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Rolleiflex 2.8E, Ektar 100.
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Rolleiflex 2.8E, Ektar 100.
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Rolleiflex 2.8E, Ilford Delta 400 in Pyrocat HD.
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Rolleiflex 2.8E, Ilford Delta 400 in Pyrocat HD.
The mirrored sunlight was soooo bright that the models eyes are closed behind the sunglasses.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...psf265bde0.jpg
I used a polarizer on this and I think I lost a lot of great highlights because of it. I would not use a polarizer next time, just to see if I got a nicer sheen on her coat.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...ps71ce4a93.jpg
Most of my stuff has been shot on digital and if these diagrams are offensive I can stop posting them; I don't want to piss anyone off. I just thought it could be useful to someone.
Please tell me if I should stop.
As always critiques are welcome.
Some Astia from my Bronica ETRSi with Macro 100mm f/4 developed at home.
http://www.bartkophoto.com/Selah3/Selah_Astia_0008.jpg
http://www.bartkophoto.com/Selah3/Selah_Astia_0012.jpg
Some recent D3 work with the same girl.
http://www.bartkophoto.com/Selah3/Selah_0039.jpg
http://www.bartkophoto.com/Selah2/Selah_0038.jpg
Rolleiflex E2, planar 75mm, f3.5, stopped down a bit
http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/...614b6b6ad3.jpg
beautiful, but hardly tiny...
Thanks! I interpreted tiny format as "not sheet film". Or we're you referring to something else? I can get lost in the texture of her top.
Okay, here is tiny:
http://i1029.photobucket.com/albums/...f59a4a2013.jpg
Great portrait Frank. I'm always astonished just how good the Rolleiflex is. I have a '58 Rolleiflex T that is my go-to non LF camera. It goes everywhere & does everything pretty darn well. Beautiful image in every respect.
Thank you, Greg!
Canon 50/1.4 LTM:
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8617/...9f1b7cd3_b.jpg
Here's something a bit different. Paper negative selfies. Pre-flashed grade 2 RC paper cut to ~65mm x 35mm size, taped to pressure plate of old Minolta X700, set to aperture priority mode, ISO 25 with +2 stops exposure compensation dialed in, for effective ISO of 6. Lens set to f/4, camera determines the shutter speed, which was around 2 seconds. Developed in dilute paper developer, taped to inside wall of 2-reel stainless tank, rotary processed on its side using about 85ml of chemistry.
~Joe
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8630/...a553008b_z.jpg
Joe_Selfie002a by jvcabacus, on Flickr
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Hip shot of our beagle hoping something will fall from the dinner table.
My contribution to the thread. After getting a book with work from the old Hollywood photographer, Clarence Bull, I was inspired to try his style on a buddies daughter.
Pentax 67, 165/4 LS, 100TMX
Too many to list here. Have hundreds of them. Social documentary photography is my specialty.
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nsfw
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Here's the first photo from my new studio space:
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps9b230cf3.jpg
http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps478a402c.jpg
Two great images, Peter, in all aspects.
I use to - really often - test recent acquired old gear with my relatives, family members, anybody who's around and I can work with to get the shot done.
Like a lot of people here, what could we do without having a wife around the house?
Denise, testing a recent CLA'ded Rollei Planar HFT 1.8/50mm...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7529/...79b10520_c.jpgBW-6805PES_2014 by Renato__ Salles, on Flickr
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7469/...9904ac9b_c.jpg6812PES_2014 by Renato__ Salles, on Flickr
Renato
I appreciate the supportive comments. Thanks! Janice helped me move some stuff into the studio, and she was kind enough to let me take some shots sans makeup. It's a small room, but it's such a relief to have a dedicated space. It's in an art gallery. They have a number of small rooms upstairs that artists can rent. Mine is about 17 feet long and 12 foot wide on the big end, with a 10 foot ceiling. The camera end narrows to 7.5 feet. The walls are light gray. I painted the background wall with a couple of shades of gray using the Woolie, a faux finishing tool.
While I used digital today, the plan is to move to my recently acquired Fuji GX680; and the long term goal is to get my Century No. 9 8x10 studio camera up-and-running. I've seen some very good work here with xray film, and using that would make 8x10 portraiture affordable for me.
Thanks, Tuco!
a couple of older pix
I think this was with a Mamiya 6
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