September 2014 Portraits

[Peter_Jones]

I tried again to take photos in the Hollywood style. I got a longer lens, 21 inches, but I used a $60 Bausch & Lomb Extra Rapid Symmetrical lens, which was about 250mm, too wide for close up but I like the look. The 21 inch lens is too large for my IR blocking filter.

That is scary sharp ! She almost jumped out of my monitor !

[Bill Christian]

It is one of my few photos with both eyes mostly in focus. The camera is sharp when stopped down and more directly lighting since there is no AA, no micro lenses and no CFA. The photos was sharpened though.

Bill

That is scary sharp ! She almost jumped out of my monitor !

[Ari]

Still, the detail recorded is impressive, Bill; keep up the amazing work.

[VictoriaPerelet]

It is one of my few photos with both eyes mostly in focus. The camera is sharp when stopped down and more directly lighting since there is no AA, no micro lenses and no CFA. The photos was sharpened though.

Bill

Why your camera leaves only Adobe Photshop tags left in JPEG header? Joint development?

[Bill Christian]

The camera doesn't make EXIF tags yet. I need to set that up. But once it does it will say things like "Camera Maker: LargeSense
Camera Model: LS911".

I do my final edit in CS2 and save.

Bill

Why your camera leaves only Adobe Photshop tags left in JPEG header? Joint development?

[Bill Christian]

Ari,

Thanks!

Looking at this photo I feel that the IR effect makes the image look more detailed, as compared with the IR blocked one. The tungsten lights put out a lot of IR, so much that the model gets hot. But there was air conditioning for these photos.

Bill

Still, the detail recorded is impressive, Bill; keep up the amazing work.

[richardman]

No AA will make the image MUCH sharper, the dSLR makers know that. Bill, may I suggest the Roger Hicks book on "Hollywood Lighting"? Hollywood Lighting generally has deep shadow, softening glows, etc.

[richardman]

The non-IR blocking is great for skin blemishes as they don't show up. OTOH, have to watch out for the somewhat unnatural look of the lips etc.

[Bill Christian]

Hi Richard,

I noticed that her face was rather smooth. I didn't retouch that.

I'm thinking also the large pixels and the large format lens bring in more stress free detail. As compared to a small lens and small pixels. I bought a Japanese SF lens but it doesn't have the old style glow, and it's not soft, it just makes weird halos sometimes.

I have the book "Hollywood Portraits" do you mean that one? I'm not an expert yet on Hollywood lighting but I'm getting better.

Bill

No AA will make the image MUCH sharper, the dSLR makers know that. Bill, may I suggest the Roger Hicks book on "Hollywood Lighting"? Hollywood Lighting generally has deep shadow, softening glows, etc.

[lenser]

Bill, You may have been going for Jean Harlow, but you found Lon Chaney, Sr. Love the model and the set up of the scene, but that lighting is scary plus. The second image is lovely.

I tried again to take photos in the Hollywood style. I got a longer lens, 21 inches, but I used a $60 Bausch & Lomb Extra Rapid Symmetrical lens, which was about 250mm, too wide for close up but I like the look. The 21 inch lens is too large for my IR blocking filter.





Model: Corrie J
Camera: LargeSense LS911 Pre Production Camera
Large format digital camera (single shot sensor, size bigger than 8x10 inch)
Bausch & Lomb Extra Rapid Symmetrical 8x10 (about 250mm focal lenth)
Photo Taken: Sept. 11, 2014 Santa Clara, CA, USA
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