November 2015 Portraits

[SergeiR]

I love your portraits. What is your technique to get the skin smooth. Is it just make up, or lens or is it post-processed? Hope you don't mind my asking.

Thank you. its a long discussion, but basically its light (use of fill , never have harsh side lights to accentuate pores) + lens (some are hazy, some are actually soft, some i just got to play with apperture) + fact that X-ray is way softer than your typical film (annoys some people, but it works fine for what i use it for). Then if i see something i absolutely must dodge/burn or throw texture screen at - i will do it.

[ImSoNegative]

salt print 8x10, still damp so i took a crappy phone picture of it, it actually turned out pretty good.

8x10 salt print (not a scan but a crappy cell phone picture of one) by john golden, on Flickr

[SergeiR]

8x10, xray, Gundlach Radar (i didnt have any other lens except for 165mm/6.8 angulon that day )

2015-11-19-0001www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

PS: for those who curious on color representation - she is redhead. tree next to her is one of those greens with needles and blue/black kind of berries thing. Name in english eludes me for the moment.

[BrianShaw]

salt print 8x10, still damp so i took a crappy phone picture of it, it actually turned out pretty good.

Yes it did! When dried was it darker?

[ImSoNegative]

Yes Brian it did dry a bit darker. My flash went off when I took this that another reason it looks lighter than it actually is

[ckagy]

8x10, xray, Gundlach Radar (i didnt have any other lens except for 165mm/6.8 angulon that day )

2015-11-19-0001www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

PS: for those who curious on color representation - she is redhead. tree next to her is one of those greens with needles and blue/black kind of berries thing. Name in english eludes me for the moment.

Could be a Juniper of some sort?

Fabulous shot, as always, Sergei.

[macolive]

Thank you. its a long discussion, but basically its light (use of fill , never have harsh side lights to accentuate pores) + lens (some are hazy, some are actually soft, some i just got to play with apperture) + fact that X-ray is way softer than your typical film (annoys some people, but it works fine for what i use it for). Then if i see something i absolutely must dodge/burn or throw texture screen at - i will do it.

Thanks so much! That is just amazing!

[Pali K]

Wow Sergei! The recent images from you are super intense. I love the story you tell in your portraits.

Pali

[Jiri Vasina]

8x10, xray, Gundlach Radar (i didnt have any other lens except for 165mm/6.8 angulon that day )

2015-11-19-0001www by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

PS: for those who curious on color representation - she is redhead. tree next to her is one of those greens with needles and blue/black kind of berries thing. Name in english eludes me for the moment.

That is fantastic, Sergei.

[Scott --]

img432b by Scott, on Flickr

4x5 Arista in Adonal 1:100