Portraits July 2019

[Laurent L]

Thanks a lot for this rich and documented feedback Cowanw, your commentary makes me watch my photo in a new light. Thanks Tuco for your nice feedback too, these two girls were great models and were working for real and froze at my command only for a minutes to let me load the holder, this is why they are not too stiff, there were plenty alive twenty seconds before and after the shot.

In the end, beyond all the technical and esthetics behind the photo, I start to understand that large format portrait more than any other photography involves a real teamwork.

This kind of "magic" only happens when we find people willing to undergo the stress of modeling while having fun at the same time. My models for this photo really deserve a nice print 'cause they were great at this !

[Dutchfoto]

Some of my wetplate "Stuff" I did the last 4 weeks.
I shoot mainly portraits & fabricate my own collodion, dev en fix solutions.

I mainly use 3 lenses which are the dallmeyer 3b, the Voightlander 30cm f/3.5 & f/4.5 Heliar versions.

These were all shot with the quickest Collodion solution called "Old Dead Bride, Broncolor Pulso 3200 watt/s (1 pop) & the famous Dallmeyer 3b Patent Portrait lens

[kilimanjaro1996]

Wow, and wow. Not only your technique is excellent, you found some of the best wetplate type of faces!

[Vogel]

Really inspiring!

[Vogel]

Very inspiring!

I've been thinking about it for a few days, and in the end, even if I lack self confidence, I want to show some of my latest photos.

So here we go : A young girl having a private lesson with a home teacher who happens to ask me to make some photos for her website. They were both so cute in this warm french summer that I asked them if I could use one of my view camera to take a photo of this moment. I was to lazy to carry around my Sinar P2 8x10 so I decided to grab my Sinar P 5x7. Turned pretty good to me, so here we go :



Sinar P 5x7
Apo Ronar 360 at F16
HP5 5x7
Ilfotec HC 1+47
Scan V700

[tonyowen]

These were all shot with the quickest Collodion solution called "Old Dead Bride, Broncolor Pulso 3200 watt/s (1 pop) & the famous Dallmeyer 3b Patent Portrait lens[/IMG]

Any reason why some of the images are reversed - based on wording that can be seen?
Regards
Tony

[paulbarden]

Any reason why some of the images are reversed - based on wording that can be seen?
Regards
Tony

Tony,
with the wet plate process, ALL images are reversed because you are viewing the direct positive image as the camera sees it.

[Laurent L]

Thanks Vogel, this forum is to me my greatest source of inspiration, so if my photo gave you some ideas, it means a lot to me, Thanks a lot !

[alexvaras]

Hi all,

Voigtlander Bergueil 10x15 with a 9x12 adapter, Heliar 18cm f/4.5, soviet 9x12 outdated dry plate, rated ASA 5, 1/4 seconds @f/8, D-76 1:1 3min @20 degrees.


Anton.

Thank you for looking,
Alex

[Tin Can]

Like!

How old was plate?