June Portraits

[Mark Sampson]

Randy, that's the Avedon Stare in that portrait.

[Peter De Smidt]

It does look a bit like Avedon. Great work, Randy!

[Ari]

Getting more comfortable with the Petzval, but progress is slow. All work lately.
And overexposure is common. I really don't know what to do with 1/60s.
Still, I like these.
For Mark S.: these were both shot at f/11 (!).

[Mark Sawyer]

For Mark S.: these were both shot at f/11 (!).

Told ya so! Beautiful work! Watching with interest...

I think I want it back.

[Ari]

Told ya so! Beautiful work! Watching with interest...

I think I want it back.

Thanks, Mark.
And I think you must have a spare

[Ari]

Couple more, same day, f/11:

[Vogel]

Getting more comfortable with the Petzval, but progress is slow. All work lately.
And overexposure is common. I really don't know what to do with 1/60s.
Still, I like these.
For Mark S.: these were both shot at f/11 (!).

Very nice! This lens is very interesting. Smooth soft background!
What about the contrast? Do you have adjust the development of the film +1 or use higher contrast paper?

[Mark Sawyer]

Thanks, Mark.
And I think you must have a spare

I do. But you never know when you might need two.

Or three...

Or four...

[Ari]

Very nice! This lens is very interesting. Smooth soft background!
What about the contrast? Do you have adjust the development of the film +1 or use higher contrast paper?

Thank you, Mr Vogel.
I don't adjust film development, nor am I printing on paper. These are scanned on an Eversmart scanner then adjusted in Lightroom.
They were troublesome to scan and process because of overexposure (meter read f/11 at 1/60s, I probably achieved 1/8s owing to incompetence).

[ericantonio]

Getting more comfortable with the Petzval, but progress is slow. All work lately.
And overexposure is common. I really don't know what to do with 1/60s.
Still, I like these.
For Mark S.: these were both shot at f/11 (!).

Wonderful shots!