safe haven for tiny formats

[tuco]

+1 on both scores, very nicely done.

I have one friend requesting a formal looking portrait shot on LF and learning to light for such a thing is on the agenda - eventually. I told him maybe by next fall.

One the easiest and most economical portrait lighting is it to hang some diffusion material over a large window, use a bounce reflector for fill and put the person close to it. You can meter that with a regular light meter and the reflector tends to give a natural fill ratio if close enough.

[tuco]

That 100/3.5 is my favorite Blad lens with the 60, great combo.

No doubt. I have the CB T* 60mm and it gets used a lot. I hear the CB 60mm is optically the same as the CFi with only housing features as the difference (and of course being much more affordable). Whereas the other CB lenses are different optically so that's why I got it. If not, it doesn't matter because my copy really does a nice job.

[jp]

self portrait. d300 with 12-24 at the 12ish range. Shooting a few interior photos of a new floor and decided a person would look good in that spot with the lighting the way it was.

[Frank Petronio]

A few Utah things:



I'm trying not to use the digital except for proofing, these are 35mm Portra 400 in a Leica M with the 35/2.5 VC lens, scanning with an old Minolta Dual Scan IV. Just the right texture to me.

[Frank Petronio]

And a young lady just to let you know I still shoot people. I was lucky enough to rebuy my favorite 85/1.4 for the F3, it is a great portrait combo.

[austin granger]

Portland


http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[jcoldslabs]

Damn, Austin. Your scans are SHARP!!!!!

Jonathan

[Ramiro Elena]

The hemorrhoid pic made my day Austin, actually the window did. Great find. Did you get all excited when you saw it? I do when it happens to me (not hemmorrhoids.)

[austin granger]

Damn, Austin. Your scans are SHARP!!!!!

Jonathan

That's funny Jonathan, I'm always thinking that my stuff looks soft! Have you seen Tuco's posts? Some of his medium format pictures look like large format contact prints, at least on my screen. I think he must be into some voodoo or something. Anyway, the picture above was from the Broadway Bridge. I'm thinking of hauling the big camera up there-my photographer sense was tingling.

[austin granger]

Oh, and great picture of your wife the other day. Really good. I'm inspired to try some portraits. I have four very interesting people (wife + three kids) around me every day and I hardly ever photograph them. It's inexcusable.