September Portraits

[Philippe Grunchec]

Kerik, your photo reminds me of Alfred Stieglitz' Ellen Koeniger at Lake George (1916): great shot(s)!

[bluenote]

Speed Graphic handheld with Kodak Tri-X 320, Metz CT 45, processed in ID11 for 10 min.

[George Kara]

Great shot. Beautiful vintage bike. Is that a Ducati Diana?

[chachahavana]

Wonderful picture Jim, lovely to see you and your grandson !

[Jiri Vasina]

Jana

My wife. She only rarely cooperates enough for me to take a photo of her (there is always something more important, or something preventing her from being the model...)

Chamonix 5×8″, Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 300mm, Zeiss Softar filter, 13×18cm, Fomapan 100, Rodinal.

Jiri

[Asher Kelman]

Speed Graphic handheld with Kodak Tri-X 320, Metz CT 45, processed in ID11 for 10 min.

Bluenight,

Splendid image of the rider and the bike. A question, the relatively even illumination and focus to the edges: is that a fashion that has crept in due to influence of 35 mm digital photography with obsession on lack of vignetting and pixel peeping for clairity to the last mm of the frame?

I see this a lot with modern LF, excluding the followers of Jim Galli and his lantern, $hitpipe and soft focus lenses. When did all this happen? After all, you could bring in the corners and edges in a few moments but you don't!

Asher

[cjbroadbent]

... is that a fashion that has crept in due to influence of 35 mm digital photography with obsession on lack of vignetting and pixel peeping for clairity to the last mm of the frame?...

I was taught that the camera should be invisible. "Shoot it [Large Format] like a Leica", "Keep camera-work out of the shot", "Don't intrude". That means stopping down and lots of light. Or rather, lots of modulated light. Because lighting is all there is left to create some mood.
This is done with 2 flash heads and lots of black paper on 5x7.

[goamules]

Thanks Nelson. The doorbell rang right in the middle of the 15 second exposure. I think I saw her blink, but she holds still very well.

[George Kara]

I was taught that the camera should be invisible. "Shoot it [Large Format] like a Leica", "Keep camera-work out of the shot", "Don't intrude". That means stopping down and lots of light. Or rather, lots of modulated light. Because lighting is all there is left to create some mood.
This is done with 2 flash heads and lots of black paper on 5x7.

Woah a chefs hat in the w/c?

[George Kara]

Jiri

Not speaking about the photo, but I love your wifes unique smile.