February 2011 Portraits

[Ash]

Three more 5x7's from today...

[Bob Kerner]

My godson. His dad is his guitar hero.

[dupont07]

Tested the Tessar 210 4.5 lens.

[Jim Galli]

So I bought a 4x5 contact frame on eBay last week. Seller said it had no glass, but that wasn't quite right. It arrived today with a 4x5 glass plate in place. Scanned it just now:

The plate's in pretty good shape, though the emulsion is just starting to lift at one edge. The photo is a time capsule - anyone able to date the cloths or decor?

A fun find.

I'm going to guess 1905-1910. High victorian was just starting to slip in that era. Wicker was very arts and crafts. I'll let others argue either side and not be much wrong I think.

[Frank Petronio]

Three more 5x7's from today...

You might not be able to take decent photos of your camera but you're redeeming yourself with these Ash. Photographing real people with their clothes on is hard.

[kedbro]

Snap of my roommate in our backyard.

[Jim C.]

So I bought a 4x5 contact frame on eBay last week. Seller said it had no glass, but that wasn't quite right. It arrived today with a 4x5 glass plate in place. Scanned it just now:
The plate's in pretty good shape, though the emulsion is just starting to lift at one edge. The photo is a time capsule - anyone able to date the cloths or decor?

A fun find.

A fun find indeed !
I love it when you get a bonus when purchasing old photographic equipment
I have a roll of ektachrome that was still loaded in a microscope camera
that's waiting to be developed, hopefully the dealer didn't open the camera back
and fog whatever was exposed.

[cdholden]

I'd say so! Not sure of the date, but I think the two little knobs on the plate to the right of the cabinet are for gaslights.

Have you considered the possibility that this might be the lost work of Ansel Adams?

Those could also just be dimmer switches for electric lights, with a brass plate instead of the same old boring beige.

[ImSoNegative]

A portrait of me by a friend of mine, first time using a field camera, shot with an old brass petzval on 4x5

[GhoSStrider]

The photo is a time capsule - anyone able to date the cloths or decor?

I talked to some friends who are into Civil War Reenacting and know a good deal about Victorian era garb. Their guess is somewhere 1910-1919, possibly a little earlier. Their clues are in the attire. Compared to earlier Victorian dress, these skirts are shorter, plainer and flatter and the sleeves are not as poofy.