Use of X-ray film: technical discussion with example images

[premortho]

That is lovely, the pose, the lighting. And the subject (aka "the victim")

I'm not satisfied with the print yet but I'll get there. This is on 14x17 green x-ray film. Carbon transfer print. Voigtlander Portrait Euryscope Series 6 III. Hope to have a better print to share in the future.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

That is lovely, the pose, the lighting. And the subject (aka "the victim")

Thank you very much.

[Jeffrey Arthur]

Jim I think you have it once again. Marvelous.

[photoevangelist]

30" artar, soft box strobes, magical subjects. Here is another crappy pic of a finished print. Attachment 98117

I'm getting jealous. These are great portraits!

[photoevangelist]

Thanks Randy, its been quite a journey to get to this point. Here is another portraitAttachment 98152

Wow! Very interesting portrait.

[photoevangelist]

Someone please send me a 14x17 camera.... I'm dying here.....

[davidrcarls]

I built my own camera and its the size of a room (its my darkroom actually, so it pulls double duty). I stand inside and subject sits outside when I take these portraits. Its been quite a journey to get to this point, but its finally paying off. Although my portraits are starting to look a bit fomulaic, its for a purpose. I am putting together a typology of the human face, and hope to interest a gallery in showing these images someday. For now, I keep whacking away at it. If I fall down anywhere its in the printing. Although I am getting better at printing all the time, good printing is tough work. Here are some of the images I made in a 12 hour printing session, yesterday.

[Tin Can]

Very interesting. I am curious about the negative borders being skewed. Could you explain why that is? Not a complaint or criticism, just an observation. Perhaps you are doing extreme rear movements?

I built my own camera and its the size of a room (its my darkroom actually, so it pulls double duty). I stand inside and subject sits outside when I take these portraits. Its been quite a journey to get to this point, but its finally paying off. Although my portraits are starting to look a bit fomulaic, its for a purpose. I am putting together a typology of the human face, and hope to interest a gallery in showing these images someday. For now, I keep whacking away at it. If I fall down anywhere its in the printing. Although I am getting better at printing all the time, good printing is tough work. Here are some of the images I made in a 12 hour printing session, yesterday.

[davidrcarls]

That is an easy one to explain. These are raw prints from yesterday that have not been dry mounted (or even flattened). I just tacked them on the wall with some blue tape at the top. They are wicked curly!

Very interesting. I am curious about the negative borders being skewed. Could you explain why that is? Not a complaint or criticism, just an observation. Perhaps you are doing extreme rear movements?

[Tin Can]

Thanks! It was a mystery to me.

That is an easy one to explain. These are raw prints from yesterday that have not been dry mounted (or even flattened). I just tacked them on the wall with some blue tape at the top. They are wicked curly!