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Andy


This is another image of my friend, Andy.

This entry was posted Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 at 11:40 pm and is filed under Calumet 4x5. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

8 Responses to “Andy”

  1. photojunkie Says:
    February 22nd, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    I simply adore portarits like this. A man in his environment. Definitely something I need to work on.

  2. miles Says:
    February 22nd, 2006 at 3:19 pm

    Nice portrait man, again, I love the way he seems to be backlit, there’s a sort of luminosity around him, it creates more depth too. Do you design it this way when you take it or have you just been lucky with the available light?

  3. Rajiv Mathew Says:
    February 22nd, 2006 at 8:02 pm

    Superb work !!!

  4. Walker Says:
    February 22nd, 2006 at 11:35 pm

    Miles, we worked on the light a little in this shot. This is Andy’s room, and because there was no curtain, he put up a blanket. The neighbors leave their porch light on all night, so it was filling up his room with light when he would try to sleep.

    So the light was getting low, but it was streaming through the window when I pulled it back, and we decided to pin it up. (It’s been like that ever since, btw.) Originally the light was hitting his back and lighting his hair pretty strongly, but I moved him out of the light and put a reflector in place to bounce the light onto his face/front side.

    Almost every shot in this series is done with natural/window light. I’ve tried to be particular about how my light is bouncing when it’s possible. I love window light, especially on overcast days. And because I’ve been shooting with an ISO 25 film (Efke 25), that type of exposure can sometimes be as long as 15 seconds.

  5. miles Says:
    February 24th, 2006 at 12:20 pm

    wow, ISO 25, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen an ISO 25 film.

    Thanks for the explanation. I love available light, I just wish I could control it as well as you do here, the image has so much depth to it.

  6. Chris Says:
    February 25th, 2006 at 1:26 pm

    Fabulous shot. Very natural and the lighting is superb. Well done!

  7. gordon Boddington Says:
    March 2nd, 2006 at 5:10 pm

    there is something about the way he is looking at us. it is very interesting yet scary at the same time.

  8. afraidtosee Says:
    March 10th, 2006 at 11:46 am

    Thanks for sharing your technique with us on this photo. It’s a great portrait.. I once used a Calumet 4×5 camera myself.. I miss those days.

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