Andy
by Walker Pickering
This is another image of my friend, Andy.
Recent photographs by Walker Pickering
Published: February 21, 2006
Filed Under: Large Format
This is another image of my friend, Andy.
I simply adore portarits like this. A man in his environment. Definitely something I need to work on.
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?
Superb work !!!
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.
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.
Fabulous shot. Very natural and the lighting is superb. Well done!
there is something about the way he is looking at us. it is very interesting yet scary at the same time.
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.