LF/ULF Portraits

[Dave Wooten]

Any portraits to share using LF/ULF,

Process?
Lens?
Paper etc.

Thanks

 

[Foto Ludens]

Well, I'm new to LF, but have one portrait in my gallery here. I'm just waiting for my 8x10 Foma 100 to arrive so I can shoot some more

 

[Aggie]

Dave, are you any good at portraits? Seems I have to step in front of a (grumble grumble grumble) camera to have a real picture taken. I would pay for the film gladly and (grumble grumble grumble) sit still for you. Might even let you use the Chinn camera to do it once it gets here.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

There's a recent thread on this over on the LF forum--

http://largeformatphotography.info/lfforum/topic/503996.html

 

[Foto Ludens]

I know this is not my thread, but thanks for the link David...

And BTW, I forgot that I have 2 LF portraits in my gallery (Peter Williams and my parents).

 

[Amund]

I have two 4x5 portraits in my gallery too, of my son.

 

[Monophoto]

I like the sharpness and precision of LF in portraits. The challenge, of course, is that LF is anythinb but spontaneous.

Here's an example.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

 

[Dave Wooten]

There's a recent thread on this over on the LF forum--

http://largeformatphotography.info/lfforum/topic/503996.html

Thanks Dave!

I will check it out...what does one do? Use a smaller format camera make a photograph of the ULF portrait then scan to put in gallery?

 

[removed account4]

hi dave

i love taking my speed graphic and a lumedyne flash out on some random location - business where people are doing "stuff" : police-dispatcher, auto mechanic, furniture repair guy, junk-man, coffee roaster, you name it ... i find it easy to be just a fly on the wall. i usually expose tmax 100 at about 30th at f16 and use the flash as a fill at about 50 or 100 ws. i also like doing random portrait stuff with either a soft focus lens on a 5x7 camera in my studio ( read cluttered basement these days ) or the same thing with paper negatives either shot on 5x7 or 8x10. unless they are taken outdoors, the paper negatives need about 1800ws of light ( 3 pops of 2 lights at 300ws ) to get a good enough exposure to either scan or print. i've an image in my gallery from a paper negative shot that way ...

when i get the courage i'll bring the 8x10 ( or probably the 5x7 ) to do location portraits but i know it won't be easy!
-john

 

[Dave Wooten]

John thanks for the paper neg lighting tip.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

8x10" prints are easy enough to scan on an ordinary flatbed, but if you want to put a ULF print in the gallery, it's probably easiest to photograph it with a digicam.

 

[Ray Bidegain]

I have been making portraits with an 8x10 camera since 1981, for me the good things about working in this format far out weigh some of the difficulty that many perceive go along with such a thing. Now that I am printing my work in platinum the large negative is a must, and my archive of old portrait negatives have had new life as platinum prints. If you would like to see a collection of my large format portraits they are on my site at Dead Link Removed I also have a collection of large format nudes on my other site Dead Link Removed

Ray Bidegain

 

[Dave Wooten]

Thanks for sharing Ray! Beautiful work.

Dave