Beautiful work. Very impressed with the narrow depth of field and detail in these portraits. That 80mm Mamiya lens is razor sharp. My wife is always promoting less detail in my portraits. I say BS to her!
That day is not far that you will make photos without putting any thought to it, just like breathing.I still struggle with composition
And there’s the added advantage of distraction. When I shoot candid stuff on the street I like to use my Rollei baby or a Primo Jr. because the combination of waist-level and smaller size makes the camera almost invisible. And shooting Portra or HP5 in 127 format still gives a very high-res neg with room to crop.A camera with a waist-level finder does not hide the photographer's face, he or she can easily look up from the camera and better engage the subject. Same with large format.
And there’s the added advantage of distraction. When I shoot candid stuff on the street I like to use my Rollei baby or a Primo Jr. because the combination of waist-level and smaller size makes the camera almost invisible. And shooting Portra or HP5 in 127 format still gives a very high-res neg with room to crop.
Beautiful work. Very impressed with the narrow depth of field and detail in these portraits. That 80mm Mamiya lens is razor sharp. My wife is always promoting less detail in my portraits. I say BS to her!
That day is not far that you will make photos without putting any thought to it, just like breathing.
I wouldn't worry about your compositions. Looks very nice.
Are you familiar wit the photos of August Sander? early 1900s, Germany. Your portraits echo him in ways to me.
My pleasure Ulrik.
Not exactly from waist level, but intentionally from a bit lower, with room to breathe up top:
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And then, quite intentionally, from down below, and looking up:
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Yes, I see what you mean. What film is this you have used here? Looks really nice.
Really liked these.
One thing I noticed in a couple of them is an emphasis imposed by using a waist-level finder. I think the subject's knees in #2, and the subject's thighs in #3 seem slightly disproportionate. And in #7 ("Allan") the vantage point was also noticeably low. I am not saying the lower-than-expected camera angles are good or bad -- only that it's something I happened to notice. Perhaps it is because after decades of using a 35mm SLR at eye level, my mind has become prejudiced to favor the slightly higher viewpoint?
As a recent convert to shooting with a TLR, I find myself constantly struggling to get the camera a bit higher by standing on tip-toes. In my "studio" (really just the loft of an old barn), I keep a step ladder handy so I can compose and focus with the TLR on a tripod at eye-level.
I probably should try a pentaprism viewer. But I am presently enjoying the significant reduction in weight and size that resulted when I switched from a Mamiya C220 to my new Rolleicord V, so I am a little reluctant to take a step backwards in that respect. ;-)Try a pentaprism viewer. I use it a lot for my TLR shooting. They are heavy. I have a porro finder (mirror) also, but do not like it as much, but it is a lot lighter. Sport viewer is likely risky with portraits, especially given your concern for composition, but same weight as the waist level (for 80mm at least).
Great portraits. Love then idea.
The Rolliecord Vb is the only 'Cord model that accepts the Rollei prism. The E2, E3 and all Fs also take a prism.I will have to do some research to find out if Rollei even makes a prism finder that will fit my Rolleicord V.
Can anyone say, do Rollei prism viewfinders use the camera's existing focuing screen, or do they come with their own focusing screen?
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