Portraits with TLR

[choiliefan]

Helmut Newton was another Rolleiflex portraitist.

 

[Pieter12]

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Notice that that camera was a gift to Avedon. He may never even have used it.

 

[cliveh]

And what a wonderful composition. Look how the wrist forms a space above the rectangle and the woman onthe right gazes into the perspective of the image. The seperate legs so beautifully positioned. Tonal graduations. Need I go on?

 

[Pieter12]

Helmut Newton was another Rolleiflex portraitist.
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Who is the subject of the portrait? The model? Helmut? Or most probably, June? Group portrait, although they are all in separate planes, occupied with different things...?

 

[Don_ih]

Who is the subject of the portrait?

Definitely Newton. The butt comes second.

 

[GregY]

Take note subject is sitting



Notice that the subject is elevated.

As the saying goes "a poor workman blames his tools".......

 

[RezaLoghme]

Helmut Newton was another Rolleiflex portraitist.
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Wikipedia: A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant.

 

[MattKing]

Portraits come in all sorts of flavours.
Queen Elizabeth II according to Cecil Beaton:

And Pablo Casals according to Yousuf Karsh:

I'm curious @RezaLoghme - how much experience do you have using a TLR? Does any of that experience include photographs of people?

 

[Arthurwg]

With any question like this, start first with the photographer ...

"It's not the ships, It's the men in them."

 

[Arthurwg]

Helmut Newton was another Rolleiflex portraitist.
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And he always wore a trench coat when shooting nudes.