Share an analogue self portret

[Poisson Du Jour]

Bethe,
If you shot into a mirror, why is the image not reversed left to right? Or did you do a flip around in PS somehow (don't even know if that's possible since I'm fairly ignorant in PS)?

No Photoshopping that I can see. Tripod mounted camera in front, self timer and ... bingo! A winning portrait indeed.

 

[pdeeh]

It's one of those special mirrors that doesn't reverse lettering I expect.

 

[polyglot]

Yep. They cause special negatives that go upside-down in the enlarger.

 

[darkosaric]

Here is mine. Nothing special, but I don't have any other.
Taken with Rolleiflex couple of years ago.

 

[summicron1]

We have a mirrored door in the center of town that I stop at every now and then and do a selfie...in Ogden, Utah. Over the years I've noticed that this mirror makes my beard look grayer, but I'm sure that's an illusion.

taken with Olympus XA.

 

[winger]

Bethe,
If you shot into a mirror, why is the image not reversed left to right? Or did you do a flip around in PS somehow (don't even know if that's possible since I'm fairly ignorant in PS)?

Shhh, yes it's flipped in PS (or maybe the neg was scanned backwards, I don't remember).

 

[removed account4]

With due respect, look in the mirror, as the camera is doing, and tell me everything is not reversed. If not corrected in PS somehow, then maybe scanned reversed. Nevertheless, still "a winning portrait."

hi silveror0

even though bethe explained what she did
a reversed means absolutely nothing

the negative could easily be "flipped" + "printed" ...
the only things that can't be flopped and printed are tintypes + ferrotypes
but ambrotypes, dry plates, film, paper negatives and all their 19th + 20th century cousins can

 

[I.G.I.]

Posted this recently on another thread: impromptu self-portrait from end of June 2013 on my birthday (scanned negative, Fuji Pro 160)

 

[pbromaghin]

Having little interest in my own image, here's the closest I can come to a self portret. I set the camera up and a hotel maid tripped the remote release. I'm the short guy on the right, next to my wife, then her sister and sister's husband. In Paso Robles, CA in early 2010. Zeiss 521/16, probably with Delta 100.

 

[bsdunek]

We have a mirrored door in the center of town that I stop at every now and then and do a selfie...in Ogden, Utah. Over the years I've noticed that this mirror makes my beard look grayer, but I'm sure that's an illusion. View attachment 71790

taken with Olympus XA.

The one in my bathroom is doing the same thing, plus, making my skin look wrinkled. I think they're defective.

 

[Vaughn]

Two Minutes in the Life of a Photographer
Yosemite National Park
Scanned carbon print from an 8x10 negative

PS -- the image is "flipped", or reversed or whatever in the printing process (single transfer carbon).

PS#2 -- and my avatar is taken with a pinhole camera about 8" from my face (using litho film in a 250 sheet box of photo paper), and then printed as a cyanotype.

 

[TheToadMen]

I made today a Polaroid transfer. I used new film from the Impossible Project with a Polaroid 636 camera.
The Impossible film is very suitable for an image lift. Here are two simple shots from my iphone during the process. I'll scan the image later when fully dried.

1) the film layer floating in hot water (in yellow tray):


2) the final image transferred to aquarel paper (still wet):

(I'm holding a Leica R7 with 50 Summicron lens, loaded with Fuji NPH400)

 

[shutterboy]

I gave it to my ex when we split up and I think he passed it to his sister (which is fine with me, hope she uses it). I still have all the others in the shot plus a few.

You gave your ex a camera when you split up? :confused: I would seriously now consider having a relationship with you.

 

[winger]

You gave your ex a camera when you split up? :confused: I would seriously now consider having a relationship with you.

Well, there's no dearth of cameras in my house and I wasn't that enamoured of that camera. My ex is a good guy and I was hoping he'd stick with film. He has a decent eye and did fairly well with another camera he borrowed occasionally. Unfortunately, a friend of his switched him to the other side and he now shoots a Canon dSLR (and called me to ask for lens advice before taking it on his honeymoon with his second wife). Oh, and I'm married again, too (5 1/2 years now).

 

[StoneNYC]

Well, there's no dearth of cameras in my house and I wasn't that enamoured of that camera. My ex is a good guy and I was hoping he'd stick with film. He has a decent eye and did fairly well with another camera he borrowed occasionally. Unfortunately, a friend of his switched him to the other side and he now shoots a Canon dSLR (and called me to ask for lens advice before taking it on his honeymoon with his second wife). Oh, and I'm married again, too (5 1/2 years now).

Hahahhaaha this reads as if you dumped him once he went digital hahahaha!

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Hahahhaaha this reads as if you dumped him once he went digital hahahaha!

Well, that's understandable, "irreconcileable differences" and all.

 

[shutterboy]

Oh, and I'm married again, too (5 1/2 years now).

There goes my chance of getting a camera

But seriously, I hope you never have to face a split again. It sucks. And as you get older, it sucks more.

 

[winger]

There goes my chance of getting a camera

But seriously, I hope you never have to face a split again. It sucks. And as you get older, it sucks more.

This one is to my college sweetheart and we likely should have gotten married soon after college, but didn't. Though I can say I've done my career thing, made a difference, etc… and am more ready to settle down now than I was then. I can definitely say it will be my last marriage and it dang well better last.

Sorry to not be able to give you a camera, though.

OK! - Back to topic - anyone else got a good film SP? I need to work on a new one.

 

[daleeman]

Just wandered upon this thread today. Heading out to Photostock for the first time. I will put a self portrait on my list to capture.
Dang glad we do not have to call them selfies here.

 

[TheToadMen]

Just wandered upon this thread today. Heading out to Photostock for the first time. I will put a self portrait on my list to capture.
Dang glad we do not have to call them selfies here.

What's that: "selfies" ????

BTW: did you know that "selfies" are actually a plot from head lice to take over the (heads of) the world??
And they're rather successful too.

 

[AgX]

What's that: "selfies" ????

I guess you are not that far off with that question:
it is only about three months ago that I first came across that term.

 

[TheToadMen]

I guess you are not that far off with that question:
it is only about three months ago that I first came across that term.

I don't get the fuss: all my images are selfmade ... and analogue as well !!

Here's my latest, holding my "new" Leica R7 loaded with Fuji NPH400, photographing the photographer:

( Polaroid 636 camera, expired Impossible B&W film, test with lift & transfer onto aquarel paper, quick snapshot made with iPhone while lift was still wet)

 

[Toffle]

Just wandered upon this thread today. Heading out to Photostock for the first time. I will put a self portrait on my list to capture.
Dang glad we do not have to call them selfies here.

Looking forward to meeting you.

 

[jcc]

From a little backyard experiment.

 

[TheToadMen]

View attachment 89417

From a little backyard experiment.

using an analogue flash !!