[pure-silver] Re: portraits for a book
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:38:01 -0700
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From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 7:17 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: portraits for a book
> Articles on portaiture usually recommend the use of a
> green filter for male
> portraits not just "character" studies. Tiffen suggests
> the use of a #13 green
> filter for photographs made with tungsten illumination
> particluarly male
> portraits.
>
> Since you will be using 4x5 then Tri-X is probably the
> best choice since grain
> is no longer a factor for this larger format and you have
> the advantage of this
> films characteristic curve.
>
> Jerry
>
The reduction of red by the green filter will provide
something of the effect of orthochromatic film. An X-1 or
No.11 filter can also be used to obtain approximately
visually correct tonal rendition of color values with most
panchromatic films in tungsten light. Light green filters
are also recommended for outdoor portraits where it is
desired to darken the sky because they produce this effect
without washing out skin tones as a Yellow filter often
does. OTOH, a Yellow filter can be used to reduce the
visibility of skin blemishes.
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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