[pure-silver] Re: portraits for a book
- From: "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:17:55 -0400
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
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From: shannon stoney <sstoney@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: portraits for a book
>Are you using 4x5 or med format? The Fuji film is only available in special
>quickloads in 4x5. Tri-X would probably make a good film for manly looking
>men if you wanted a lot of facial texture.
I think I will be using mainly my 4x5 camera, and the subjects will
be mostly men, older men actually.
--shannon
Have a look at the work of Karsh, the famous Canadian portrait photographer.
There are several things to be learned from his work. First, he studied
classical painting. I believe this influenced his posing and lighting to a very
great degree. This is especially notable in his color work.
If you compare his portraits of men to those of women you will see a
definite difference in "look" beyond lighting. I am pretty sure he used
orthochromatic film for men and pan film for women. Also, there have always been
very long toe films like the current Tri-X sheet film intended for protrait use.
They tend to exagerate highlights and textures. Ortho film tends to exagerate
variations in skin tones so was popular for male "character" portraits, not what
you want for a flattering look. There is no longer any ortho film made for
pictorial purposes but the effect can be approximated by using a cyan filter.
However, the long toe characteristic of Tri-X will give you enough of this
effect anyway. For women I suggest 400 T-Max. To my eye it has a "creamy" look
in the mid tones which is very flattering. Experiment with these two films. its
easy with sheet film to shoot nearly identical scenes on each film.
Richard Knoppow
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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