[pure-silver] Re: Aha! Scan This....
- From: "RobC" <forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:25:07 +0000
bravo uncle dick,
now tell us, did you plant pikes in the ground and impale the throng upon them
so that none could move a muscle during the exposure.
did you monograph the results "Stein the Impaler" ?
At 04/02/2007 09:07 +0900, you wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
> Actually, the tag line should have read Aha, Scan This Ya Bastids but I
> didn't know if there were any weak hearts amongst the readership so I decided
> to let you in easy. I normally nver descend into vulgarity ( Preferring to
> let it rise to my level....) but in this case I am feeling pretty chuffed
> with myself.
>
> The reason is simple. Pure Silver rules again. Uncle Dick has done what
> no man has done before - he has managed to capture all of his social cub in
> an annual group portrait with every face evenly illuminated and no motion
> blurs. The frame is filled and no-one is making indian feathers with teir
> fingers above anyone else's head. It is a triumph of the art. The art of
> herding cats.
>
> I can thoroughly reccommend an Amphoto book on group portraiture - once
> past the family and wedding groups it has real practical advice on lighting
> and camera position. I used the technique of a camera on a tall tripod
> looking down on the rows of subjects with a very small tilt of the front
> standard ( Try THAT on your Canon 10D, Deadly Rival! Hah!) and all the faces
> are good. As the portrait is in full shade we boosted it with two monobloc
> flashes. I meant two light stands, a tripod and a ladder plus extension cords
> and plugpads and I used the old trick of "We Count to Three" and then shot on
> two.
>
> The real success was the film choice . 4 x 5 HP5 developed in Rodinal
> 1:25. Then printed on a big slab of Ilford MG at grade 1 3/4. I chose the
> standard print size of 9 1/4 inches by 16 inches and I made sure that all
> four corners of the print are different. The man down at Custom Framing sends
> me a valentine each year.
>
> Uncle Dick
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