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Just wanted to share some photos from yesterday`s Retro Ad shoot I did with a model who jumped at the chance to do my last minute shoot based on the 1946 Ernst Leitz NYC Leica IIIC sales brochure, it was last minute while I sold the IIIC to Ca. last week and now the Summitar and the General`s Hektor and Viooh finder will also go West in a Canon IIF 2 w/rapidwinder camera trade

The shoot was great fun, Angela Lynne drove 3 hours to work with me (bless her!) and had her hair styled just right and makeup all done, she wore a vintage babydoll nightie in bare feet as we shot across the street from the apartments in the "doctors" front lawn

I`ll be adding more photos here from the session as I go along, we shot work in 3 different media`s, digital, blk n wht real film (loaded in my "Half Race" IIIC with the f1.5 Canon) and color crossprocessed slide in my Canon F-1

Enjoy! :)

Tom

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Tom,
Great idea and I very much like the result!

Looking forward to seeing more from that session.

Best regards,
Uwe
 
The new picture is a bit more contrasty, but that may be because the 1946 one would have been screened and then printed on paper with ink. Fine work.
 
Excellent picture. I like your idea and Angela is just perfect for the job. I'm looking forward to the other pictures of the session.
 
I think the original might be a studio shot. The tree without leaves doesn't match the summer dress of the woman, but looks like a studio prop. And the reflection in the lens and the eyes suggests a single big light source. That light source could be the sun, but is a lot different from the much more complex reflections in the lens and eyes on the new picture.

Wim

edit: forgot to add: very well done!
 
The 1947 shot is definitely a studio shot.

I like the remake. Might be a bit more 1950s shot, though. :)
Love the idea!
 
Thanks to everyone who`s stopped by.....and hi Leo!
How was the vacation? I`ll give you a buzz soon

I can`t wait to see what the Color crossprocessing slide will do, it`s the FIRST time that I ever shot it with my Canon F-1
(I always shot it with my M6 - but now she`s Leo`s baby now)

...maybe I should be really daring and put a roll of "CP" through the IIIC K with the original uncoated lens? - now thats an idea :)

Tom

PS: Angela`s hair really is 1940`s you just can`t see it in this angle, but she has like double curls on the top of her head in the front - I really dig the reflections in the front of the Summitar lens, it`s a beauty "wartime" but postwar coated, it`s got such a beautiful blue glow to it, in color pictures.....
 
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Old vs recent version ?

Old vs recent version ?

The new one is a nice picture but it gives the most important role to the girl as it shows bigger eyes and ... less from the camera ! I prefer the old version, the old time showing more respect to the Leica....
I hope not too many feminists will feel I am too much macho....:D :D
 
Tom, very nice, great concept. I, too, like the reflection from the lens, and being a big Summitar fan... (and pretty females with cameras) can't wait to see the rest of the shots.
 
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The new one is a nice picture but it gives the most important role to the girl as it shows bigger eyes and ... less from the camera ! I prefer the old version, the old time showing more respect to the Leica....
I hope not too many feminists will feel I am too much macho....:D :D
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Well, I guess I always have to have a negative one in the bunch..... :p

(I guess I could have had her turn the camera down a bit, but we were in a rush to finish before it would rain, I think that it was all about being faithful to the original really - and I never saw anyone else TRY to reproduce it)

Tom
 
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