Graduation portraits with M8

[Epimetheus]

I hate taking formal portraits but I couldn't resist when a relative asked me to do a favour.

I had one hour to shoot and temperature was about 3 degrees Celsius with freezing wind:
http://markuspuustinen.com/galleriat/09/12/graduate_portraits/

Those are all taken with M8 and Nokton 1.1 and Ultron 28mm f/1.9.

 

[Rogrund]

Great pictures!

 

[robklurfield]

You did a great job. Very nice work. She looks great.

 

[Rogrund]

BTW, is that Kaivopuiston ranta?

 

[elshaneo]

Excellent Portraits !!!

 

[JBee]

Great pictures !

Jari

 

[_goodtimez]

4/7 is cool to me. Good that you took these keepers

 

[Krosya]

I only like the first one - but others have some potential. Some exposure problems it seems and some ugly bokeh. But ideas are good.

 

[Pavel+]

Fantastic! FANTASTIC!

 

[billbarber]

Very nice work.

 

[bo_lorentzen]

Very nice work.

Number 1 for me, don't care for squinting in nr 2.

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Bo

www.bophoto.typepad.com

 

[easyrider]

What is she graduating from?

Nice pix. Unconventional for grad pix. Congrats.

 

[Epimetheus]

What is she graduating from?

The Matriculation Examination

 

[proenca]

Great job, really nice pictures and on top of that shes quite pretty as well !

Thanks for sharing !

 

[rondo]

how can someone have exactly the same expression at each picture? Like travelling with a mannequin from madame toussauds and placing it at different locations around the town. don't get me wrong, she seems like a nice and attractive girl and i am not disputing your photo skills...just found it quite strange.

 

[troym]

how can someone have exactly the same expression at each picture? Like travelling with a mannequin from madame toussauds and placing it at different locations around the town. don't get me wrong, she seems like a nice and attractive girl and i am not disputing your photo skills...just found it quite strange.

Good Lord, she's not modeling for a Helmut Newton spread! The pictures, although meant to be unconventional, show a graduating student smiling and looking happy after an important accomplishment. How on earth could anyone find that the same as being a "mannequin"?

 

[Richard G]

Thanks for posting these. I also like number 1 particularly, and we are honoured to have the background to the Finnish matriculation system, which is an impressive rite of passage.

 

[rondo]

Good Lord, she's not modeling for a Helmut Newton spread! The pictures, although meant to be unconventional, show a graduating student smiling and looking happy after an important accomplishment. How on earth could anyone find that the same as being a "mannequin"?

actually in case of newton, almost all the models have the same expression...not sure why you brought up newton. since when are the newton's nude studies and fashion work considered "portraits"?
having reread the original post, I see that the photographer had just one hour with the model. I think that explains the lack of variation better than epimetheus not being helmut newton. they are not bad shots at all..mine was just an observation.

 

[Keith]

I went through these photos a while ago when this post first appeared and never noticed the mono expression!

Now that it's been pointed out is is a little odd I must admit ... frozen solid maybe because it was cold!

Still very nice pics though.