Portraits

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (hektor 50mm f2.5) leica ll

K.N. 2001

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica mp

Amsterdam, 2018

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (elmar 50mm f3.5) leica 1a (1928)

Amsterdam, 2022

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summilux 50mm f1.4 v1 black paint) leica mp

Amsterdam, 2019

Erik.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Sometimes people are unhappy​

Fujifilm X-T2, Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f1.2 (X-mount) lens
ACROS+G film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - July 2023
Image is lower resolution than original​

 

[dave lackey]

gelatin silver print (hektor 50mm f2.5) leica ll

K.N. 2001

Erik.

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Wow… 22 years ago… approaching middle age now.😱

Your portraits are indeed timeless.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Sometimes people are unhappy​

Fujifilm X-T2, Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f1.2 (X-mount) lens
ACROS+G film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - July 2023
Image is lower resolution than original​

Film simulation? Skin tones are very good indeed! But the sky and the white shirt are, IMO, partly over-exposed.

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Moldova, Chisinau. Canon 30D - lens unknown.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Film simulation? Skin tones are very good indeed! But the sky and the white shirt are, IMO, partly over-exposed.

Erik.

Yes, Erik, that is true. The images I post on RFF tend to look a bit dark to me so I brighten them up a little bit before I post.

All the best,
Mike

 

[Out to Lunch]

Saigon, District 1. Billboard girl. Fuji X100T

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

A beautiful handmade hat and a seersucker shirt - ready for summer
Portrait of a well dressed man on the street​

Fujifilm X-T2, Voigtländer Nokton 23mm f1.2 (X-mount) lens
ACROS+G film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - July 2023
Image is lower resolution than original​

 

[Out to Lunch]

The end of childhood. B just got his first job. Fuji X-Pro1 - XF 2/18.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

The end of childhood. B just got his first job. Fuji X-Pro1 - XF 2/18.

It's all downhill from there…

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (1934 nickel/black band sonnar 50mm f1.5) contax 1, fourth model (1933)

George, the bike repairman (2013)

Erik.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Saigon, District 1, Billboard girl. Epson R-D1x - Voigtlander Color-Skopar 4/25.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Saigon River, Mekong Delta, near Can Tho. The boatman and his wife -pixel peep, and you'll see that he's wearing a Canon shirt. No EXIF data.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Portrait of a Secret Agent
I think he's violating the first rule of Secret Agent Club​

Fujifilm X-T2, Voigtländer Ultron 27mm f2 (X-mount) lens
ACROS+G film simulation
Yokohama, Japan - July 2023
Image is lower resolution than original​

 

[Out to Lunch]

Saigon, Ba Chieu Market. Fuji X-T1 - XF 2.8/14.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

A rhetorical question: When is a photograph of a person specifically a portrait? I see many photos here (good ones, I might add) that are shots of people on the street, not engaged with the photographer. For myself, my working definition is that a portrait implies awareness of the photographer, and a shared attempt by both parties involved to communicate something about the subject that goes deeper than outer appearances. Also, for myself, eye contact is pretty much a given, but not always.
This is all meant not as an attack on anyone's pictures that don't meet my criteria for the status of "portrait". I'm just genuinely interested in understanding how others understand the term.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica lll

R.B. 2021

Erik.