Capturing Emotions Via Series of Photos

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Ricardo: Thanks for the wonderful photos in your series. Don't you love the looks on your boys' faces! Next time, try taking such photos without asking the boys to do faces; just talk to them about something they enjoy talking about. They will forget that you are taking photos ofthem. Thanks for showing us the photos.

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Favorite dog falling asleep in front of the fire. Can't remember why the lighting in the last one looks different.

Leica M3, Summicron 50/2, Fuji Neopan 400 (I think)

Melanie: I am not able to see the photos. Is it only me who has this problem?

edited:
[now I see them suddenly!] The series also is very nice.You have a great looking dog.




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I just scanned a new roll of Portra 160NC of Dana in her room and beside a window. I used an old and heavy Canon 85mm/1.9 lens at 1.9~2.0. I took these photos very quickly, and I lost several shots as out of focus images by this technique since I kept on talking with my daughter while she sat on a chair and moved around. Still, I got about 18 nice shots out of 31 shots that came out of a bulk-loaded roll of film. These are the first five images on the roll. I like the light quality and the colors.


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[RicardoD]

I like the second one the best. The 85mm lens I used on my DSLR (Canon 300D) is my favorite for head shots. Although with the 1.6 crop factor is more like 135mm lens.

I am loading up some TriX now in my Yashica Mat 124g to get some nice portraits of my sons.

 

[raid]

Ricardo: The cropping factor can be a problem if you have limited access to lens choices. I don't use any digital SLR by the way.

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P.S. Here are five more shots from the roll.

 

[RicardoD]

The lack of the crop factor is what I love about my Canon GIII QL17. My 50 on my DSLR is 85, my 85 is 135mm etc. So I don't have a nice prime lens at a true 50mm. The kit zoom is ok, but I can always tell the difference between shooting primes and then using the zoom. Of course I am singing to the choir here on the RFF forum as everyone here is a fellow prime addict. The Canonet is a 40mm and it stays a 40mm! Imagine that. I would like to get a 35mm prime for my DSLR, so it ends up around 50, but I'm in the wrong forum to be talking about that.

 

[raid]

Ricardo: Not really; quite often we see postings about the same issue that you are mentioning. Sometimes, I see a request for a 28mm lens so that it becomes close to a 35mm lens on a digital camera. In your case, you want a 35mm lens to become your "50mm" lens.

The CV 35mm lens is not expensive and it has a good reputation here.
I don't have one, but use mostly a Canon 35mm/1.8 lens.



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Thanks for posting these fine shots. In regard to the first series I like the 3rd and 4th the most. Very honest expression and you captured it extremely well.

 

[leica M2 fan]

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I like the 4th one on the second set. Very nice.

 

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At the opposite end of the scale ... here is a series I took of my neighbour Helen, who is rather crusty at times and ran out of patience with me after about six shots! Taken with a Fed2 in her living room one Sunday morning over a cup of tea!

🙂 🙂

Keith: Excuse my tampering with your fine image. It is just interesting to me to see if an image can be slightly modified. Sometimes it works out well and sometimes not.


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[raid]

I loved your photos Raid ... she is a gorgeous child. I never had a daughter (two sons) and looking at these pics reminds me of what I have missed! If a photograph evokes an emotionional response it has succeeded admirably ... thanks for sharing her with us!

Pic no 4 is absolutely delightful!

Cheers ... Keith. 🙂

Keith: Thanks. I believe that all children [boys and girls] are blessings. Once we have them, they are there to be taken care of and loved. This is an important part of what Thanksgiving is about, isn't it?

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[jonasv]

I posted a portrait series of the mayor during an interview a couple months ago... You might have seen them before: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23395&highlight=bob+cools

 

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I posted a portrait series of the mayor during an interview a couple months ago... You might have seen them before: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23395&highlight=bob+cools

Jonas: The photos are great. I had not seen that series before.

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[Sparrow]

Tim’s daughter, a friend of mine, shot for his parents last week

 

[Keith]

Keith: Excuse my tampering with your fine image. It is just interesting to me to see if an image can be slightly modified. Sometimes it works out well and sometimes not.


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Hi Raid,

No ... I don't mind at all in fact a crop of that photo had been suggested to me previously and the crop they suggested was almost identical to yours. I really appreciate constructive input and the end result does definitely have more intimacy to it.

Cheers ... Keith 🙂

 

[raid]

The closer crop brings in more intimacy, as you said.
Here are new photos of Dana in a series.
I used XP2 Super film by Ilford.



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I cropped all photos to get a tighter framing of her face.

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Tim’s daughter, a friend of mine, shot for his parents last week

Stewart: These three portraits are very nice. Her eyes are not looking at the lens. Was she instructed to do so?

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[Sparrow]

She didn’t think she was the subject, she was laughing at her sisters discomfort, a friend of mine’s daughter, shot for his parents last week

 

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Stewart: Now this makes sense! You caught her totally off-guard and she is natural.

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