New York February NYC Camera Convention/6th Annual Camera Beauty Contest

jsrockit said:
No sweat Cal... it was only half serious. However, you gotta let me see the print eventually (once finished). Good luck with everything else.
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John,

Thanks for your understanding. Lately things have been surging. Still need to develope my LR5 skills... Also some crazy opportunities from the fashion world which is all new to me.

At this point anything could happen. Some of these magazines that are actively soliciting "Maggie" include and feature style and art. All of the ones being considered are rather high ended.

Cal
 
gdmcclintock said:
Cal has the 3880 setup that I hope to obtain one day, once my 3880 is repaired!
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George,

It took me two years to save for both the 27 inch Eizo, the 3880, and for the stockpile of supplies. The printer I bought taking advantage of a $250.00 rebate, and understand that the 3880 is regarded as a great workhorse. About two years ago I paid about $1050.00 for the printer and then got the $250.00 rebate check about a month later.

Does your printer have clogged nozzles due to sporatic use? If so I would try to unclog it with Piezoflush which is known to rescue printers with clogged nozzles.

Also note that I ordered a complete set of extra carts so that I can safely store my printer by flushing out all the ink with Piezoflush and storing it with Piezoflush in the lines.

Printing is so much fun. Ive been printing 6-10 8 1/2x11's every few days or so I have a happy printer. Since the first week in January I made about 75 prints and I need to stockplie more paper soon. All of my work prints display a HDR like resolution and tonality, and if I have a good file shot at a high shutter speed the results from my Monochrom make the jump into medium format quality.

Perhaps next month I'll bring mucho prints to the March Meet-Up. By then I should have a 20x30 inch print of "Sal" mentioned above from DSI. Not sure if I'll be up to printing 13x19 or 17x22 by then. The Jon Cone paper I use gets kinda expensive in the larger sizes, and I want to ensure I have my print quality nailed in my work prints/proofs before I print for real.

Anyways some Diane Arbus disturbing images somehow comes out in my street shooting. Some of my subjects kinda resemble "monsters."

Cal
 
Yesterday shot "Maggie" at the 68th Street Armory by Hunter College. There was some antiques show so we were in luck to have the fortress like gates open and castle like doors as a background at the Park Avenue entrance. I call this "Calzone luck" which made for a great setting because we had access to a vestible.

It was a burst of 165 shots with lots of chimping after I filled the buffer. "Maggie" would take off her coat to model her clothes exposing herself to the cold.

The post is about clothing as protection and spins into a series that connects and leads to a narritive about a Yamamoto a Japanese designer and how he relates his clothing to protecting a woman's body. Another post will come out Wednesday using more shots from yesterday, and then there is the Friday post. A lot of work gets focused into these shoots, and enough material has to be taken to edit from.

Anyways this style of assignment fashion shooting is kinda intense. Somehow I bring a sense of street style and elements of urban landscape into Maggie's fashion blog. One note is that Maggie did not like that in all the head to toe shots it is evident that one of her boot laces is untied, but I find and think that the imperfection adds to the photograph to make it more interesting.

Anyways she should post a new post that utilizes shots I took yesterday. Also note that the shots are Raw files made into JPEGs with the only post processing being I took down the highlights in Maggie's hair. Note that the contrast is only due to the use of a Heliopan 2X yellow filter. Exposure is really to detail the clothes and texture.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
One note is that Maggie did not like that in all the head to toe shots it is evident that one of her boot laces is untied, but I find and think that the imperfection adds to the photograph to make it more interesting.
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I agree with you Cal... but her view is the "woman factor" that you always describe. ;)
 
thambar said:
I plan to attend, depending on the weather. Current prediction is for Sunday snow.
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James,

Would be great to see you again. I would love to show you my "new" IIIG and the cool 28/35/45 kit I've assembled after last year's "Parade." You truely inspired me.

Don't know if you ever saw a 45/2.8 Super Rokkor (Minolta LTM). It features this supersized scalloped focus ring that kinda has a lot of style. In many ways the oversized scallops are kinda loud and function as having 6 focus tabs. This lens is almost as small as my black Canon 28/3.5 which I will also bring.

Because I like strange and rare things I'm using a Pentax external VF'er that originally made for the Pentax-L 45/1.9 "Special" the only Pentax LTM ever made. I own one of the rarer silver versions which I will also bring. I like the Pentax-L on my black paint MP with 0.85 VF'er where basically the entire 0.85 VF'er is perfect for the 45mm FOV. Also know that the Pentax-L has a ultra-short focus throw of only 90 degrees. Kinda perfect for street shooting. The Pentax-L VF'er has a diopter built in, and using the entire VF'er is perfect as a 35mm VF'er for use with my 35/1.8 Nikkor.

The Pentax on my IIIG is kinda huge and is not a very cool ri, but on a 0.85 MP it is a great street machine that is fully optimized.

Hope you can make it to the convention.

Cal
 
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