'Garage' studio pics - first go!

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Hi guys

A woman at work asked if I could take some pictures of her family, something I have never tried before. So I hooked my garage up with a couple of massive LED panel floodlights (borrowed from my TV Cameraman dad) and went to work with my DSLR, Digital rangefinder and film rangefinder cameras.

The garage wasn't ideal, not much width to play with (good job I have some wide angle lenses) and I had the people standing a ft away from the wall to avoid shadows, which wasn't always easy. Great fun though!

Any tips/critique would be gratefully received!

These pics are all from film - Leica M4P with Voigtlander 21mm lens, 35mm film (HP5+) developed at home in ID11

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[ped]

And these are from digital - Samsung GX1l DSLR with kit 18-55mm and Epson R-D1 with Voigtlander 28mm f1.9.

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[Leigh Youdale]

Nice work, especially with a wide lens which isn't thought to be suitable for portraits. You must have kept far enough back to avoid the distortion they often display.