Nude Self Portraits

[IGMeanwell]

The Canon has a self timer...I don't have to worry about that. 😉

Duh... forgot to look at your signature... the Canonet 28

well there that is 😉

 

[back alley]

'BTW: Perhaps this could be the start of RFF's third book? Self-portraits...clothing optional!'


awright!
where's my banana??

😉

 

[peterc]

See if you can find one of those timers that screw into the shutter release. Some of them were capable of up to about 20 seconds ... less hectic running about to get back in front of the camera.
Like this one on the evil auction site 7586334443

Peter

 

[cp_ste.croix]

'BTW: Perhaps this could be the start of RFF's third book? Self-portraits...clothing optional!'


awright!
where's my banana??

😉

do I even want to know to what you are refferring here? i think my blood sugar must be running low...i'm gonna go eat something. I hope it stays down 😀

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Nah...I'm going to try and find a shutter release on Ebay. I have some time before I do this...I want to wait to do this until I get done with the street level project, as I said. That one won't be done until the beginning of March.

 

[peterc]

7586334443

Peter

 

[Stephanie Brim]

'BTW: Perhaps this could be the start of RFF's third book? Self-portraits...clothing optional!'


awright!
where's my banana??

😉

In all seriousness, I want to take something that I feel is good enough for the book...however, none of these shots will probably be it. 😀

 

[amateriat]

To all the largely-good and reasoned advice here, I'll add this: you know the old saw about how, as we grow older, we tend to regret more the things we chose not to do than those we went ahead with (for better or worse)? I say, go ahead with the idea, but sit on the results for a while - don't be too anxious to get the stuff "out there" for any particular urgent reason (I know about being a buck short - still happens on occasion). Good work, among other things, doesn't have a "sell-by" date (at least not a firm one), so don't rush yourself. I can also go on about how this is an exercise in revealing more than just the obvious, but I'm sure you grok that already.

- Barrett

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Well my Digital camera does an easy conversion to B&W. Light hits the CCD. No RGB filter, no IR filter. Built in SCSI drive.

Infrared. They would be hot.

 

[raid]

Stephanie,
Think about the whole issue some more.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I think that thinking about it for two years is plenty long enough. The real question wasn't whether I should do it or not but rather whether I should post the results here. I don't know if I will or not yet. The shots will be done on a rangefinder, though.

 

[reagan]

Being an old guy, I've earned the right to sound like one. I had a lot of adventures in my twenties that I was "completely comfortable with" at the time. Now, a few decades and a few miles later, with daughters and granddaughters of my own, no way am I even comfortable thinking about those adventures. So continue giving it serious thought, as you obviously have been doing. Make sure it's something you can be "completely comfortable with" for a long, long time... and something that those who are dear to you (and those who will be dear to you) can be completely comfortable with for a long, long time. As mentioned, models etc. can be found and there are other options that would allow you to enjoy this art form.

 

[raid]

I think that thinking about it for two years is plenty long enough. The real question wasn't whether I should do it or not but rather whether I should post the results here. I don't know if I will or not yet. The shots will be done on a rangefinder, though.

I agree with you that doing it or not doing it is different from posting the results online or not. I can see your love for rangefinder photography. It caught me only many years after I had started photography. Now I am hooked too.

 

[ch1]

Last night I went to see a hit musical on Broadway: "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"

One of characters had this line which is appropriate to this whole idea:

If you take the letter "W" from the word "answer"

and the letter "H" from the word "ghost"

and the first letter "A" in "aardvark"

together with the letter "T" in the word "listen"...

You will spell a word that everyone will ask but no one will hear:

WHAT?

As in, WHAT? is this all about, Stephanie?

And BTW, I'm certainly not going to do it (I don't even know how to do so) - but someone or more are going to link this thread onto other sites!

 

[Stephanie Brim]

It's about me doing some portraits/abstracts that just happen to have nude me in them. That's what it's about. Nothing more, nothing less. I may or may not post the shots here for comment. My main concerns now are lighting and which film to use. 🙂

 

[kmack]

I am a 51 year old white guy who is ... oh lets say mumble mumble pounds overweight and I am thinking of doing nude self portraits. I'd been thinking of doing something like this for quite some time. I love nudes. They're one of my favorite kinds of photography. They rank up there with street photography and candid portraiture as top contenders for what kind of photography I'm actually interested in purchasing.

There... that ought to kill this thread.

Interesting project Steph, not for me though. I would be interested in how you solve some of the technical challenges. Lighting will be an interesting challenge. I used to do some stage lighting in the distant past and I would suggest a using some kind of model and mark your lighting spots based on the model and then hit the marks. We would mark the floor with tape once the actors blocking was completed and then had someone stand on the marks while we focused and and filtered.

Good luck.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

You know, the ideal place to do something like this would be outside on a sunny day, but I don't have a place that I could. I'm trying to figure out the best way to get natural lighting...I also want the lighting to be very soft.

 

[amateriat]

On the subject of lighting, I think you might want to seek out a space with lots of natural light. That would leave you with one less element to hassle about with, and I think you'd be a bit more at ease being wrapped in light as opposed to having it beamed straight at you. Of course, it depends on the pictures residing in your mind's eye at the moment, but I think it's an option to consider.

 

[Rob]

Do the shots if you want, use natural light if you can or just lamps of any kind with B&W film.
Do some artistic shadows and body shape shots. Sure you could find some examples on Photonet. As to what you do with them, take your time on that. I doubt you will get what you want out of the first roll anyway, self portraits are very hard to do.
Rob

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I want very soft light. I'm wanting to play a lot with shadows, but I really want very soft, natural light for most things. I'll see what I can do.