cp_ste.croix
At the beginning again.
A great story and some really great images...you showed some creativity and an ability to deliver under more than difficult circumstances, BRAVO! I love the floor shot and the hallway one. Congratulations!
the weirdest portrait session...
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taffer
void
Wow Jonas, let me congratulate you again. You acted with professionalism in mind and this is the result, a very well done assignment with some really wonderful shots! 🙂
I really envy you for having so clear ideas and putting them to work so well, keep it up please !
I never thought I'd say this but, wish I was 10 years younger and could base my decisions on what I know now 🙁
Even though... all those uni exams... naa 😉
Great work, I specially like the one of him standing in that corridor with the coffee mug.
Oscar
I really envy you for having so clear ideas and putting them to work so well, keep it up please !
I never thought I'd say this but, wish I was 10 years younger and could base my decisions on what I know now 🙁
Even though... all those uni exams... naa 😉
Great work, I specially like the one of him standing in that corridor with the coffee mug.
Oscar
planetjoe
Just some guy, you know?
I liked these images very much - you should be satisfied, I hope, with the outcome. Great story, and a great session, too. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Did I miss which film you chose to use? It looks like it responded remarkably well. What were your development specs?
Thanks again.
Cheers,
--joe.
Did I miss which film you chose to use? It looks like it responded remarkably well. What were your development specs?
Thanks again.
Cheers,
--joe.
jonasv
has no mustache
Joe, I used Tmax 3200 pushed one stop to 6400 ISO, developed in Tmax dev 1:4, about 14-15 minutes at 20°C. Quite happy with the results, though I think I prefer Delta 3200. At any rate, I like TMZ a lot more than TMX and TMY which I hate for people photography.
Oscar, thank you very much! Don't regret anything, just go for it today or tomorrow if you really wish. When I was about to turn 18, I had only shot a bit with a digital p&s and didn't care much about photography. I'm just 19 now, and love what I'm doing. I don't feel as if I wasted any time -- there's plenty of time to come!
Everybody, thanks a lot for all the positive reactions. I didn't quite exspect this, happily surprised now! I love this RFF place... 🙂
Oscar, thank you very much! Don't regret anything, just go for it today or tomorrow if you really wish. When I was about to turn 18, I had only shot a bit with a digital p&s and didn't care much about photography. I'm just 19 now, and love what I'm doing. I don't feel as if I wasted any time -- there's plenty of time to come!
Everybody, thanks a lot for all the positive reactions. I didn't quite exspect this, happily surprised now! I love this RFF place... 🙂
JoeFriday
Agent Provacateur
excellent work.. props!
jano
Evil Bokeh
Hmm.. I really like the photo with his back to us.
VinceC
Veteran
You might want to get comfortable with doing bounce/fill-flash on the fly. Works great in those surroundings as well as most other surroundings. The grainy stark light works with a world traveler like Fisk but might not be appropriate for others.
With the bounce flash, if you get in the habit of carrying a very small flash unit with a tilting head, you can can tilt to the ceiling to provide overhead bounce light. If you keep a rubber band around it, you can then attach a folded up piece of paper from your notebook to act as diffused fill-light under the eyes. The trick to keeping it natural is to shoot around f/2 - 2.8 and use a slllooowww shutter speed -- 1/15 or 1/8th or so -- to bring up a lot of the ambient light in the background. The flash pop itself will make the subject sharp, and the end result can look very polished.
I'm offering this as a suggestion in general for last-minute frantic photo work. Several of your photos are really fantastic. But the experience you just went through is actually pretty common and if you carry a small flash unit, then suddenly you've got much more control of the light when the clock is running.
With the bounce flash, if you get in the habit of carrying a very small flash unit with a tilting head, you can can tilt to the ceiling to provide overhead bounce light. If you keep a rubber band around it, you can then attach a folded up piece of paper from your notebook to act as diffused fill-light under the eyes. The trick to keeping it natural is to shoot around f/2 - 2.8 and use a slllooowww shutter speed -- 1/15 or 1/8th or so -- to bring up a lot of the ambient light in the background. The flash pop itself will make the subject sharp, and the end result can look very polished.
I'm offering this as a suggestion in general for last-minute frantic photo work. Several of your photos are really fantastic. But the experience you just went through is actually pretty common and if you carry a small flash unit, then suddenly you've got much more control of the light when the clock is running.
enochRoot
a chymist of some repute
great photos! you did a wonderful job. numbers 2 and 7 from the first batch are superb! they really capture the essence.
Honus
carpe diem
Thanks for sharing your story and pictures. Wonderfully done.
Robert
Robert
planetjoe
Just some guy, you know?
jvx: I think those shots look great for TMZ; I'd never have guessed, actually. I also love Delta3200 @ 1600, actually, but I've only seen the outcome in XTOL (that's what my lab uses; I've not yet got my hands "wet" at home). Thanks for the detailed response.
Just as a second to VinceC's comment - I've had some luck (more luck than I deserve) with a small piece of paper and a rubber band, arranged so that it serves as a "backstop" to a hot-shoe flash. With the flash set at 60-degree bounce, there's a lot of low-intensity, soft fill. Simple, cheap.
Yeah, yeah - I know: the Pocket-Bounce thingy is exactly this. But I was at the shoot, and rummaging around in the camera bag, and that was all I found. Actually, it was a friend's wedding, and my B&W images came out quite nicely as a result. Still, I like "available darkness" shooting - and if the success we've seen here is any indication, there's a lot to be won in this area.
Cheers,
--joe.
Just as a second to VinceC's comment - I've had some luck (more luck than I deserve) with a small piece of paper and a rubber band, arranged so that it serves as a "backstop" to a hot-shoe flash. With the flash set at 60-degree bounce, there's a lot of low-intensity, soft fill. Simple, cheap.
Yeah, yeah - I know: the Pocket-Bounce thingy is exactly this. But I was at the shoot, and rummaging around in the camera bag, and that was all I found. Actually, it was a friend's wedding, and my B&W images came out quite nicely as a result. Still, I like "available darkness" shooting - and if the success we've seen here is any indication, there's a lot to be won in this area.
Cheers,
--joe.
oftheherd
Veteran
What everybody else has said. Great photos and wonderful story. That session in itself would make a good story for your paper. Talk to your editor.
jonasv
has no mustache
oftheherd, I think the interviewer (who was with me all the time) is including at least part of the story as a prelude to the actual interview. Thanks for the suggestion and the comment!
Vince (& Joe), your suggestion is an excellent one. The truth of the matter is that I just wasn't prepared for something like this. Since I had an "assistant" with me, I thought I would just use flash on a sync cable at 3-4 feet away from the camera - of course I had no time for this. My flash was at the bottom of my bag, too. I had read about the trick with the paper as a partial bouncer before, but sort of forgot about it - thanks, I'm certainly going to try that! I like "available darkness" a lot, but I understand it won't always work, so next time I'm going to make sure to be better prepared. I did learn a lot yesterday, and thanks for the constructive comments and the compliments!
Vince (& Joe), your suggestion is an excellent one. The truth of the matter is that I just wasn't prepared for something like this. Since I had an "assistant" with me, I thought I would just use flash on a sync cable at 3-4 feet away from the camera - of course I had no time for this. My flash was at the bottom of my bag, too. I had read about the trick with the paper as a partial bouncer before, but sort of forgot about it - thanks, I'm certainly going to try that! I like "available darkness" a lot, but I understand it won't always work, so next time I'm going to make sure to be better prepared. I did learn a lot yesterday, and thanks for the constructive comments and the compliments!
sf
Veteran
Nice work for the time you had to get it done. I like three of them particularly. Very interesting story, too. Sounds like fun.
Alec
Amateur
Jonas, if I dare say so, you have nice reflexes for a rangefinder user 😉
Sure, the subject was clearly helpful but you made a terrific use of these 3 minutes in an adversarial light.
And should you try with a flash next time, please, please take some pictures without, too!
Thanks for sharing that experience with us.
Sure, the subject was clearly helpful but you made a terrific use of these 3 minutes in an adversarial light.
And should you try with a flash next time, please, please take some pictures without, too!
Thanks for sharing that experience with us.
raid
Dad Photographer
Excellent work done here. I like the photos very much and I congratulate you on this effort. By the way, Mr. Fisk is one of few well-published writers about the factual happenings in the Middle East. If you haven't read any of his work, please do. People all over the world closely follow his writings.
yossarian
Well-known
The top lighting in #2 and the symmetry in the hallway in #3 are wonderful. Stop
being so modest--this is great stuff. If you'd said you had two hours in which to do
it I would have believed it.
Fred
ps--Just read the part about you being only 19. GRRRRRRR! This is better than great
this is legacy work and I'm 100% serious. I'm not saying this just to be nice, because I am not a nice person.
being so modest--this is great stuff. If you'd said you had two hours in which to do
it I would have believed it.
Fred
ps--Just read the part about you being only 19. GRRRRRRR! This is better than great
this is legacy work and I'm 100% serious. I'm not saying this just to be nice, because I am not a nice person.
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DougK
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Great story, great shots. Well done.
wyk_penguin
Well-known
Looks very nice, esp. due to the fact that there was no flash used in the shots.
amateriat
We're all light!
Wow...great work, great story, grace under pressure, and something to remember. Kudos!
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