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Kamera: Hasselblad 2000fcw
Film: Agfa Aviphot pan 400 70mm DP
Entwickler: Perceptol
Objektiv: Carl Zeiss F- Distagon 2,8 / 50mm
Infraredfilter by Heliopan
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Shot on Kodak Portra 400 at EI 400.
Color negative film in 120 format shot as 6x6.
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Hasselblad 2000FCW
80mm Planar
Kodak Tri-X @ 200
Rodinal 1+50
This picture is #23 in my 100 strangers project . Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Joseph and his buddy Aaron were hanging out in front of Reiver's Bar and Grill on Old South Gaylord Street in Denver. They were taking a smoke break from watching the Broncos play. I passed them once, and took note of them as good stranger candidates. On passing them again, I asked if they'd be willing to pose for the 100 strangers project. They immediately agreed.
Joseph started the conversation with something like, "but first, tell me why you're shooting with the world's oldest camera" :-). So I explained the Hasselblad thing (great photos). Turns out Joseph used to shoot a Pentax 35mm and film in days past, so he knew a bit about photography.
Joseph next commented that he only agreed to pose because of my shirt. I was wearing my "Arkham Press" T-shirt, which identifies me as an HP Lovecraft geek. He was into it because of the "Arkham" name's relationship to Batman (his bud Aaron turned out to be a bit of a Lovecraft fan, though).
Anyway, I snapped my usual quick, single, shots, and here we are. This photo, IMO, demonstrates why to shoot medium format film. Joseph looks very life-like in this shot and the tones are smooth. There's kind of a 3-D effect going on.
Technical Notes
This was shot on Tri-X that I was exposing at EI 200. The exposure was about 1/125 and f/4. Tough conditions today, due to one side of the street being in full sun coming from a low angle and the other in open shade. Before I started, I took a reading on the sunny side, and on the shady side. There was a four-stop difference, at least! I basically just walked the block on each side of the street. As I switched sides I'd change the shutter speed to match: 1/125 in shade 1/1000 in sun. Being able to shoot up to 1/2000 second is one reason to shoot a focal-plane Hasselblad, even one that has a beat-up shutter and light leaks.
This was shot on the shady side with the sunny side in the background. My habit of shooting at half box speed on sunny days (then under-developing) sometimes bites me when my subject is in low-contrast light, as is Joseph here. I was able to adjust the photo to my liking, but it probably would have been better at box speed and normal development (see other photos from this day (nos. 24, 25, 26), which were in full sun, to see how well this technique works in contrasty light).