I asked a fellow photographer/friend to take my family portraits a few weeks back. I had a roll of Delta 3200 to finish on the Mamiya 645AF, so I brought it along. These are some images I grabbed in between the real stuff.

Canonsburg, PA

Hasselblad 500C

Fuji Pro 160NS

My neighbor has been bugging me to shoot his dog (heh) for quite some time now, and I finally gave in and did it. Why such a big deal? He goes through dogs pretty frequently, as he prefers to buy "pre-owned" rather than "new" (i.e. they're all as old as he is, and don't last as long). The last time I did his dog's portraits, he never even bothered to look at them. Yet he insists that this is going to be a commercial transaction and he's going to pay me my going rate.

But he doesn't know my going rate! And would probably choke if he did know. So I've been hoping he'd forget about it. He didn't. Oh and he wanted these images to match ones from a dog he had ages ago, probably taken at JC Penney, with a blue and white cloud background.

I said I don't do backgrounds like that. I could however do white.

So, here's Betty. I'm using the Zac Arias technique of home-depot-style shiny white paneling for the floor, with a white paper sweep on the background.

Exciting lighting details: Alien Bees 1600 as main light camera left with a 43" shoot through umbrella. Fill was Alien Bees 800 in a reflective umbrella, down low and angled up. Backdrop was list with two Nikon SB-28s. CyberSync triggers.

Camera: Mamiya 645AF, 150mm f/3.5 lens, with Kodak Portra 160 film. Yes you heard me.

hamburg

Pssst my sources on the INSIDE tell me this is a PARK BENCH?!?!

Film, Portland

Portrait in Frederick, MD taken on Ilford XP2 Super with Diana. At first I was disappointed that the only chance to get this shot ended up with his eyes closed, I still like the image very much -- looks like the chance shot that it was.

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film

Taken by the boy (on a tripod)

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AGFA Isolette I / Ilford XP2 super 400

instax square back on mamiya rz67

expired Portra400nc

Hasselblad 500C/M with Zeiss Planar 80mm or Zeiss Sonnar 150mm F4

Ilford HP5 plus

Hasselblad,T-max 100,D-76(1+1}

Hasselblad 500C

TMax 400

Pentax 645N

SMC FA 200/F4

Fomapan 400 @ 320 ASA

Atomal A49 1+0

This little step-child of the Brownie Box Camera takes medium format 127 film and has no shutter/f-stop adjustments.

A couple of early gas single cylinder flywheel engines being used to blow bubbles - to the child's delight.

Taken at the Antique Powerland 2007 show with the Iskra Russian medium format folder (1962 vintage). Industar-58 75mm lens.

Arista Edu.Ultra (Fomapan Creative) 200 @ ISO 200 in 1:50 Rodinal 9 min 20C

Portobello Beach, Edinburgh

Bronica ETRS 645

Fujicolor Reala

ISO 100

Metered at box speed

Process & Scan by Genie Imaging Ltd, Unit d4, Jaggard Way, London SW12 8SG

Fujicolor Reala 100.Roll 03-11.Bronica ETRS 645.2012-12-16