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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.
Evening shot from the hills overlooking Eagle Colorado.
Iskra Russian medium format folder (1962 vintage). Industar-58 75mm lens, red 25 filter.
Arista Edu.Ultra (Fomapan) 200 @ ISO 160 in Rodinal 1:50 9min@ 20C
Khrieng has driven a samlor/tricycle in Chiang Mai for 40 years, before tuk-tuks, songtaews and city buses. Nowadays he gets four to five fares a day. Under the passenger seat he keeps his tools and seven blankets. He sleeps in his tricycle, under an awning if it's raining.
Rapid Omega 200, Hexanon 90, Ektacolor 160
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.
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.
Deep down inside everybody wants to be a hero
Mamiya rz67 Pro , Kodak Tri X 400 Pushed 2 stops
110mm F2.8 Lens
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