You don’t often see me this way

I forgot and left my glasses on.

This roll went to Buddy

Kodak Portra 400. It loved Buddy. From what I’ve read Portra makes for great skin tones, and obviously, when one’s subjects are all furry, that’s hard to see. I’ve got another roll of this in my camera right now.

These are the “regular” 72 dpi scans I received from The Darkroom which are fine for the web, but not for printing. When I receive the negatives, I will scan some of my favorites.

Click on any image to see a larger version.

Film – The First Roll

For some reason, my first roll of exposed film got set aside during the move and about a week ago, in my rummaging about, I “found” it again and sent it off. Therefore, these photos were taken before those I posted a while back. Much of this roll was not very good, as I was in unfamiliar territory (no chimping with film!) and I “forgot” I was shooting black and white film. Eventually, I started to pay attention to light and shadow, and a few came out okay.

Kodak 100 T-MAX.

Daily Prompt: Groupthink

Write a post that includes dialogue between two people — other than you. (For more of a challenge, try three or more people.)

Link: Photographers, artists, poets: show us a GROUP.

Copper Eyes

The boy . . .

The girl . . .

Weekly Photo Challenge: Object, Take Three – “Martini & Froggy”

Another one for this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge.

We picked up this 2-foot tall sculpture last July at the Best of the West Rib Cook-Off.

(another subject of my lighting session from yesterday)

Puppy Love

Nina and Buddy.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Object, Take Two

I’ve gotten my hands on four Norman LH-2000 lights and a power pack, and I finally got the chance to play with them today. The lights are merely the lampheads with no reflectors or any modifiers. I get these for a very good price (a song, really) from a friend who bought up everything a fellow on Craig’s List was selling. The lights, cords, and power packs (as well as some other items) he picked up are what remain from the now defunct Sears portrait studios.

I used two of the LH-2000s to blow out the white backdrop. I used silver umbrellas to reflect the light onto the backdrop instead of all over the room. I will definitely some reflectors! Finally, I used my Einstein shot through a white umbrella as my key light. I have a CyberSync transmitter, a receiver for my Einstein, and an additional receiver for my speed-lights which I used to sync the Norman lights via the power pack, so I was able to fire all lights easily. I’m really looking forward to working with these lights a lot more.

Anyway, I thought about this week’s photo challenge when I was playing around today. My well-used handbag.