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Mother and Daughter: Three Views


mark_goode

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Gents - thanks for all of the feedback! I'm very much a newbie with lighting and my experimentation can lead to some interesting results. However, having lovely subjects helps compensate for my many mistakes.

 

Marco, a shotgun is a good start but not enough; the guys are understandably quite persistent :-) Pam enjoyed the photo session (she suggested it) but she naturally adopts her "model pose and expression" which is right for a magazine shoot . . . I like the look but sometimes have to remind her to smile ;-)

 

Doug, your cropping suggestion was very helpful; see attachment.

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Sorry, but as nice as these shots are... take my advice - you must expose more - (your blacks are empty of detail)... about 1 stop, and... develop a lot less (your whites are far too white)... say 30% less and decrease your agitation to one gentle inversion every minute. Try one roll like this and see what I mean... the new Tmax is amazing.

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Chilihead and Kirk - great advice. I've rechecked the negs and they are fine: lots of detail in the shadows and no blown out highlights. The problem is either in the scanning software settings and/or my post processing. I'll work on them some more. Thanks again for the feedback!

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Mark,

 

In your scanner, make sure there is no preselected contrast setting, scan it a bit grey then you have something to work with in Photoshop

 

That's some good advice: I've a few rolls of 120 (I also have a Bronica 645) and first impression was that they were too grey/flat. But indeed: it's a better start than lots of contrast iot DPP.

 

Marco

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Mark,

 

all three are nice to look at, but #1 is easily the best in my view, as both the pose of your subjects and the light look quite natural. In #2, the light is from the back (which leaves the faces in the dark), and in #3 the light is too flat (frontal) for me.

 

Cheers,

 

Andy

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