At 05:53 PM 9/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Our son has asked that I take some posed and casual outdoors black and
>white portraits of him and his girl friend. I told him I have not done any
>b/w in almost 30 years but he is insistent! They are both in their mid 20s
>and will be good photogenic subjects.
>
>I have an Om4t and various lenses from 28mm to 135mm but no b/w filters
>other than u/v.
>
I don't see the need for filters in this case since presumably you will be
shooting fairly close.
You might want to try lenses btw 85-135, and use them fairly wide open.
Of course the lighting is key; easiest is to be in shade on a sunny day; then
you will have a nice amount of light with no difficult shadows.
I see no one else has mentioned this but a zone system practitioner would note
that Caucasian skin would be placed on Zone VI, therefore you would use the
ever-so-handy spot meter on your 4t to meter your subjects' skin, and then open
up one stop. Or what I do is simply rate the film (assuming 100asa) at 50 asa
for the duration of the shoot.
________________________________
Regards,
Denton Taylor
Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com.
Panoramas and Immersive Imaging at
www.threehundredsixty.com
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