I will be doing some amateur portraits in B&W for my girlfriend's friends.
Film: Fuji Acros
Camera: OM-1n
Lens: Tokina 90mm f2.5
Environment: My bland apartment; with white concrete walls as backdrop;
(non reflective flat paint)
Lighting: Whatever I can squeeze out of the overhead compact flourecent
lights (3x 60 watts)
Additional Lighting: I have a desk lamp that I will be placing on top
of the bookshelf to give a not quite 45degree cross light on the face
Subject: 22 year old female, 5'2" about 105lbs, asian, with very white
skin, not very oily skin either
Seating: $3 dollar folding stool
From my metering; I can do f2.5 at 1/125th with no problem. If I turn
on the additional lighting, I can drop that to maybe f2.8 or so; if I
put it close enough, I can buy almost two full stops, and give me f2.8 @
1/250th.
Now I need some advice/websites to look at for how to take great B&W
Portraits... Thanks!
I'm making an appointment with her for sometime next week; but want at
least a week to prep. Also, the film choice is not final, so if you
have another recommendation, let me know. But I want a 100 speed film
though... I have never tried Ilford with protraits, and I am not all
that happy with the Tmax100's I've seen.. (personal preference I guess)
If you've shot with Acros for portraits, let me know.
Thanks guys in advance, I'm a bit nervous.
Albert
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