Hi, guys and gals. A few weeks ago I took an outdoor portraiture class
from a local pro. I finally have some of the better ones scanned and a
simple web page built which you can see here:
<http://home.comcast.net/~chucknorcutt/photos/index.html>
Amelia is a relatively new local model who spent a few hours modeling
for the class of 6 photogs in exchange for free pics for her portfolio.
Nancy is a high school junior who also modeled for a couple hours in
exchange for free pics for her "senior year" photos. Both of them will
end up with hundreds of shots to choose from. All of the class were
fairly experienced photogs and a lot of good stuff was produced.
All of my shots are with an OM-2sp and 85/2 silvernose. Film used on
Amelia was Fuji NPC 160 which soon ran out. By the time I got to Nancy
I had to run off and get some Fuji 200 at the local drugstore. Pics
were scanned on an Acer/Benq Scanwit 2720s using VueScan which,
amazingly, has no film profile for the Fuji NPC.
In order to get quick feedback on our results the film was run over to
the local drugstore's one-hour processing desk at noon. They actually
made some decent 4x6 prints but my negatives came back horribly
scratched both horizontally and vertically. It has been many, many
hours at the computer fixing up the pictures of Amelia. Her pictures
had multiple scratches passing through her hair and the mesh of her hat
on many of the frames. Argghh!!
Only one other person had a film camera... a mid-price, Nikon
wunderbrick. The others were shooting with Nikon and Canon 6mp digitals
with lenses that would make my 85-250/5 look as though it had been on a
diet. But my bokeh beats their bokeh! I shot everything wide open at
f/2 which has given a nice softness to the images.
One interesting trick to pass along. Note the "sunset glow" on Amelia
2-11 (first frame in second row on the thumbnails). This shot was
actually made about 11:00am in open shade with her face lit by an
extremely powerful incandescent flashlight (or "torch" for you folk on
the other side of the pond) imparting the yellow/orange color from about
15 feet away (or 5 meters for you folk on the other side of the pond).
Comments welcome.
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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