Camera Talk

Hi all,

I'm doing another approach for shooting this summer, I'm trying to get interesting people, old professions, friends, etc... for shooting at their work places o just portraits for whatever they may want them

This was with the Hassy, Distagon and Planar, Ilford Delta 100.


Woodworker cabinet, workbench and tools.


The remains.


Sabina at her workshop #1.


Ongoing creation, a cigar box.


It's raining chips!

6x9 Dry plate with DoubleProtar with KW Patent Etui, 15 seconds exposure @f/11.

Woodworker tools.

For this kind of shooting the Hassy is the best I have, shutter is spot on, Distagon for placing the subject into her workspace and Planar for closer portrait.

Any tips are always welcome, thank you for looking.
Alex

Excellent series, Alex, I really enjoyed it. You captured her energy and spirit as well as giving a good environmental context. My only suggestions are, in addition to these very good shots, to vary by adding close-ups of the work with even broader environmental shots, perhaps shots of her in action while working, and with respect to "Remains", think a bit more about what the subject of the photo is and what you want to say about it. That is, I get that it's the pile of shavings, but what are you saying about it? Does the photo capture that? Does leading the eye toward the far pile (where the plane of focus is) yield something by its effect? Worth thinking about, anyway.

Robert

Good feedback Robert, thank you. About her at work I have been told it already, yes my bad, we will repeat in a month so that time I guess we will prepare and do it.
Remains... This shot was meanwhile I was waiting her tos change clothes and sun came out so I was in a hurry for doing it, lines don't take to the biggest pile, still empty space and a plane on the table would benefit the shot. Anyway I could have come back to this subject after her shots. Thinking is the key I know, details, different angles, etc... I get too excited by the sound of the Hassy, I reckon that

Looks like you both had fun anyway. And very good lighting, too.

PF

Beautiful work, Alex.

Thank you, Phil and Julio.
We organized the session for afternoon where the sun would come up through the large windows, we were lucky.

I like them!

Glad to like them, Santiago

These are awesome, the rain of chips is wonderful
I'm pretty sure she will love to have them framed and displayed!

Thank you, Pablo, she already has the tiff files ))
She works with some colleagues and I'm going to ask them to make an adapter of a soviet 6x12 film holder for my 4x5 cameras.