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This is my first attempt at nude photography, so this was more a test than anything else.
A test of the model, and also myself, if I felt comfortable, of the lighting and the focus, or lack thereof…
Ilford Delta 400, printed on Ilford pearl paper.
It was a test of the framing on the camera too, there is some underwear on display in the pictures,
I didn’t see that in the viewfinder when I took them…Shot LoGill style (in my kitchen) I bounced a lamp off a reflector and placed the subject under the spotlight.
I’m totally green with this kind of thing, so any c&c, suggestions, advice is welcome…
Sinead
Its not a bad attempt, if you try a black blackground with light from 1 direction. In terms of photography images out of focus can be seen as quite artistic, it really depends what your trying to achieve as a photographer.
Also male art nude is quite a difficult theme as some don’t see it as art (sadly)
Robert
the first is most interesting for me .. I like the pose, and the hands over the eyes ( drama ;)) .. in this case i love the soft focus, it adds more mood to it .. your crop is interesting – I think the underwear should be in or out – the hint of something there is distracting – i wouldn’t have guessed underwear.
I’d like to see more separation of him from the backdrop – the bleed of light all long his body into the background is a tad too heavy for me
I think you could improve it of you could tidy whatever it is on the left side of the frame – its distractingL
Well, there is something in these pictures which can be easily fixed-
This camera is quite new to you,
so you’re getting to grips with its idiosyncrasies and foibles-
and as a TLR, you’re never going to be able to image accurately based on the viewing lens-So it’s a bit much to expect to be able to print full frame,
if there are elements on the perimeter that you didn’t expect to be there-If this were digital, you’d have no problems cropping-
but as it’s film, square film at that,
you feel like you’d like to print to the rebates-I think it might be easier to do this with an slr,
or with your own camera, after you get a better feel for the image in the viewfinder-A crop, a hard edge to the frame, might produce distinctly different images,
perhaps the ones you set out to take-I like the second, of the two-
though the quality of both is great-
I can see how that recent conversation about focus might relate to these-
but the first is great too-As I mentioned, I just might prefer to see it as you intended,
and maybe not with the inbuilt tolerances of your camera occupying so much of the edges of the frame-Great stuff-
joseph
These are really very good Sinead, and everything Joseph has said
with regard to seeing them as you intended makes a good deal of sense…The second image in particular is very striking, the soft focus working
greatly to your advantage. Is that movement in the arm? It looks like
it is so correct me if I’m mistaken, but either way it certainly works…Good job. Art nude is something I’d really like to try myself sometime,
I mean, as a photographer; I think after my Stock Exchange portrait,
my modelling days may be numbered…Thank you all so much for the comments, very helpful indeed and very much appreciated.
I didn’t know male nude was not considered as art, that’s a little strange, or a lot strange, now that I think of it.
I’m not so sure about the black background, that wasn’t really the way I saw them in my head,
I like the white. But, it might be worth a try, another test maybe.With regard to the crop, I could have done that, but looking at them like this, if nothing else, is a reminder on the framing,
that, it’s a bit loose.
As you say Joseph, I do like to print full frame, (HCB delusions) I like the challenge of that, and it does give a very nice edge on the print.
Although, I did make a frame to make the border on these, from mount board, just cut a square piece out, the cut away a little bit more
from the bit that was left. Tape the paper to the outside frame, expose the print, then place the square card over the print, and give it a
few mins to get the black border.The thingy on the left of the frame is a CD rack, and I didn’t see that in the viewfinder either. Loose framing again.
I think maybe, I didn’t really go far enough with the soft focus, I helped it along a little by de focusing on the enlarger,
but I do like that idea, I like it to be about something more than form, maybe something about the human condition,
hence the hands over the face. But I might be asking a bit much, especially when I’m not sure what it is I’m trying to show.Yes, there is a little movement in the second, but, it’s also out of focus. Not sure how I feel about that, I think the out of focus thing
is more of a challenge, the movement thing less so.Thanks again all. And, sorry for going on a bit…
Sinead
Oh, only one of these is showing now, the subject was a little uncomfortable with it, so I deleted it from here, it is still on my flickr,
but you can only see it if I have marked you as a friend.
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