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Which Board? => Photo Essays => : imagesfrugales September 16, 2015, 10:43:04 PM
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It was the last day of the big summer heat wave and at "only" 35 °C I could finally meet Julia for a photo session in the ruins of the Monastery of St. Michael: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery_of_St._Michael_%28Heidelberg%29)
Julia is a jazz and pop-jazz singer-songwriter and I took a lot of (digital) pictures of her before, during concerts. I know her since a couple of years, meeting her first in a small jazz club were I used to "work" off hours. Since about 1 year we talked about making some other pictures together, completely analogue, and the almost 1000 years old ruins made a great scenery.
It was also the first shooting where I only used lo-fi equipment and color film, which I developed at home in a homebrewed color developer. People photography is always a challenge imo, and Julia made my "job" easy with her natural beauty and her cheerful manner. I only gave a few directions and she feared that her "posing" could look too artificial. But after a little while she moved completely uninhibited and relaxed. It was a beautiful "lazy sunday afternoon".
Shot with my diy meniscus lens, attached to a Minolta X-300, on Ektar 100, and my very first own camera, a Kodak Instamatic 50, on expired 126 format Ferrania Solaris 200.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5633/20851654894_00b17e9ed8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xLAbxh)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/xLAbxh) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/708/21474380225_6c3cbe94f3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yHBP5V)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/yHBP5V) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5675/20853330313_41e44a0656_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xLJLzP)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/xLJLzP) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5631/21287552069_1dff51d1c1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yr7gzP)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/yr7gzP) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5811/21448083776_9f261e8c0c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yFi34S)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/yFi34S) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5746/21462971012_6443ffdeb5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yGBkwm)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/yGBkwm) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
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Thank you for posting the full set! I loved the ones you posted in the weekend thread and I'm happy to see more :) Especially love the fourth one, it looks like she's floating through the air :)
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Thank you very much, Satish. Here are the 2 from the WE thread plus another 2 to complete the series. Still some instant negs are waiting to be rescued.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5828/21151401842_69a4c8c545_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ye5sS7)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/ye5sS7) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/634/20890630068_98017f5788_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xQ2Wv3)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/xQ2Wv3) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/758/20868639774_211dcc57da_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xN6ey3)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/xN6ey3) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5715/21480323602_67a06151d1_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yJ9gQW)
Julia (https://flic.kr/p/yJ9gQW) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
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It's a very nice set of portraits Reinhold. I can't choose a favorite, but #3 under the tree is the one I keep going back to look at. Thanks for sharing these.
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Thanks for sharing Reinhold. Agree with James, no. 3 is most likely my favourite. However no. 5 would come out the winner had you gone in a bit closer. Cropping may work too, but I suspect it would loose a bit of those dreamy edges.
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For James and Eirik and everybody who likes it:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/736/21574505893_80b3fe3b73_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ySsYXx)
J again (https://flic.kr/p/ySsYXx) by Imagesfrugales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesfrugales/), on Flickr
At the end of our shooting we turned around and I noticed the beautiful backlight in the tree. But I didn't get that there were only 2 exposures remaining on the film. So these were the very last pics of the day.