Topic: Julia

[imagesfrugales]

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

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.


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr

[Indofunk]

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

[imagesfrugales]

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.


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr


Julia by Imagesfrugales, on Flickr

[jharr]

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.

[Ezzie]

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.

[imagesfrugales]

For James and Eirik and everybody who likes it:


J again by 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.