Author Topic: filmwasters self-portraits (Read 23983 times)

gregor · « **on:** March 22, 2009, 05:42:17 AM »

probably the hardest portrait to take, and be satisfied with, is a self portrait. This is the closest to satisfaction I have. Bronica SQ-a, Polaroid type 664, #1 Hoya CU filter.

Let's see yours !

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Yaniv Waissa · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2009, 11:29:32 AM »

polaroid transfer that I made in summer 2006

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LT · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2009, 02:47:02 PM »

here's a little something I knocked up with a long cable release ... quite happy with the result

LT · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2009, 02:49:53 PM »

actually - I've just re-read my post and am in fits at the double entendre there-in. Completely unplanned Honest.

just call me Finbar

Pete_R · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2009, 04:12:48 PM »

I don't like being in front of the camera so this is the best I can do.

Edit - Actually, the more I looked at mine, the more I hated it, so I've cropped it down to the bit I'm happy with. See my avatar for the real thing.

cmdrray · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2009, 04:29:35 PM »

This was taken last year with a Leica IIIC and a Nikkor screwmount 35mm 2.5 (which were sold to buy a plane
ticket to Tokyo last Fall)

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roryot · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2009, 04:44:21 PM »

Here's a 30 second exposure at night. I ran into the frame and stood there for about 10 seconds, then ran out and fired a flash at the wall. Shot with Nikon F90X. Fuji Neopan 400

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gregor · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:09:38 PM »

Leon you're SP looks awfully familiar - must have seen you some place. hah !

rdbkorn · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2009, 08:13:23 PM »

must be a day for double entendres....

Leon - lovely looking son you have there, must have been the xtra long cable release

Rory - I read that as "then ran out and flashed at the wall"

P.

LT · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2009, 10:29:31 PM »

Son? He's 8 years older than me!

pdewolff · « **Reply #10 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:46:51 AM »

early spring sun in the backyard....me and lubitel

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tinm@n · « **Reply #11 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:28:26 PM »

Typical photographers, not a very revealing bunch eh ?

I'll be brave

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Ed Wenn · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:39:35 PM »

Tinm@n you have a Tom Conti thing going on there I'd say :-)

Not sure that I have a sensible SP to offer (other than about 50 which feature a camera stuck to my face)...will take a look and worst case, will send in one of the mirror shots.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:44:59 PM »

Yep, as expected I cannae find one which doesn't involve a mirror. Of those this is the most colourful (and also reveals a bit of shin!). Taken in Woolies (RIP) in Balham last summer with a Pentax SLR and some nice Agfa film then xpro'ed.

Heather · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2009, 03:46:59 PM »

wait, i have to choose one? I haven't done one (uh that i can show you. ahem) in ages. These are both from last summer (June and August)

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Blaxton · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2009, 04:37:29 PM »

Scanned 8x10 contact print from a Tri-X negative made with my Agfa camera and a 300mm Symar lens.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2009, 08:11:41 PM »

Quote from: leon taylor on March 23, 2009, 05:29:50 PM

Whooa there Mr Blaxton - that pic is scarily huge ....

as a rule of thumb pics with longest side set at about 500-700 work best for forum display.

...well it IS an 8x10 neg after all.

Susan B. · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2009, 06:24:30 AM »

I dunno Leon. I remember you being more handsome than that. Perhaps it's time for a spa day?

P.S. My self portrait can be seen in my wee avatar. But time for a new one as it's been used to death.

Nicole BM · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:19:08 AM »

Great self portraits! I'm not brave enough. Mine's in my avatar too.
Oops, better get that sorted!

roryot · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2009, 01:06:07 PM »

Is it just me, or can anybody else not see Leons portrait - ie I don't see a photo posted?!?

Pete_R · « **Reply #20 on:** March 24, 2009, 05:17:37 PM »

Quote from: roryot on March 24, 2009, 01:06:07 PM

Is it just me, or can anybody else not see Leons portrait - ie I don't see a photo posted?!?

It's OK for me but maybe you can't get access to the site he hot linked it from. It's located on a site called denzrant.com. Try typing that into your address bar and see if you can access it.

LT · « **Reply #21 on:** March 24, 2009, 05:29:48 PM »

oh - go on then - here's a real one ....

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wavebeat · « **Reply #22 on:** March 24, 2009, 09:29:49 PM »

Would a self-shadow count?

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Heather · « **Reply #23 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:10:09 PM »

Haven't had a collab lately... what about self portraits?

Hannah · « **Reply #24 on:** March 24, 2009, 10:27:17 PM »

gregor · « **Reply #25 on:** March 25, 2009, 04:17:07 AM »

blaxton - I just ran out and bought a 17" macbook pro just so I could see it without scrolling horizontally. If you replace it with a smaller size I just wasted a kazillion bucks.

SuzanneR · « **Reply #26 on:** March 25, 2009, 11:08:29 AM »

I'm missing polaroid for my 4x5, but I did get some Fuji material, and a back that I've not tried. Anyway, a self portrait I made with the sepia Type 56. I made this awhile ago, it might be time for a new one...

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Ed Wenn · « **Reply #27 on:** March 25, 2009, 11:56:33 AM »

Quote from: gregor on March 25, 2009, 04:17:07 AM

blaxton - I just ran out and bought a 17" macbook pro just so I could see it without scrolling horizontally. If you replace it with a smaller size I just wasted a kazillion bucks.

LOL!

It actually worked pretty well on my 21" new flat screen desktop monitor, but is a scrolling pain in the donkey (geddit) on all my other computer screens.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #28 on:** March 25, 2009, 12:00:34 PM »

Quote from: Heather on March 24, 2009, 10:10:09 PM

Haven't had a collab lately... what about self portraits?

You know, Heather that might just be a good idea. Only condition would be that it would have to be entirely new work shot specifically for the collaboration, none of this stuff or older work re-posted...also we need to get creative with it - whatever that word means to you (...just go the extra mile thought-wise before pressing the shutter release is where I'm coming from).

Will conflab this with the other 4 and get back ASAP. I've been meaning to do a SP for a while, so for me it's a good excuse to think about the mechanics of it and also to actually produce one.

tinm@n · « **Reply #29 on:** March 25, 2009, 03:42:08 PM »

and how about making it a rule that they are proper SP's and no hiding behind cameras, shadows etc ? or is that bit too much ?

rdbkorn · « **Reply #30 on:** March 25, 2009, 07:34:47 PM »

Quote from: tinm@n on March 25, 2009, 03:42:08 PM

and how about making it a rule that they are proper SP's and no hiding behind cameras, shadows etc ? or is that bit too much ?

IIRC, the past collaborations have had a fairly simply stated theme that was wide open to interpretation. If there were to be a SP collaboration, I'd love to see in how many different ways people approach the theme.

Heather · « **Reply #31 on:** March 25, 2009, 09:05:58 PM »

I am totally all for a proper selfie project. I recently bought a proper backdrop holding system and a *giant* piece of fabric along with some other random fabric for draping etc. I'm geared up for this!!

Running off to the sewing machine to properly sew a pocket into said giant piece of fabric...

Skorj · « **Reply #32 on:** March 26, 2009, 09:00:45 AM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on March 25, 2009, 12:00:34 PM

Only condition would be that it would have to be entirely new work shot specifically for the collaboration, none of this stuff or older work re-posted..

Yeah, that and an actual self-portrait too. Not just a portrait of self, as some interpreted a while ago. This being a photograph you took of yourself, not one that someone else took of you with your camera... Skj.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #33 on:** March 26, 2009, 11:27:38 AM »

Oh yeah!!! I'd forgotten about THAT old chestnut...god that brings back memories (apologies here for not wanting to explain a very insider joke).

To be clear then, we'd be talking about a photo that YOU take of YOU. Usually this is understood by everyone reading the term 'self portrait' but there was time way back when....

Anyway, a new collab is long-overdue and this will be a fun one while we dream up a more challenging theme for everyone to interpret. Stand by for the group-wide email which we'll send out with the submissions guidelines etc.

Incidentally rdbkorn is correct, we like Filmwasters to be a pace where people can interpret a theme and get creative so there won't be any specifics listed around needing to be face-on to the camera or anything. Personally I'm looking forward to the challenge of doing something fairly traditional so won't be hiding behind shadows on this one, but if others want to then that's their call.

So feel free to start working on them, but please don't send any to the filmwasters mailbox or post them here in the meantime. We'll get the email sent out to forum users in the next day or so.

traskblueribbon · « **Reply #34 on:** March 26, 2009, 06:17:26 PM »

hey Ed. nice to see a fellow DESCENDANTS fan. I usually find myself singing Suburban Home when in the surroundings in witch you are pictured.

euge... · « **Reply #35 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:44:44 AM »

Do I Have a choice dad?

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Sunny_16 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 27, 2009, 07:54:37 AM »

Some fantastic work in this thread, I am always blown away by the quality of stuff here on this forum!

Here's my super grainy effort. Its so funny how reluctant most photographers are to actually get in front of the lens!

Clare xx

salvo · « **Reply #37 on:** March 27, 2009, 10:13:51 AM »

another one hiding behind the camera. Here's mine from a badly exposed/developed negative

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Ed Wenn · « **Reply #38 on:** March 27, 2009, 11:58:32 PM »

Calre: lovely grain, but you should have looked up

Salvo: clever! Double glazing IS a pain though!!

Francois · « **Reply #39 on:** March 28, 2009, 02:22:03 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on March 27, 2009, 11:58:32 PM

Calre: lovely grain, but you should have looked up

I was thinking the same thing but was somewhat afraid saying so would make me look too macho (in the bad "what you been eating to look so cute" way)...

Clare, Hannah, you should both come on by and post a bit more often. I wouldn't want Filmwasters to become some men only club

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #40 on:** March 29, 2009, 10:50:30 PM »

I think this was a pinhole Polaroid on type 89

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Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #41 on:** March 29, 2009, 10:55:01 PM »

Some say, I have a rather individual smile!

I'll spare you from any more! Well, unless the thread continues.

Almost forgot. Polaroid 600SE with Fuji instant film.

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Ed Wenn · « **Reply #42 on:** March 29, 2009, 11:28:13 PM »

OK, it seems there will have to be one rule in the new collab guidelines. To whit, "If your name's Phil Bebbington then you're not allowed to take another photo of your ar*e!".

Also, on an entirely unrelated note I'm not worried about FW becoming a men-only group at all, Francois. Plenty of ladies post here regularly.

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #43 on:** March 29, 2009, 11:33:10 PM »

Ed, it was a moment of madness - calculated madness I grant you, but, madness!

Still, it was on film.

I promise to adhere to the new guidelines.

Francois · « **Reply #44 on:** March 30, 2009, 05:33:29 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on March 29, 2009, 11:28:13 PM

Also, on an entirely unrelated note I'm not worried about FW becoming a men-only group at all, Francois. Plenty of ladies post here regularly.

It's just I think it would be nice if we were closer to a 50/50 balance...

Heather · « **Reply #45 on:** March 30, 2009, 06:44:25 PM »

Quote from: Francois on March 30, 2009, 05:33:29 PM

Quote from: ed.wenn on March 29, 2009, 11:28:13 PM
Also, on an entirely unrelated note I'm not worried about FW becoming a men-only group at all, Francois. Plenty of ladies post here regularly.
It's just I think it would be nice if we were closer to a 50/50 balance...

It's a lot closer to 50/50 here than on certain other film-based forums.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #46 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:48:56 PM »

Quote

Also, on an entirely unrelated note I'm not worried about FW becoming a men-only group at all, Francois. Plenty of ladies post here regularly.

Thanks Ed. glad you noticed..
so..are we actually doing the self -portrait thing right now..or is this something we will do later?

Tammy · « **Reply #47 on:** March 31, 2009, 05:56:13 PM »

I was going to say something about Phil's contribution on the color side, but thought I should not.

Because at first I misread Ed's statement. I thought it said, "unless you are Phil, you should not take another photo of your ar*e."

Sorry Ed. But, I thought it really funny.

Ah, Phil.

CarlRadford · « **Reply #48 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:37:07 PM »

A couple of efforts with the pinhole!

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Francois · « **Reply #49 on:** March 31, 2009, 10:15:19 PM »

Quote from: Heather on March 30, 2009, 06:44:25 PM

Quote from: Francois on March 30, 2009, 05:33:29 PM
Quote from: ed.wenn on March 29, 2009, 11:28:13 PM
Also, on an entirely unrelated note I'm not worried about FW becoming a men-only group at all, Francois. Plenty of ladies post here regularly.
It's just I think it would be nice if we were closer to a 50/50 balance...

It's a lot closer to 50/50 here than on certain other film-based forums.

I've just figured out why I had that feeling: I looked at the number of posts everybody has...

Author Topic: filmwasters self-portraits (Read 23983 times)

cmdrray