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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject: 1940s-Style Shoot |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
These are from a promo shoot I did for an amateur film-maker who is making a documentary which follows the demise of a young lady. The look is supposed to that of 40s images, but some I made even more vintage as I suspect that not everyone had a new camera and to make it look less obvious that these were all shot the same day.
Model: Liz Stewart
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RosemaryPromo_130421_22 by martinsmith99, on Flickr
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RosemaryPromo_130421_24 by martinsmith99, on Flickr
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RosemaryPromo_130421_50 by martinsmith99, on Flickr
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RosemaryPromo_130421_36 by martinsmith99, on Flickr
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
You did a SUPER job with the poses, Martin!
Excellent series.
Instead of going for the perfect mimickry, why not use the poses of the 40s, but with the colours instead? _________________ Orio, Administrator
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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Orio wrote: |
You did a SUPER job with the poses, Martin!
Excellent series.
Instead of going for the perfect mimickry, why not use the poses of the 40s, but with the colours instead? |
Thanks Orio
I do still have the RAW files, but the client wanted only B&W. _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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nurkov
Joined: 21 Feb 2013 Posts: 711 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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nurkov wrote:
really great shots and superb pp _________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/34787419@N08/
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GeorgeSalt
Joined: 09 Feb 2013 Posts: 336 Location: Norfolk, UK
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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GeorgeSalt wrote:
Very good shots and processing, although they look too sharp to be anything but modern.
I think #3 gets the closest to the period feel for me, although #5 is the only one where she looks at the camera and in almost all the snap shots that I've seem of the era the subjects are almost always looking at the camera. |
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tomasg
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 6:39 am Post subject: |
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tomasg wrote:
Excellent effort, i agree with the poster above, maybe they are a bit too sharp. It would help also, if you could add an "object" from the forties, like a vintage motorcycle, an old radio and so on...and include it in the pics.
Edit: A vintage camera from the forties?
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
tomasg wrote: |
Excellent effort, i agree with the poster above, maybe they are a bit too sharp. It would help also, if you could add an "object" from the forties, like a vintage motorcycle, an old radio and so on...and include it in the pics.
Edit: A vintage camera from the forties?
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Well, if complete believability was the goal, then the use of B&W film would have been mandatory.
But I seem to understand that it was not the main purpose. _________________ Orio, Administrator
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Excalibur
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 8:53 am Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
GeorgeSalt wrote: |
Very good shots and processing, although they look too sharp to be anything but modern.
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H'mm that would assume everyone had a crap camera in the past.....the old Hollywood shots of actors and actresses were fantastic. _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
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Lena
Joined: 24 Apr 2012 Posts: 495 Location: Pl
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 9:39 am Post subject: |
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Lena wrote:
Orio wrote: |
You did a SUPER job with the poses, Martin!
Excellent series.
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+1! Lovely. |
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GeorgeSalt
Joined: 09 Feb 2013 Posts: 336 Location: Norfolk, UK
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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GeorgeSalt wrote:
Excalibur wrote: |
GeorgeSalt wrote: |
Very good shots and processing, although they look too sharp to be anything but modern.
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H'mm that would assume everyone had a crap camera in the past.....the old Hollywood shots of actors and actresses were fantastic. |
There's an edge-to-edge sharpness from a modern top-end lens that's rarely seen in 1940's shots and probably wasn't considered desirable if it could be achieved.
More of the client brief would need to be known - but these are too sharp across the frame for family snaps on a vintage 35mm, and too obviously digital full-frame compared to large format (Hollywood portrait style) or medium format (1940s enthusiast, or box brownie). |
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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
GeorgeSalt wrote: |
Very good shots and processing, although they look too sharp to be anything but modern.
I think #3 gets the closest to the period feel for me, although #5 is the only one where she looks at the camera and in almost all the snap shots that I've seem of the era the subjects are almost always looking at the camera. |
Indeed. There is also probably too much contrast for a lens of that period, but I had to strike a balance between quality images for the client and authentic shots. _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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GeorgeSalt
Joined: 09 Feb 2013 Posts: 336 Location: Norfolk, UK
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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GeorgeSalt wrote:
Martin, if you don't mind I'd be interested to know the brief from the client - really just if it was a vague "make it look 1940s" or whether there was enough of a legend to define how that look should work? - a series of family snapshots, professional portraits, etc.? I'm particularly intrigued by the lack of eye contact from the subject which in my experience is very unusual for the period for snapshots (although not for formal studio portraits) - was this something the client specified?
(my personal interest in faux photography is generally 1860-1980, but I find faux photography of any era interesting) |
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