Celeste 2
Wow. I’ve been too busy to update this thing much. I’ll try to post more as soon as things settle down a bit. This is Celeste Thorson. I shot this after a job.
model: Celeste Thorson
makeup/hair: Michelle Tabor
camera/film: Horseman LX 4×5. Schneider 360mm 6.8 Symmar S. Polaroid Type 55.
Great news that you are busy. Hope to see soon more pictures, but on the other side I hope for you that it doesn’t settle down.
Back on your P55 : She should definitely post this “after job” shoot on her site, as it’s a very deep picture. I don’t know in the US, but in Europe this portrait could certainly bring in some high level clients for her. Bravo for this picture.
Nice front page…very pretty
Great cover photo. I’m curious about your experience with 8×10. I’m looking at buying a similar lens that you used for this shot using your Horseman 4×5. Would this same lens produce this close up of a shot in 8×10? I seek a lens I can use for head/shoulder portraits in 8×10 with instant film (expired Polaroid and the stuff coming later this year from the Impossible Project).
Cheers,
Jeff
Well, 360mm is about the 35mm format equivalent to 171mm in 4×5, and that translates to about 51mm in 8×10, so it’s about what we would call a “normal” lens for 8×10. Of course, you can just get closer, and that may give you what you need, but it’s a little different. Try putting a 50mm lens on your 35mm, if you have one, or a full frame digital and see how that looks to you.
The 480mm, which translates in 35mm to about a 70mm lens is what most feel is the starting point for a portrait lens in 8×10.
I hope that helps.
Definitely. Thank you very much.
Jeff