link Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 A woman I was working with last week said to me "you're a photographer. Can you take some 'professional' pictures of my 3 year old son?" I couldn't say no, and thought I'd try to finish off the roll languishing in my Retina IIIc. Wow, this camera has one wonderful lens with a very nice transition to the out of focus areas. I thought I'd share one of the photographs below taken with the Retina and I even used the built in meter! It is a real challenge to focus on a fast moving child with this camera though...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff bishop Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Wow, that Retina really performed! That's a great photo, I bet she loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_elek Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 That's really a nice shot. Interesting thing about Kodak VC. I don't find it to be a highly saturated film. Skin tones seem to be under control and quite natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gib Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 what a wonderful photo...skin tones seem excellent...great look you caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis triguez Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 B G, Pictures of children are the most difficult ones to take. If you let the mom around, saing things to the child to smile, you'r lost. If you don't, the child wants his mom and starts whimpering. A dilemma. Very good picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito sobrinho Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Very difficult to "picture" the little rascals as they are restless all the time. Nice exposure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connealy Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Kids as photo subjects are difficult to manage if they don't know you. Once you are over that hump, they are easier than adults because they don't have the adult hang-ups about perceived flaws in their appearance. It is often a big help to get the child involved in some activity they like while you are shooting. One trick I have found useful is to sit them in front of a TV. I also inform them that they are not required to smile for the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 BG , very nice photo, great expression on the kids face.My IIIc need some exercise ,maybe today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 Thanks for the comments! About the VC film. It is kind of saturated and so I've used the computer to tone down the colors in this photograph quite a bit. I also tried a new technique I hadn't used before. The green plants were kind of overwhelming so I made a duplicate layer in the form of a sepia toned b&w image. I faded the sepia toned layer out until the enough color came back but because the sepia layer was flesh toned, the skin color came back more than the background and clothing. This method left the lips quite pale, so they were enhanced back to normal. The technique here kind of left an old timey feel of the way I remember color photographs looking reproduced in magazines in the 1950's. Just right for a 1950's kodak camera. I didn't have any optical prints made from the negatives (I'm a cheapskate!) so I don't know what the Portra VC film looks like with traditional processing and printing. Of course, there may not be anywhere left that prints optical prints nowadays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacsa Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 congrats, you produced a great image for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_m Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 A great photo, one of the best child portraits I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pensacolaphoto Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Wonderful skin tones. Could you describe to me your camera and lens? I have a Retina Ib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pensacolaphoto Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Is it the reflex model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_elek Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Raid, he used a Retina IIIc (small c) -- folding rangefinder camera. The Xenon lens is excellent, as he's proven here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin_cochrane Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Wow fantastic shot bg. I've gotten real fond of my IIIC lately. A recent image from a weekend in the Gold Country; Celtic Fair.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjamin_cochrane Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Opps, uploaded the wrong one. I underexposed the shot a wee bit. This should be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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