Some leica portraits with info

I shot an assignment for a magazine recently. All black and

white of chefs in Austin, Texas. I've been testing the waters of

delivering black and white files on CD's instead of prints, as

magazines are just going to scan the prints. In the link below

are three of the chef photos with info. It's not high art, just a fun

job. Also a photo of a freind in Paris. Binna was in very low

available light.

 

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http://homepage.mac.com/kirktuck/PhotoAlbum22.html

 

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Thanks, Kirk

Kirk;

 

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Good stuff. The toned shot is very nice. What toner did you use, or

is it a print on color paper?

 

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I wonder what the white circle is above Binna's right ear? Looks like

an artifact of a mirror lens. HHHMMM

 

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cheers

Nice portraits, Kirk. Fun, relaxed, natural. You got to love Tri-X for portraits in available light. Now,

chef Peter has a greenish cast, chef Marion a reddish cast, (chef Emmett doesn't show up in the

slide show), and Emma lokks like the only real grayscale. To me anyway. Is this due to different

scanning methods? Like RGB scanning of B&W or something?

Kirk: PS

 

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I like MArion's as No 1.

 

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I would have included all of emmett's arms and hands. His fingers

bleeding off to the right are a bit distracting. One of my teachers

was a protege of Karsh and I was taught that whenever hands are in

the picture, they need to be ALL there and clear, at that. Hands are

important for artists, singers, sculptors, boxers, piano players and

others as well as chefs.

 

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IN fact very few portraits, IMHO are complete without hands playing

an important role.

 

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Again

Kirk,

 

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I love the expression in Binna-in-Paris. It looks like she's

thinking, "I can't believe I'm at a cafe in Paris with a photographer

who cuts off people's hands." But sure enough, there's her

hand. Tricked her!

I like Chef Emmette. Nice light; happy guy.

Verrrry nice..... how DO you do it? How do you get the spontaneous happy expressions? I more often get plastic smiles from my subjects while I'm holding the camera and fiddling with focus. Would you like to clue us in on your technique?

Good work Kirk, I´m sure it can become a great proyect, go on with it,

youre doing just rigth! ;)

Kirk,

 

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Wow, these are some well-executed, professional-caliber

portraits. Really fine work. Was this your first magazine job? If

so, congrats! I wouldn't be surprised if others weren't knocking

on your door soon. Keep it up.

Decent, but what is so special about these portraits?

Hi Kirk. It shows your talent. Keep it up. Regards,

Ed

Dear Lux,

 

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"In the link below are three of the chef photos with info. It's not high art, just a fun job." Posted them so people could see how the scans

worked and the tones we were getting. Does everything have to be "special"? As I said in the original post, it's just a job. Not high art.

The reason they are posted on this list is that they are made with Leica lenses and people always seem to want to see real world

examples of stuff.

 

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Kirk

Kirk,

 

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You are too modest; these are certainly more than fun snaps! Any

portraitist would be very happy to get interaction like that from

their subjects. The technical annoyances, such as they are, are

irrelevant, given the mood and moment of the portraits, though I do

have some sympathy for the "artisan hands must be sharp" point of

view.

 

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Thank you very much for sharing; the slide show format is a real

treat to viewers.

Kirk, if you cannot take criticism, just don't bother posting. I am

sure I was entitled to ask what are so special about these pictures

that you have posted.

 

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Just because you posted something here, everyone has to agree they

are good?

 

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Well, if it makes you feel better, they are excellent portraits.