tamron 90 is a quite a sharp lens ... and so is acros film... I hope she has
a perfect skin... otherwise portrait becomes a nightmare... (even with
photoshop to correct it...)
my advice... use a good Tri-x with a little grain... (and by the way you
solve your problem of available light...)
Stephan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:12 AM
Subject: [OM] Advice on Portrait photography
> I will be doing some amateur portraits in B&W for my girlfriend's friends.
>
> Film: Fuji Acros
> Camera: OM-1n
> Lens: Tokina 90mm f2.5
> Environment: My bland apartment; with white concrete walls as backdrop;
> (non reflective flat paint)
> Lighting: Whatever I can squeeze out of the overhead compact flourecent
> lights (3x 60 watts)
> Additional Lighting: I have a desk lamp that I will be placing on top
> of the bookshelf to give a not quite 45degree cross light on the face
> Subject: 22 year old female, 5'2" about 105lbs, asian, with very white
> skin, not very oily skin either
> Seating: $3 dollar folding stool
>
> From my metering; I can do f2.5 at 1/125th with no problem. If I turn
> on the additional lighting, I can drop that to maybe f2.8 or so; if I
> put it close enough, I can buy almost two full stops, and give me f2.8 @
> 1/250th.
>
> Now I need some advice/websites to look at for how to take great B&W
> Portraits... Thanks!
>
> I'm making an appointment with her for sometime next week; but want at
> least a week to prep. Also, the film choice is not final, so if you
> have another recommendation, let me know. But I want a 100 speed film
> though... I have never tried Ilford with protraits, and I am not all
> that happy with the Tmax100's I've seen.. (personal preference I guess)
>
> If you've shot with Acros for portraits, let me know.
>
> Thanks guys in advance, I'm a bit nervous.
> Albert
>
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