Photographing the Pupils - Part III

There's a big fat fingerprint on my laptop screen right now. Any guesses why? Because Anita can't tell the difference between a laptop and an iPad. It's rather amusing to watch someone futilely try to end a FaceTime call by pressing on an LCD that clearly is not a touch screen.

Anywho, this is another set in my personal portrait series, 'Photographing the Pupils,' whereby students of mine sit for an impromptu session. I particularly like how these ones turned out. Real, raw, and unretouched. While most would prefer to look perfectly made up and flawless, I find beauty in the slight imperfections and assymetrics of our faces.













While taking these portraits of my students, Olga was interested in my Kiev, so I gave her a chance to shoot me with it. She struggled with the manual focus and the inverted image in the WLF, but she clearly nailed it - focus is spot on, and she placed a pretty decent key triangle using the single key light. Well done!



And Mike gets a bonus shot because his shirt was awesome:


All photos shot with the Kiev88 CM, Arsat 80mm f/2.8 on Kodak Tri-X 400. Developed in Rodinol, 1:25 @ 68 deg. F for 6:00min.