Awww ! Baby C&C

DaireQuinlan

I haven't been getting out to do much shooting over the last while ... This is why. On the other hand, I now have a ready made captive portrait subject (and audience though I guess I'll have to wait a while for that :-))

Anyhow, my girlfriend wanted some B&W shots. All I had in the fridge in B&W 35mm was a roll of Ilford XP2 which is a C-41 B&W film which I'd bought by accident one day in boots. I figured I'd drag out the strobe and start practicing though. Couple of things wrong with them ... Havent' really nailed the focus I think on some of them, but I don't think thats neccessarily a dreadful thing. I also could try being a bit more adventurous I reckon as regards the actual portrait. So ... without further ado :-)

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Borderfox

Some nice shots Daire, first and second are the best. As you say yourself you need to be a bit more adventurous in the posing. Lovely grain in the shots..

Cabaal

I like the 3rd one, expression is good, looks like he/she doesn't want to hear stuff

AnCatDubh

Hi Daire,

I'm positive they are going to be great to look back on it the future. To remove myself from the Awwww place for a minute, I wonder have you cropped too tight on all in the set. The old guide of never crop at a limb is pretty evident in the above although i have to say i never thought about it when it came to babies. For me #2 is probably the best (imho and from my eye's perspective). Given that it's a 'littler' person being photographed there is probably a thinner line than normal in terms of where to crop. How and ever, i've no doubt you and your g/f will look back 'goo-ing and gaa-ing' over them.

Cheers.

magicbastarder

Cabaal wrote: »

I like the 3rd one, expression is good, looks like he/she doesn't want to hear stuff

looks like he's squeezing one out in that one.

first shot is great, lovely tones.

trishw78

congratulations! I love the expression in the first one I do think they're a little tightly cropped, although if you were to hang them as a 'set' in a panarama style frame they might just work

January

I am not going to steal your baby, he is the cutest thing in the world!!

As for C&C, I rarely post here (2 posts maybe!!) but I love #2, the shadows in it are brilliant. #3 looks like he's not going to listen to anybody!!

DaireQuinlan

Thanks all :-)

Yeah definately need to work on composition and posing all-right. These ones I took by focusing as close as possible with my 50mm and rocking backward and forward until I was in focus. Shoulda stopped down a bit there for a start given that I was using a flash.

I think in fact that ALL of these pictures were taken when he was in the throes of -ahem- "pushing one out" . Otherwise he's either completely impassive, asleep, or screaming his head off. I'm told that'll improve :rolleyes:

Incidentally, has anyone ever wet-printed from C-41 B&W film ? The base has a bit of a magenta tinge to it that I don't think will do the multigrade paper any favours ...