Jim Demetre and Susan Robb
Jim knows how to get a portrait session started by bringing in some tasty single malt Oregon whiskey! Man! Chatoe Rogue single malt whiskey is some smooth stuff!
This shot was 10 seconds at f4.5.
Anyway- This shot required most of the lights I had. I used a black background and two spots behind Jim to provide the rim light around his hat. The Main light was the monstar 3 cfl bank and I used two 105w cfl lights as the fill. The accent light was a 500w omni light set very low to get some light onto his cheek without getting a shadow from his hat- it had a diffuser to soften it a bit. This was the second to last shot out of 6 plates.
The great thing about the Deardorff Studio is the ability to use a full range of movements in the front and back while being able to hold up that 12 pound 18inch cooke portrait lens. Both eyes are in focus thanks to some rear and front swings and front tilt and a flat field anastigmat. I sold my faster petzval type Vitax f3.8 to help pay for my Daguerreotype workshop and I don’t really miss it. It was fast but the Cooke lens is superior in that it allows me a lot of control of the focal plane.
Susan Robb has some amazing eyes and I used a lot of front and rear swing to them both in focus. I shot this with the diffusion set at 3 on the cooke portrait so add that nice glow. I used two cfl softboxes and one 500watt omni.
this shot was 12 seconds at f4.5