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Subject: [Leica] A Leica portrait: Packrat
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:13:06 -0500

Thanks George. I like using 35mm cameras and Tmax 3200 for environmental
portraits because I hate flash and I want to be able to handhold the camera
so I can shoot and compose more spontaneously. Some of these were shot in
REALLY dim light with exposures at EI-1600 as long as 1/15 at f2.8.


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On 3/5/11 7:19 PM, "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:

> Absolutely beautiful
> Real
> Environmental portraits
> 
> Regards,
> George
> (from iPad)
> 
> On Mar 5, 2011, at 16:42, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> I used Tmax Developer diluted 1+4. The film was exposed at EI-1600 and I
>> used Kodak's recommended developing time for that speed. That's the way I
>> usually expose and develop Tmax 3200; I think its a beautiful combination.
>> 
>> I have done a lot of portraits that way! Here's a few others:
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/marymora
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/hydebros
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/c-apodaca
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/rickforeman
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/olduncan
>> 
>> http://tinyurl.com/carnivaldog
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Chris Crawford
>> Fine Art Photography
>> Fort Wayne, Indiana
>> 260-486-2581
>> 
>> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My portfolio
>> 
>> http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com  My latest work!
>> 
>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798
>> Become a fan on Facebook
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 3/5/11 5:11 PM, "Michiel Fokkema" <michiel.fokkema at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Nice portrait. I have to give tmz3200  try. You make it look very good.
>>> Wat did you soup it in?
>>> 
>>> michiel.fokkema at gmail.com
>>> 
>>> Op 17-02-11 01:32, Chris Crawford schreef:
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/packrats-toys
>>>> 
>>>> This is the owner of Packrat's Mini-Flea-Market, a small store on Wells
>>>> Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana that mainly sells old toys. The owner, who
>>>> says his family calls him Packrat, has the largest collection of Lego 
>>>> sets
>>>> that I have ever seen. He buys and sells old Lego sets and parts and 
>>>> keeps
>>>> a
>>>> personal collection of them. My son loves Lego bricks, and Packrat has a
>>>> lot
>>>> of very old and hard to find ones, so we have bought a lot of stuff 
>>>> here! I
>>>> also have a photograph of the outside of the store.
>>>> 
>>>> Shot with an M6 and 28mm ZM Biogon on Tmax 3200 at EI-1600
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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