A few folks from the street.

[PhillipM]

Shot with a 4x5 graphic view

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RB67 shots w/50mm lens

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[Blackjack]

Great character studies and excellent photographs. The most moving of the set, IMHO, is the last one.

 

[jfrabat]

I did a project like this back in College... Film, of course (it WAS 1992!), but I found that you could trade some GREAT shots for a couple of smokes!

 

[PhillipM]

Thanks. Yeah, I like engaging folks on the street when I have the time, or feel the need to do so.

Some more RB shots.

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[gsgary]

Wonderful seperation from the background, fantastic work can i ask what film you were using having an interesting camera can make all the difference in getting the shots

 

[PhillipM]

Hi Gary. Thank you.

Best I can remember it's Arista EDU on both the LF and MF.

A couple more from the same period of time..

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[FanBoy]

Wow, all those people staring at me. What an impact! :thumbup:

 

[Soulz3urn3lack]

Love it, always wanted to do something like this. A++

 

[PhillipM]

Thanks for the kind words... I always enjoy getting out of the shop, and meeting folks off the street, especially during the summer months.

My plan is to create a "coffee book" for the studio with nothing but street photography. Mainly folks that I've met, all printed in B/W. So I just keep acquiring images.

More RB shots. I wish I had a small MF camera though. The RB is a beast to carry around.

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[timor]

Philip man, we have to watch you. You gonna be a great portrait photographer. Most of this shots is well above the average and if you have the talent to talk strangers into posing for you I hope we will see much more of your work.
All this shot on Arista Edu ?

 

[PhillipM]

Hi Tim,,, thanks.

On those RB shots... Now that I think about it... I'm not 100% sure... That was way back in the summer.

I may have to retract that Arista statement. The more I think about it, I think it Tmax film.

 

[Mauimaniacs]

Great job with these. You can see the personalities in these folks. A story behind every click.

 

[PhillipM]

Thanks Maui,,,

I over exposed this by 3 stops, but was able to save it in development.

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[amolitor]

Most of these seem to be pretty much the same photograph. Only in a few cases am I getting any sense of "portrait" here, mostly I am getting "oh look, another lazy headshot of a poor person". Several of them are just full-on exploitation with no particular redeeming value that I can see.

The very second photo on in the thread, the old lady where it looks like you tilted the front standard, was a very very bad idea. I see what you were trying to do, but the look is far too distracting and weird looking to succeed.

You do quite well with the environmental portraits, they are, uniformly, head-and-shoulders about the headshots. You do best when you are engaged with the subject, and when the camera is pulled back a bit.

ETA: This is a very very common theme, and it's problematic for the following reason: you are relying almost entirely on an interesting subject to carry your photograph, and with all due respect, poor/homeless people have enough to do without carrying all these damned photographs for all these damned photographers.

 

[PhillipM]

you are relying almost entirely on an interesting subject to carry your photograph

BINGO! You win the door prise.

Thanks Amolitor..

I sit and talk with each person I shoot, for at least 1/2 hour if they care to. I pay them for their time as well.

I enjoy the engagement, and shooting these types of subjects as a break from the day to day studio work I have to do. They are what they are. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Be well my friend.