Steven R
There is some debate about whether or not a portrait should show the eyes to be successful. I guess I come down on the side that says, “it depends”.
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Marc at home © Steven Willard
I’m glad to call Marc my friend. Former Marine wounded in Vietnam, photographer, camera repairman, a true polymath with more books than some town libraries. I made this portrait of Marc while he was sitting at his bar, lit by one overhead light fixture, one of those hanging things with a large frosted bulb with a white shade.
I don’t take enough portraits of my friends. It’s something I should do more often. You probably should too.
Pentax K5IIs with legacy 50mm f1.4 lens processed in Snapseed.
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One from the achives this week. Taken on the Ffestiniog railway in Wales in 2007
I used a Canon S3 IS . Not bad for a grab shot.
Meet Patrick. Patrick is studying TV and film production. He asked to borrow one of my old film cameras to use next week. With quite a few to choose from I’ve not sure what to let him borrow …Maybe my F4s that’s bomb proof. Have I helped create a budding media mogul. Who knows :0)
More of my images can be seen
at –
Polychrome59 & Monochrome59
More of my images can be seen
at –
Polychrome59 & Monochrome59
It’s not been all work and no play this past couple of weeks . I’ve been travelling to the UK. While there I have managed to take a few shots and some of them may turn up here over time.
Meet Paul Henry Kiltmaker, and all round good fellow. Here I caught him reading just before we set off for a walking tour of York in the UK.
Camera Leica M9P
Lens :Summilux 35mm f1.4 asph.
Last week I told you what I don’t consider myself good at photographically. Well it’s not that I’m good at portraits either but I like them the most. I would probably run a mile from a model in a studio. I prefer spontaneous shots a little more candid. I like outdoors shots but anywhere will do.
The shot above is of my best mate here in Norway. The snow is acting as the worlds best reflector and we were at an old cabin taking a break from snowshoeing.
I took my Hasselblad with me This is the first shot off the roll.
Rollei 80s in Caffenol C-L using Stand development Here’s the Recipe
Washing soda (Stabil) 16gr/l
Vitamin C (Santa maria) 10 gr/l
Potassium Bromide 1gr/l
Instant Coffee 40gr/l
Inversions for the 1st minute and then left to stand for 49mins
Stop and fix as usual
More details on Caffenol here
Monochromia 
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