I was going through my old fashion portfolio and came across this shot of Ron Ames and thought is would make a good illustration for a second installment about classical portraits and single light setups. I think it is always the case that that a classical style photographic portrait aims to emulate window light. I this case, the "window" has Venetian blinds to add a little drama and mystery. I found when I was lighting this shot that adding any additional lights or reflectors detracted from the overall graphic effect.
The lighting came from a single Broncolor flood/spot head in spot mode shown through blinds suspended from a boom arm. Lighting from the left adds tension because is breaks from the convention established in painting. The background is just white seamless paper.
This picture is a digital copy of an 11x14 gelatin silver print made on the rich warm Agfa Portriga Rapid, which was partly bleached in potassium ferro-cyanide, then treated in Kodak Selenium Toner. I always liked the blue/sepia split tone effect this processing yields.
| Technical | |
| Camera: | Leica M2 |
| Lens: | Leica 90mm f/2.8 Tele-Elmarit-M |
| Exposure: | Agfa Pan 400, f/5.6 @ 1/30s |
| Lighting: | Broncolor studio strobe |
| Support: | Gitzo Studex Tripod with #2 Pan/Tilt head |
| Location: | Globe Building Studio, St. Louis, MO |
| Dates: | Capture - April 17, 1991, Processed April 17, 2011 |
| Processing: | Lightroom 3.3 |
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