Jane Bown Exposures

Jane Bown was sent on assignment to photograph Samuel Beckett for the Observer. He was apparently reluctant and made a quick exit through a narrow ally which had one sky light above. She managed to stop him and photographed him with her Olympus 35mm camera.  She took several different exposures with him glaring at the camera and being 'of diminutive stature' he naturally looked down at her as she photographed him.  My not so unwilling victim for this recreation is an ex Life Guard who stood to attention patiently and whilst I took these individual shots in the hall upstairs with just natural daylight coming through a roof Velux and a black fleece background using my nikon D90 and a Nikkor 50mm  f1.8 portrait lens on a tripod.
I made a canvas 14240 pixels wide by 4288 in PS4 and added each image as a layer by copying and pasting. Once complete I merged the layers to one and played around switching to black and white with blue filter and altered the contrast using curves.
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I also took some B/W pictures using my old 35mm camera and the tripod. I've still got some pics to take on the 36 shot film before getting it developed. This really highlighted how good digital is, as if I needed telling.  One of the most significant changes is being able to change ISO without the need to finish the film. I'd got 100 ASA film for high definition but was struggling for light. I'll be really interested to see how they compare.

I've got some ideas of how I'm going to present these images using multiple cut outs on a 40x50 mount card when I get back.

Peter is a  multitalented sort of chap, a horseman, writer and I've known him a long time. The plan was to do the BW shots and then change back to the home studio set up in the conservatory as used previously. I'd got the college studio lights, but annoyingly the natural light was perfect and we ended up not needing them.
We just used a foam core reflector, but I don't think this really contributed much to the overall. I'm going to get a Triflector when I get back I think.

We needed some good portrait shots for Pete to use for publicity and I wanted to include hands to go along with my second theme and the writing/author type images. I'll post these When I Get Back (WIGB)