[Leica] IMG: A new batch of film portraits

[Nathan Wajsman]

Thanks for looking, Jayanand! I like to straddle both worlds.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
nwajsman at gmail.com

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> On 29 Mar 2023, at 06:59, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Excellent set, but I much prefer the rendering of digital, because it has a
> much higher dynamic range to play around with. To me, the method used is
> not important, only the final output is.
> 
> I prefer a digital darkroom to a wet darkroom as well. 😊
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 2:48 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
>> In the past few months, I have done a couple of new things when it comes
>> to shooting film. First, I have begun to use the Topaz AI suite, and I have
>> gone back through my 2022 film images and reprocessed them using those
>> tools; there is definitely a learning curve, but I think that I am now
>> getting the hang of it (mainly using the controls to dial back some of the
>> effects, actually). The second development (no pun intended) is that I have
>> started to develop my own film again (until recently, I was sending it off
>> to a lab in Valencia)—I get better results by doing it myself and save
>> money in the process, so it is definitely a win-win situation.
>> 
>> I have just added 12 mostly informal portraits to my Film Portraits
>> gallery, all taken since June 2022, but recently reprocessed as mentioned
>> above. You can click on the individual links below, or just click on the
>> arrow on the right to move to the next image.
>> 
>> My classmate Lone:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-jxB7BRB/A
>> 
>> Eri:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-xsDmKRF/A
>> 
>> Carolina and Carmen:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-qMGkCNr/A
>> 
>> Iñaki’s daughter (I forgot her name):
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-H9PZFVZ/A
>> 
>> Iñaki and his daughter:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-4tcspNL/A
>> 
>> My former trainee Antanina:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-5BJdgWt/A
>> 
>> Our neighbour Juan:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-t5mL3WT/A
>> 
>> Juan’s wife Isabel:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-tNrQQp8/A
>> 
>> A face in Brussels:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-XmxV5Vv/A
>> 
>> Eri, again:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-2RqLw56/A
>> 
>> The wine lady:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/Film/Film-portraits/i-NKc6z9K/A
>> 
>> The last 3 are developed by me.
>> 
>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>> 
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> photo at frozenlight.eu
>> 
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> 
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>> 
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