Re: [Leica] how to make these type photographs?

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

Well, if you underexpose you lose the shadow detail, then if you overdevelop
you raise the level of the remaining tones that you have recorded on film.
You have to make sure that you have enough in the highlight area to make for
a good composition.  Any area that has too much exposure will be blocked up.
This gives the kind of contrast that you see in those pictures.  Of course
this overdevelopment raises the grain and may shift color.  Looks like that
is what this photographer has done.

Mike D
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Francesco Sanfilippo <fls@san.rr.com>
    To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
    Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 11:11 PM
    Subject: [Leica] how to make these type photographs?


    Hi all, I have never made photos like this, but I would
    love to experiment.  How does one do these?  The photographer
    (in his techniques page) says he pushes Tri-X and color slide
    film "beyond its limits."  Does this mean shooting and developing
    something like E100 at 800 or 1600, or Tri-X at 6400?  I am sure
    most of you can take a glance at his work and tell me how he gets
    the "cool" (to some), grainy, avant-garde/high-fashion look.
    Thanks!

    Here is his work:
    http://fotog.net


    Francesco Sanfilippo,
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