Birthday Girl.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica M3, Portrait, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

Technical: f/1.4, 1/60 sec.

Dinner Theatre (in 3 Acts).

Film, Kodak BW400CN, Leica M3, Life's Little Moments, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

These were shot in a very dark restaurant.

(f/1.4, 1/30 sec)

—Peter.

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Act 1:

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Act 2:

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Act 3:

Archer.

2015, Favourite, Film, Kodak BW400CN, Leica M3, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

People often ask me why I always go back to the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm f/1.4.

This is why.

—Peter.

Reflections.

Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait

Window Light Portrait.

Favourite, Film, Kodak Portra 400, Mamiya 43mm, Mamiya 7/7II, Portrait

The Green Room.

Favourite, Film, Inspiration, Kodak Portra 400, Mamiya 43mm, Mamiya 7/7II, Portrait

Evening Repose.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait

One of the initial test images with my newly acquired Leica M3.

—Peter.

Copacabana (At the Copa), revisited.

Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Sports

At the school Lip Sync 2015 show. The related image is here.

—Peter.

Longing Look.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait

Echo, echo.

As an aside, this represents the 5th “test shot” taken with my new-old M3. As you can tell, most of the test shots were made under awful incandescent lighting (after all, I was only interested in confirming focus accuracy).

Still, there’s something about film and the way it renders even poorly lit scenes.

—Peter.

Sunshine Bear and C.

Film, Inspiration, Kodak BW400CN, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M3, Portrait

And the Infinite Hug.

—Peter.

And so it begins.

Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait

The haircut, revisited.

And overdue.

—Peter.

The Fire.

2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait

The fellas.

Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Sports

At the Lip Sync 2015 show.

—Peter.

Copacabana (At the Copa).

2015, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Summilux ASPH f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Sports

Last night, at the school Lip Sync 2015 show.

Camouflage (skin tones).

2015, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait

Please see my previous example of Camouflage.

—Peter.

Laugh.

Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Leica M Type 240, Portrait, Q&A, Teaching point

I say the silliest things to her…

On another note, the artificial and mixed back-lighting, and the reflections off the red walls, in this scene are very challenging. Yet, with the proper pre-processing (a term I believe I coined) and post-processing, the technical issues are mostly overcome.

I know that there will be a few individuals who will insist that I should have used flash, but I vehemently disagree: the spontaneity and ambiance would have been lost.

I’d feel differently if I was trying to produce a formal portrait — but I wasn’t.

—Peter.