Portrait

The grocer.

Film, Inspiration, Portrait, Street, Teaching point, Voigtländer 40mm f/1.4 Nokton

For anyone in doubt about film having a different look from digital, look carefully at this image.

Noteworthy observations: the colours, the tonality.  There are other differences that I’ve never been able to put my finger on — call it the “je ne sais quoi” factor.

As an aside, I’ve always found that the Voigtländer Nokton 40mm, the lens used to capture this image, performs exceptionally well on film.

—Peter | Prosophos.

The grocer

↑Leica MP, Voigtländer Nokton 40mm @ f/1.4, and Fuji Superia X-tra 200.

Mark.

Guest Post, Inspiration, Leica 50mm Noctilux f/0.95, Portrait, Q&A, Street, Teaching point

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Mark, a fellow Canadian and reader of this site.

[Please see some of Mark’s previous contributions, here and here].

And he’s gentleman, through and through.

After sharing a cup of coffee and our life experiences, we walked over to Dundas Square to photograph and found it almost completely empty!  Incredible.

I did end up with one image though — the only image that counts:  a portrait of Mark.

—Peter.

Mark

↑Leica M9 and Leica Noctilux @ f/0.95.