Richard Avedon Project

Hey all,

Haven't posted anything significant in a while.

I'm doing a longterm-ish project imitating the style of Richard Avedon. This past sunday, I put up a huge white seamless backdop next to the Musuem of Fine Arts in my town of Boston. I stopped random peopel and took portraits. It was fun. Anyways, I wanted to show you a scan of a film print I made today. Soon i'll be scanning the negatives instead of the prints for better quality. I shot this with the EOS 1V (oldschool!) and the 70-200 2.8L IS. No strobes.

I also shot a bunch in digital, but they can be seen here... www.scotteisenphoto.co​m/avedon/

Anyways, here is the first film print.

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

JFarrisphotos wrote in post #8692204
I love it. The exposure is perfect. And, her bitten lip is just, ach I can't even come up with a word for it. Excellent.

Thanks. I know what you mean. I can't quite name what it is about it either!

airfrogusmc wrote in post #8692244
COOL!!!

Sounds like a killer project.

Thanks! I hope it evolves nicely!

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

2 x 5D III | 40D | Rokinon 14 2.8 | 35L | 50[B]L | 85IIL | 100 L |135L | 300 f4L | | 24-70L | | 70-200 2.8L II | 2XL |
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gh patriot wrote in post #8692294
WOW! Great Idea, I just saw some of hid work at the Grand Rapids Art Museum last winter. They had a huge showing of his work and it changed the way I look at portraits forever. This is definatly following in his style. Great job capturing her soul.

He is a legend and does work I strive to accomplish at some point in my life.

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

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2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

airfrogusmc wrote in post #8695000
IIRC Avedon used white seamless a flat overhead and a 4X5 camera and all available light.

don't have access to a 4x5...but I did use all available light with a white seamless haha

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

Here are some more print scans

note: the weird white on the guys forhead is from a shadow on a above tree. the sun shifted and we started getting these funky results.

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

NADA...sold off my gear and bought a motorcycle. I might be back shooting someday...

Mi nombre es Jamey

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mxracer535 wrote in post #8697216
The first one is SERIOUS!!

Great set man

Thanks! not done yet!

airfrogusmc wrote in post #8697405
Nice series...

Thanks! some more coming soon

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|

These are scanned negatives, not prints

2X Canon 1Dx|Canon 1D Mark IV|Canon 5D Mark III|14mm 2.8L II|16-35mm 2.8L II|24mm 1.4L II|35mm 1.4L|50mm 1.2L |85mm 1.2L II|70-200 2.8L IS|200mm 2.0L IS|300mm 2.8L IS|400mm 2.8L IS|800mm 5.6L IS| 580EX II| 600EX RT II|