Sydney Jo Jackson by John Hooton
Another take with beautiful model, singer and dancer Sydney Jo Jackson, who was a real pleasure to work with. The delightful Nicola Hamilton came over to do the make up at very short notice.
I wanted to do something in the style of Irving Penn and one of the characteristics of his portraiture was that subjects were very often in cramped or seemingly uncomfortable positions, sometimes squeezed into corners made from studio flats.
Penn used daylight most of the time from the roof of his studio. To imitate this I rigged a black tent arrangement to stop light bouncing around the room, and give maximum density to the shadow areas.
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6
Focal Length: 35mm
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/16
Flash: Bowens
Flash Mode: White Umbrella
Post Processing: Photoshop CS3 and Silver Efex Pro
© 2009 John Hooton Photography
Comments
Great B&W and great glamour picture. Well done John!
Thanks Antonio, much appreciated. :-))
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great job
Thanks Dude.
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She is beautiful John. This is a wonderful portrait of her.
Thanks LJ. Slightly cramped but it’s amazing what you can do in your front room!
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Well done John
Thank you very much Paul.
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Very Penn like, you really did a great job!
Thanks Nic, I think we got pretty close. :-))
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Superb. What lovely hair she has.
You are right there, thank you Pryere.
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Brilliant work John.
Thank you very much Gail, glad you like it. :-))
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Amazing haire and perfect tone !
Well done John
Thank you Etienne. This was an experiment to try and get a certain Penn like quality. For once I think it worked out! :-)
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Beautiful work.
My ‘home studio’ and black tent arrangement is a bit cramped for this type of shot, but I got more or less what I had in mind, particularly with the lighting. Your appreciation is appreciated! Thank you Alistair.
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Wonderful image!
Thank you Brian. I have a very small studio!
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