Sammael99

Sammael99, 10 days ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Introspection, an in-camera double exposure on film.

Back in the late fall, Louka and I worked on a Photosynthesis session that had a good number of successful "leaf" images. These are probably my favourite leaf images since I started doing them. It's still a fraught process, with frequent failures as I struggle to balance the exposures of the leaf and the model. But I'll be back at it, now that it's the spring and there are leaves to work with again.
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Sammael99, 15 days ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Equilibrium, an in-camera double-exposure on film.
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I have this jargon for Photosynthesis about the different types of images. This is what I call a "spine" where I shoot a plant with a strong central stem and then align that stem (as best I can) to the model's own spine. When they work they can be quite spectacular, but even a small shift ruins the effect. I'm really pleased with this one, the first in a long time that I find stunning (if I say so myself...)

#believeinfilm #photography #blackandwhite #doubleexposure #film #experimental #portrait

Sammael99, 1 month ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the (Wednes)day was Fanned Out, an in-camera double exposure on film.
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This is another image I really love that I never published before for no other reason that, at the time it was produced, I had other images to put forward. I love how the fanned out fingers seem to balance the lateral treetop technique that fans out the back of Margaux's head and back.

#believeinfilm #photography #blackandwhite #doubleexposure #film #experimental #portrait

Sammael99, 1 month ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Fragments of you
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These "through the leaves" textures create a puzzle effect that I don't get tired of...

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Sammael99, 1 month ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Chervilled, an in-camera double exposure on film.
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I don't know if that texture was actually chervil (I somehow doubt it, just growing randomly in a park) but whatever it is I love the delicate little branches. And they look like chervil. Anyway, they make for a great texture, as you can see here.

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Sammael99, 2 months ago to BelieveInFilm French

The image of the day is Waiting for instructions, an in-camera double exposure on film.

One of the challenges of working with these electronic textures is model direction. There has to be some meaning of sorts to the poses. In this sequence I asked the models to look a bit blank, and I think it worked well with this one, conveying this impression of waiting for instructions.
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Ambivalena, 2 months ago to photography

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Sammael99, 3 months ago to photography French

Image of the day is Vitruvian Danse, an in-camera tripleexposure on film.

This image is obviously inspired by Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man" drawing, but also by the lesser know photography "Danse" by Yva which led me on this path of multiple exposures of the same model. Obviously, the fact that the model's height is different depending on how the legs are spread makes it less aligned than in Leonardo's drawing, but I think it's quite effective nonetheless.

#photography #multipleexposure #blackandwhite #davinci experimental

Sammael99, 3 months ago to movies French

Image of the day is Four-Legged, an in-camera #doubleexposure on #film.

I have recently had a number of opportunities to shoot more images from my "one and more" project, multiple exposures of the same model. I'm quite pleased with this attempt. While I'm not getting the perfect curve of the backs that would make this truly special, I like the fact that the buttocks are only faintly in the image, leading the viewer to question what they are seeing.

#photography #experimental #blackandwhite #believeinfilm

Sammael99, 3 months ago to BelieveInFilm French

I have a question for you all, my lovely #believeinfilm people. When I joined Mastodon I did so on a server where roleplaying friends were, by convenience. Do you think I'm doing myself a disservice in terms of exposure by not being on an "art" or "photography" server ? And if yes, where should I apply ?

Sammael99, 3 months ago to movies French

Image of the day is Lady Bark, an in-camera #doubleexposure on #film.
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This may seem like a simple image to you, but it's groundbreaking to me. I've been trying to get this feel of a face emerging from the bark for months, and never succeeded because the studio lights would outline the face too much. By using a super low powered snoot super close to the face I finally managed to get what I wanted and I'm super pleased about this one. Now I can start using this approach creatively, at last !

#believeinfilm #photography #blackandwhite #experimental #analog #incamera #bark

Sammael99, 3 months ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Bowler Hat Brigade, a coffee toned #cyanotype on Hahnemühle Harmony HP paper.

From the same session as "Cassandra in Paris" came this composite shot (done in Photoshop) that I thought was very moody and ever so slightly surreal. Once I saw the rendering of the coffee toned cyanotypes, I had to try it. I'm sorely tempted to include a bowler hat brigade in my next RPG just so I can use this image...

#believeinfilm #alternativeprocess #paris #surreal #coffee

greuh, 3 months ago to random French

Les messages vocaux sur Whatsapp.
La résurrection du répondeur par les gens qui n’écoutent jamais leur répondeur. Fascinant.

(J’ai horreur des vocaux. J’ai l’impression que la personne avait grave la flemme.)

Sammael99, 3 months ago to photography French

Image of the day is Cassandra in Paris, a coffee toned #cyanotype on Hahnemühle Harmony HP paper.
As I was digging through my archives for pictures of Paris to coffee tone, I stumbled upon this image from a session with models back in 2013. I loved the way the stairs fall in the shadows, and Cassandre's fey look on this image. I decided to try out the same process, and I'm pretty pleased with the results !

#photography #alternativeprocess #coffee #paris #believeinfilm

Sammael99, 3 months ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Paris IV, a coffee toned #cyanotype on Hahnemühle Harmony HP
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After my first successful attempt with Coffee toning, I decided to give it a try with a different image: this frame within frame of the statue of Diderot at the bottom of the Tour Saint Jacques. I'm very pleased with the results here as well, even though the paper is a little bit more tainted. I've included a cyanotype print of the same image (though with 15s less exposure time, the inner arch is a lot more visible). I like them both, but the dark steel gray tones of the toned one really please me.

#believeinfilm #alternativeprocess #paris #coffee

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An arch at the bottom of the Tour Saint Jacques in Paris. Through the arch, framed on the other side, is a statue of philosopher Diderot and Paris in the background. Blue and white.

Sammael99, 4 months ago to BelieveInFilm French

Image of the day is Paris IX, a coffee toned #cyanotype print.

I finally got to some results I like with coffee toning. This is the first (hopefully) of a series of images, one per arrondissement in Paris that I'm designing to illustrate my upcoming roleplaying game set in Paris.This is a cyanotype print on Hahnemühle Harmony Hot Press that was then toned in coffee. I did not bleach the cyanotype first, I dunked the still wet print in hot water with instant coffee in it. I agitated for a few minutes and then let it rest overnight. I'm very pleased with the tones here, although the print was not well coated (I had some brush issues) so it may be that I will redo it. I'm also working on a new print (tonight, probably).

Website: www.benfphotography.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benfphoto/

#believeinfilm #alternativeprocess #photography #paris #coffee

yanncphoto, 4 months ago to random French

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Sammael99, 4 months ago to random

Last night I worked on a last minute present for my sister-in-law. Tea boxes from Hong Kong on A3 sized paper. Quite pleased with the results. #cyanotype

Sammael99, 4 months ago to photography French

Image of the day is Crouch

There's a big part of on-site experimentation in figuring out poses that will work when working with a super wide-angle lens (this must have been shot at around 20mm or even wider). This one came by chance, and I quite like it. The wide-angle does a bit of a job on Elly's head, but not as much as I feared.

#photography #portrait #nude #artnude #experimentation