I’ve received a number of questions about the print that is framed for the inaugural Sybase Waterloo Community Service Award, so I thought I’d post the details here.
The models were Marketing Events Manager Christine Weber and retired employee Dagmar McIntosh.
Christine and Dagmar’s hands were photographed against a white backdrop tilted at 45 degrees and lit by two Novatron 500 strobes with umbrellas. Their hands were lit with a single Novatron 500 strobe with a snoot to prevent lens flare.
For this shot, I used my Mamiya C330S TLR with a 180mm lens (no filter), 1/500 sec at f/11 on Ilford FP4+ film which was then developed with Ilford ID-11. The 11×14 print used Ilford FB with a matt finish, which was developed in Ilford Multigrade developer and toned first in Kodak selenium. After a 60-minute wash, the brown toning effect was subsequently applied by toning the finished print in tea with constant agitation (8 bags of Red Rose Orange Pekoe in 2L of water) for a period of 3 minutes. The print was then washed again for 30 minutes before drying.
My thanks to Christine and Dagmar for their time, along with Yasmine Abouzour who also modelled for a number of different poses that I may use at a later date.