Self Portrait – Day 7 of 7

Finally !! Last one.

As the reflector and window light is the most natural lighting, I stuck with this for the final image, choosing instead to use some of the features of the GFX100RF to change the result.

For this, I switched the film simulation to Nostalgic Neg and increased the contrast by setting the shadows to +1.0 (I usually shoot with this set to -0.5 at premieres as it is easier to increase contrast than reduce it in post).

I also enabled the digital teleconverter of the camera, setting it to its maximum of 63mm (approx 80mm 35mm equivalent), producing a still usable 5120 * 3840 sized image.

As a final image with no editing, I think that is perfectly acceptable (apart from not being level).

To finish this series of self-portrait posts, I thought I would go back and do a quick edit on each of the images to see how they would look if I treated them as I would any other shoot.

There is only really one in this set which I do not like, where I think it is of a totally unacceptable quality (lighting).

You will be pleased to know that’s it for this series of posts, I have found it difficult to both find the time and actually look at myself every day.

Hopefully, I have managed to demonstrate a few options for making portraits in tight spaces. I have also reminded myself of the options which should help me set sessions up quicker when presented with a tricky shoot.

As for this blog, it returns to “normal” tomorrow with my first thoughts on the GFX100RF.

Enjoy.