Franken-blad portraits

January 21, 2010

Hasselblad with a cheap homemade lens

One of my experimental jags lately has been using a homemade lens on my medium format camera. The two element design of this lens leaves a lot to be desired: it is sharp only in the center of the image and has severe curvature of the focus plane, which allows only one part of the photo to be truly sharp. But I think the effect can be arresting, especially with casual portraits. Here are three pictures of the fellow photographers I spent last weekend with in Placerville.

Kerik Kouklis, who lives in Placerville

Matt Magruder - an Austinite photographer

'Ike' Eisenlord, a Minneapolis photographer

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