Ganges Float Plane Dock Well known Salt Spring Air pilot, St. Clair McColl (Saint) has a flair for the dramatic—and as it turns out—the nostalgic.
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photo info: Leica M, ISO 200, f/1.4, 1/750 sec, 50mm
John, Love it when people actually have fun at work and with their work. That would be you and him, I guess. The tourists must love it.
Indeed Saint is a performer at heart I think. And I’m trying hard to make him look good.
He came dressed for the shoot, Philip had some shot ideas, Stefanie (work experience student) helped make it happen. And we all remained flexible and worked with the weather we had.
Fun shoot.
He looks like a real character!
Absolutely.
Delightfully whimsical!
Thanks Olivia.
It looks exactly like one of those old studio portraits: the slightly flat lighting and the out-of-focus backdrop, which, if it was sharper, would turn out to be not very well painted…
That’s pretty much the look we were going for. The flat lighting is a result of waiting until 8pm and having some nice light-filtering clouds to create a giant soft box.
The Leica with a 50mm Summilux at f/1.4 provided a film-like look, a very shallow depth of focus (and fabulous sharpness), and rendered the harbour and tug far out of focus.
Btw, I really like having the technical info for your pictures. Could that be a regular feature?
Thanks for the feedback. Long ago I used to do that, then felt it was info most people didn’t want. I thought I might add it where the information was helpful—settings used in an unusual light for example. Alas I don’t always remember and haven’t found a wordpress plugin (that picks up camera data) that I like. I’ll have another look though and if that search comes up empty I’ll make a better effort to doing it manually on some images. Feel free to request data or ask questions in the comment area of each post.