Some portraits of mates at a bbq

[Hamish Gill]

We had a bbq last weekend (despite the rain) ...
I used to take photos of my mates all the time ... anyone who has me on facebook can look a few years back and see no end of photos taken with my nikon f3 with various fast b&w films ...
Im not quite sure why it stopped ... i love doing it ... and love the results, slightly tipsy people are often so characterful in photos! ...
anyway here are a couple taken on my D3 last sunday ...

 

[Pete Askew]

Love the second shot Hamish. It certainly has that post-pint philosopher look about it! Why not pop a spot of grain on to give them some continuity with the F3 shots?

 

[Hamish Gill]

I did!
Do you think it needs a little more?
I didn't want to over do it just for the sake of it....

 

[Pete Askew]

Now I look, I can just see it in the first. I think I'd make it a touch coarser though because the relatively high contrast looks a bit like the 'film' was pushed. What ISO were they shot at?

 

[Hamish Gill]

I'll maybe take a look tomorrow ...
1600 I think ... ...
Must get silver fx soon I think ... I get the impression it would e nice for this sort of lark!?

 

[Thomas brookes]

I turned up!!!!!!!!!!! Shame I missed the photographs tho!!! Love the shots mate

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I like the low shooting angles, and the glass carefully placed in the top left on #2

B&W definitely works on these - your Nikon is looking a bit grainy though...

 

[Paul Lange]

That 2nd one certainly has the look of a bloke solving world problems while his mate is almost bored to tears. Nice shot! The 1st I think looks better with the LHS cropped, makes a good off the cuff portrait.