This photo was take about 50 years ago on a bright sunny day at the beach (not with this camera). It was taken with a homemade lens. Remember T-Mounts? I removed the threads from a T-Mount and glued in a magnifying glass. I made apertures by cutting black paper to fit into the T-Mount and punching various size holes in different inserts. Another method for making apertures - the plastic cover from a can of handballs - remember handball? That's what is on the third photo.
The photo is straight out of the camera; the only darkroom manipulation was to hold back the light (dodge) from her neck down so as to match the white on the rest of the photo.
BTW this was digitized from an 8x10 B&W print, using the Epson V600 Photo Scanner. I'm looking over my B&W negatives now for the good stuff I took before DSLR's.

This photo was take about 50 years ago on a bright sunny day at the beach (not with this camera). It was taken with a homemade lens. Remember T-Mounts? I removed the threads from a T-Mount and glued in a magnifying glass. I made apertures by cutting black paper to fit into the T-Mount and punching various size holes in different inserts. Another method for making apertures - the plastic cover from a can of handballs - remember handball? That's what is on the third photo.
The photo is straight out of the camera; the only darkroom manipulation was to hold back the light (dodge) from her neck down so as to match the white on the rest of the photo.
BTW this was digitized from an 8x10 B&W print, using the Epson V600 Photo Scanner. I'm looking over my B&W negatives now for the good stuff I took before DSLR's.