#MAMIYA RZ67 PRO II

[muziflowphotography]

[ghw-archive]

Julia. Kyiv, 2022 (one week before the war) [Mamiya RZ67 Pro II, Sekor 110mm f2.8, Kodak Portra 800, Cinebloom 20%]

[raggedysmiles]

Took some 35mm and place it in my Mamiya RZ67 Pro ii for the second time. The loading process can be a little intimidating but once you get pass that it fairly easy. Just make sure to be in a super dark room when unloading and rewinding the film back into the canister.

[fionaapplerocks]

MARK SELIGER photographed Fiona Apple for a Rolling Stone cover as she floated in a custom-built Plexiglass tank filled with blue-dyed water. Three Dynalite strobe heads pumped light through the tank's bottom, while one "beauty dish" lit Apple. Seliger used a 140mm f/4.5 macro lens on his Mamiya RZ67 Pro II; his film was Kodak Pro 100 (PRN) color negative. Making pop portraits is his business. Making them interesting is personal...

As chief photographer for Rolling Stone and US magazines, Mark Seliger performs a delicate visual balancing act. It's his job to make his famous subjects--the musicians, actors, and other artists of 1990's pop culture--look as good as their reverential public demands. But Seliger also wants to make interesting photographs. "I want my pictures to have an element of surprise," he explains. "At the same time, I can't be so edgy that the people I'm expected to photograph are reluctant to work with me." For Seliger, the best way to accomplish both goals is to make portraiture a collaborative venture with his subject.

For his ethereal image of Fiona Apple, which ran on a 1998 Rolling Stone cover, Seliger's idea was to echo a line from the pop diva's song "Sullen Girl": "But it's calm under the waves/In the blue of my oblivion." (Seliger always immerses himself in a subject's work, watching an actor's films or listening to a musician's recordings before planning a shoot.) After he got the blessing of Rolling Stone's editors, Seliger had to convince Apple to submerge herself in a 4x8-foot custom-built Plexiglass tank of water. Apple was in the middle of a big tour, and, as Seliger recalls, "she was understandably worried about getting her ears clogged or coming down with something." Fortunately, Seliger's human aquarium was heated, and when the Los Angeles tap water proved to cloudy, a filtering system was installed--though then the water became too clear. Solution: Clay was added to diffuse the strobes aimed through the bottom of the tank.

Why are artists like Apple willing to go along with Seliger's sometimes outlandish ideas? "They're usually picture-savvy," says the photographer. "They know my work, and they know I won't do anything that makes them look foolish." In fact, part of Seliger's strategy is to make the shoot "an experience and an event" for the subject. And he tries to establish a personal rapport. (With Apple, a shared fascination with spiders helped.) "As it is, I sometimes have a sense of trepidation about how things will turn out," Seliger says. ~ American Photo, 1998

Fiona Apple // photo: Mark Seliger

[sophia-carey]

Film Photography in the Studio | Mamiya RZ67 Pro II Portraits

[shonkikong]

Hamburger Hafen

Mamiya RZ67 / Kodak Portra 800

[loljeffweber]

Kaylee Anderson | Los Angeles, California | June, 2021 | Credit: @loljeffweber

[ultralowoxygen]

Lake Hartwell by Gil Ortiz Jr. Via Flickr: Mamiya RZ67 Pro II Mamiya Sekor Z 110/2.8 Kodak Portra 400 VC (expired) Unicolor C41 Developer kit DsLr DiGiTiZeD & PS

[misterfili]

Eat good

[lucagabino]

[gerardocastillo-blog1]

Té para 6.

El día que casi morimos por distraídos

[martinkuntke]

kät

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[pressingtheplane]

Leavenworth, WA

[samgrover]

Jenni, with bamboo, in the neighborhood. October 2016.

[raulbaez]

The Noguchi Museum, Winter 2022 Mamiya RZ67 Pro II – Portra 800

[andrew-low]

Who am I, planning.

I’m a complex guy, on the outside I’m very cheerful and get on with everyone, giving people enough of myself to make a connection but I hold a lot back, I’m a mix of outgoing and friendly once you know me but I’m also reserved with my emotions. I suffered from some depression a while back, I also suffered from self harm for a long time from my early teens to mid 20′s, I’ve been in a relationship that was controlling and toxic to the point I couldn’t do or say anything. Due to a lot of past trauma this is why I’m reserved with my emotions and enjoy my own company. I want people to look at my images and get a sense of being alone, solitude, looking out to the world, a true picture of how I see myself rather than what I allow people to see.

My plan to do this is by photographing myself with a long exposure to produce a ghost like effect, this suits me because I don't enjoy my photo being taken and I feel it will play a part in an over all story. 

The object will be my camera, a Mamiya rz67 pro ii. I started to teach myself photography after I came out of a relationship where I had no hobbies or had no idea about who I was anymore, so this represents who I am and what helped me find myself again.

The location will be my flat, I had help from my gran to purchase my flat when I was in my early 20′s, I had a son with my first partner so I didn’t have room at my parents and being able to have a place to call home for me and my son mattered a lot.