Although I love black and white photography, there are times when the light, subject and location demand the use of colour film.
Poppet
For this shot I used Fuji Velvia 50 transparancy film because of it’s highly saturated colour rendition, which I knew would enhance the contrast between the blue of the pool and the red dress. I used a Hasselblad 500C/M camera with 80mm Carl Zeiss Planar lens, and shot from the top of the pool slide. A single silver reflector was used to push some sunlight onto the face to reduce shadows.
Hasselblad 500C/M
The Hasselblad is a great camera for medium format work. It’s relatively compact and lightweight, and the quality of the lenses is legendary. Combine this with the large negative size, and you can see why they were the medium format camera of choice for professional photographers for over forty years!
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