Took a series of photos of a man whom I have great respect and admiration for. Mr. Tom Mah, who is a 5th Degree Black belt in Karate (Chito-ryu). He is also a 2x world champion in Kata competion. His every movement is solid and smooth. He seems to have such balance and confidence, and exudes a quiet power. It was this image of him that I tried to capture in the series of photos.

This was done for a college project. the negatives were average at best, with little contrast, but enough for me to hammer out some contrast in the print stage. The image below is a digital remake from the scanned neg, as I don't have the original prints.

Digitally I adjusted the levels to get the contrast and feel of the print as I remember it.

In the darkroom I had adjusted the magenta filter on the color head enlarger to 90-100% and used a variable contrast paper (Illford).

http://www.steeldolphin.com/forum/tommah1_web.jpg

Specs:
Pentax K-1000 w/ Pentax f/2.8 28mm lens.
Illford HP5 Plus 400 ISO Film

Comments are welcome of course.

Cheers.

Thats a relly nice picture. The foreshortening of the image adds depth, as does the floor infront. Definately gives sensei a distinguished and calm appearance.
Overall, quite nice.

Didn't come out too bad did it.
:)