Walter

A Door Closes and a Window Opens

Through Through a series of unfor­tu­nate cir­cum­stances, my friend Mark Campbell lost cus­tody of his ther­apy dog, a cairn ter­rier named Okra. He later adopted a new ther­apy dog, Walter, a res­cue Pekingese.

Walter sat for me last year after Mark asked me to take his por­trait. I had pre­vi­ously shot Okra’s por­trait with a dig­i­tal Leica rangefinder. For Walter’s por­trait I used the same rig I use for the OKIE-X port­fo­lio project:

Lens

Unknown maker 250mm Petzval

Aperture

ƒ/4,0

Exposure

1/​25^th second

ISO

160

Exposure Index

160

Lights

Key: Paul C. Buff Einstein -5.2ƒ with sil­ver beauty dish & 30° grid

Background: Paul C. Buff Einstein -4.2ƒ with 7″ reflec­tor & 10° grid

Fill: 42″ col­lapsi­ble reflec­tor, silver

Film

Carestream CSHB

Developer

Pyrocat-HD 1:1:200

~60 min­utes semi-stand in an HP-Combiplan day­light tank

Scanner

Epson Perfection v850