Shooting Portraits with a Leica M10
By Riswan Christiano
Hi steve! Thanks for the opportunity once again im so grateful indeed to have come across your website the first place that actually improved my knowlege of photography!
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Hi guys! Glad to be back contributing on another report. This time I was able to get the most anticipated Leica M to date, the M10.
I have gathered all the necessities before getting the body itself, that’s including the half case arte dimano, Thumbs Up from Isaac as soon as I read Ashwin’s review, and the walter contrast lens, oh man this piece of eyepiece has been tremendously helping me focusing, especially during daylight as it adds more contrast to the focus point.
I was used to leica magnifier and I even have both the 1.25x and 1.4x added the threaded adapter for leica M10. Since Walter managed to deliver me one, I have never looked back. That’s just how helpful it is, and I wear glass too.
Not everything is as necessary, and some scuff and buff actually keep a story but that’s just how much I was looking forward to this M.
I’m more of a portrait photographer, hence a 50 lux black chrome and 35 lux are my buddies all along. Despite that, I had shared my experience here shooting portrait with Q exclusively.
Here are sample photos taken using the window lights from A Studio Jakarta. I always shot mostly wide open, between F1.4-F2 using either lens.
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–…and some samples taken outdoor for during the blackpepper online tees, the Leica M10 excels in every way. I was shooting with the typ240 MP before moving to SL with a 24-90. Having the M10 is like meeting the old friend, seems you know each other very well.
The highlights still easily blown, and recovering the details can be a menace, so I gotta be very extra careful in this area.
My metering has always been center weight since the first time and never changed for some reasons, it’s like already tied up 🙂
Unless I’m shooting landscape with my voigtlander 15 super wide heliar III through LiveView, metering will be set to multi field.
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Super images of stunning ladies !
Really fine work, definitely in the Leica tradition.
Yes, this pictures are M-style and worth a M10. A bit yellowish on my EIZO 32″, but ok, could be the awb of Leica, looks similar to my SL with Lux35. So far to the colors (they are better than the colours in a previous post) But….this portraits as pictures are really worth to doubleclick!
hi Robert, thank you … it might indeed a little yellowish, i was questioned by a friend whom showed me 4 photos taken from m9, m240, SL and M10 respectively, and to my surprise, while 3 photos were quite similar, the only one that looks yellow was allegedly from M10, i was really quite surprised
Really love the colors from these shots. Did you use any external lighting ?
hi Gordon, i only used icelight on the 3rd photo backlight situation, others were thoroughly from the sun, direct or through the window
Thanks for these photos. This is the first post on Steve’s site in quite a while that prompted me to click-to-enlarge every single image so I could take in the full impact of your work. Well done.
thank you James, focus is very important as i wear glass it might be very challenging 🙂
uh the third-last in the gallery is amazing. The out-of-focus rendering of that ceiling loos awesome. buttery smooth and very interesting.
It is night and day compared to the previous M10 guest post. Your pictures are awesome, well balanced exposure
thank you david, the m10 blows up highlights easily, may be i was like -1/3 stop
nice portraits
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
awesome work. I really like how you used the 35.
Hi chris thanks
The 35 is a bit tricky for my style, but arriving from Q which complies only 28 without crop, the 35 lux excels in every way 🙂
Excellent images. I especially like the first one.
Wel done
Ome of my favorite too
These are red carpet stunning !
What is your pp work flow ?
Lol thanks Rosa, i used LR for PP playing with curve to get colours desired
Really impressive retouching skills and good use of lighting. Well done and thanks for sharing.
Thanks mate
Awesomeeeeee toddddddd
Wah kimbekkkk
Your portraits are really awesome !
Thank you for sharing
Thank you Jean-Paul
Damn Riswan, making me remember why I loved Leica colors so much the skin tones and colors are ridiculously beautiful sir!
Thanks sir! This is why i have been using one too… everytime try to go elsewhere will eventually come back here again