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Originally Posted by Allan Rahbek
Hi Mike,
The photographer must have used a fast film. He apparently used a large soft-box or a big umbrella and flashlight, judging from the soft transitions from light to shade. A direct flash would have left sharp edges in these transitions.
He used artificial light for sure, positioned left and high. A window light would not be enough.
Allan
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Wow! How fast could film have been anyway, in 1964!?!
Was Kodak Tri-X (iso 400) already in use? This photo does not look grainy.
Perhaps a huge flash output was bounced off the wall behind the camera.
I got my first camera, a Kodak Brownie, when I turned seven the following year.
Garth