You cannot do this with an ordinary camera

[TallBill]

This.....

 

[TallBill]

Here is a better scan

 

[TallBill]

There is a certain amount wrong with this, I know, but I am getting the hang of it now....

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Great Personally I'd have found or made a plain background. I like the umbrella idea but the furniture in the background is distracting.

When I was a penniless aspiring pro I hand dyed linen sheets bought in a second hand shop to make backgrounds. These days I have a few professionally made backgrounds ... they are not super cheap but they last forever and are way better than paper background rolls.

 

[TallBill]

Thanks for the comment. It was one of my first ever LF photographs, composed to try out the idea of a non parallel focal plane, so, although not of supreme artistry, it achieved its aim, I think.