How does one achieve such a pleasing photograph?

Get a pleasing model.

>M E D I U M

>F O R M A T

square comp is just comfy.

>>3090335
This, Irop Ustynskyy shoot on MF & film. Also a good light is needed, either natural or flash.

>>3090326
MF
Good model
Dark backdrop
Good light

>>3090335
>>3090390
>>3090415
What in the picture reveals it's shot with MF?

>>3090435
Composed for square format (i.e. 6x6).
Tonality and grain look right for MF, probably Tri-X or HP5.

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>>3090435
For me, it's a google image search to find Irop Ustynskyy. I would have guessed it was digishit because of the hard sharpening. As long as you know what you do and have a good lens (FF, apsc or, hell, even m4/3) you can replicate this sharpness against a smooth background.

pic is from Jens Krauer on flickr.

>>3090446
but your pic looks like shit?

it looks dead. light is good, but it doesnt go anywhere, it just sits there DEAD. film has this habit of making highlights leak into their surroundings, so everything looks just like in real life, your pic has lots of detail, but its DEAD detail.

>>3090462
Yep, it's shot on x-pro2, XF 56 f/1.2 and overcooked. You can't fuck the sliders THAT MUCH with film.

>>3090326
you hire me

>>3090446
>when sharpness isn't a good thing