Nothin like the old fashion film user. I like your lighting. Creates a very nice natural feel which compliment your classical portrait shooting. The best I seen so far on CS for natural available lighting on B&W. You manage to get the best out from your subject from each of your shots taken.
I would prefer without the softness which you shot of your mom with the sewing machine. I think your photo no.2 highlight is slighty burn out on her face. Watch out for that!
Have you tried pure black and white films like Kodak Tri-X Pan, TMax 100/400? It will give you even tonal range plus better contrast compared with the Kodak TCN400. So when you scan your films, you will not need to adjust the level to high.
Great work! Keep shooting and share with us more!
