Re: Large format assignments?!
I used a 4x5 Graflex while going to undergraduate college (1966-1970). Made sports photos with it! My eyes & reflexes were much more accurate & quicker then. Every once in a while, I would forget to put the dark slide in before removing the exposed film as I got caught up with the emotions around during a game!
For my business, I've been 100% digital since 2004. But I'm getting into retirement mode, I will turn 64 in June, where are you Paul when I'm 64!
Thanks for letting folks sprinkle digital comments here along with our love for film. At APUG that's a no-no and I don't participate anymore.
My Coach, mentor and friend who I learned to base my photography was Monte Zucker. He's no longer with us and I miss his attitude, business acumen and photography style. My wife and I spent time with him when he lived in Sarasota Florida.
Re: Large format assignments?!
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Richard Mahoney
... Currently it is a pleasure to be working closely with `a client' -- `collaborator' would be better -- who is simply interested in creating images. As usual, I'm using my heavy 4x5 monorail with all its attendant boxes and bits and pieces. We have lots of discussions and work slowly, perhaps making five images on a good day. But really, this long slow drawn out process is just the way we have decided to do it, and that is just fine. ...
For those who may be curious just a quick note to say that some of the initial preliminary images for this project can be found here:
Camera Antipodea: Prep for The Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Building Fund
http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-bu...-building-fund
Kind regards,
Richard
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jnanian
i am delivering another habs job in a few days...
What is 'habs'?
- Leigh
Re: Large format assignments?!
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Originally Posted by
Richard Mahoney
For those who may be curious just a quick note to say that some of the initial preliminary images for this project can be found here:
Camera Antipodea: Prep for The Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Building Fund
http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-bu...-building-fund
Kind regards,
Richard
Good work Richard.
Re: Large format assignments?!
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Leigh
What is 'habs'?
- Leigh
hi leigh
habs=historic american building survey
haer =historic american engineering record
it is part of the national parks service .. archived at the library of congress.
done as part of the section 106 review process which is the historic preservation
portion of the environmental impact statement ( eis ). if a property, site, structure
has national significance sometimes the state historic preservation office asks
for large format black and white negatives, contact prints, copies of historic photographs, blueprints
measured drawings, and a detailed technical paper explaining the historic significance of the property.
its one of the oldest running federal programs and was started in the 1930s ..
john
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Cool, John. Thanks very much.
- Leigh
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Leigh
Cool, John. Thanks very much.
- Leigh
pleasure's mine leigh -
i forgot a link:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
have fun poking around the site
there are beautiful scans of a lot of the projects ... ( and through the LOC ) ...
good stuff!
john
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That's very interesting, John.
I'm heavily into industrial archaeology, so this might be an interesting endeavor.
Thanks very much.
- Leigh
Re: Large format assignments?!
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mdm
Good work Richard.
Thank you very much David.
Best,
Richard
Re: Large format assignments?!
Yes,
High level buyers want silver jelly prints to big sizes, I use 10x8" unless there is a wind problem
Prices are commensurate with neg' size, as they should be - 10x8" go for squillions 5x4" is very well paid, 120 is good money, 35mm becomes free and digital photographers should pay the client