Industrial Images (Large Format)

[johnmsanderson]

Very nice! Great muted tones and colors. What film was this? Portra?

You might try cropping out the stop sign in the lower left, maybe the vertical light pole too, see how it looks.

Adam,

I tried cropping it but I hated losing some of the building. I actually like the crossing sign for where this fits in with my railroad landscapes.

This was on Kodak E100G chrome -- on the 8x10 camera with the Fujinon 600mm C. I have been trying to use this lens more and more since it has such a unique depth.

[AtlantaTerry]

Has anybody else shot industrial sites (interior or exterior) as either a commercial job ... ?

Yes.

Back in the '70s I had a commercial photography studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, which is/was a large industrial area. One of my clients was an advertising agency which had a client (Harbison-Walker) that made what are called "refractory materials". A refractory is a special brick or clay-like substance that lines (for example) a steel mill blast furnace. The refractory absorbs the heat and abuse protecting the outer walls. I photographed steel mill electric arc furnaces, aluminum smelters, rotary kilns in cement plants and paper mills, carbon factories, etc. The work environment was often dirty, freezing cold or boiling hot (sometimes both on the same day), messy, etc. but I really enjoyed it. Of course, I was in my early 30s back then. LOL!!

Due to the needs of the client, I didn't use large format, all of those jobs were on 35mm and 120 transparency film. I also shot 16mm footage, too with Arri cameras.

Here is a link to some tear sheets that the advertising agency created for Harbison-Walker:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryt...7637864984003/

[Bob Mann]

Interior of an Erie Canal Lock's hydro power plant - 5x7 Ilford HP5

[Bob Mann]

Two from Steamtown in Scranton, PA - can't get enough of old, black painted metal -

4x5 HP5 in Diafine

[tgtaylor]

Engine Room - Steamboat Eureka (1890)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_(ferryboat)

Thomas

[yingye]

Shanghai 4x5
Chamonix 045F
Gold dot dagor 210mm
Hc110 1:120 25min

[rjphil]

This image is from a series I made in 2010 titled "The Last Bell Factory in America". These are buffing blocks, used to hold brass bells for hand buffing. It's my favorite image from the series. Tachihara 4x5, 320TX, PMK Pyro.

[Jim Cole]

Grainery

[scheinfluger_77]

This image is from a series I made in 2010 titled "The Last Bell Factory in America". These are buffing blocks, used to hold brass bells for hand buffing. It's my favorite image from the series. Tachihara 4x5, 320TX, PMK Pyro.

I can see why it's your favorite, I think it's really exceptional.

[seezee]

Yes.

Back in the '70s I had a commercial photography studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA, which is/was a large industrial area. One of my clients was an advertising agency which had a client (Harbison-Walker) that made what are called "refractory materials". A refractory is a special brick or clay-like substance that lines (for example) a steel mill blast furnace. The refractory absorbs the heat and abuse protecting the outer walls. I photographed steel mill electric arc furnaces, aluminum smelters, rotary kilns in cement plants and paper mills, carbon factories, etc. The work environment was often dirty, freezing cold or boiling hot (sometimes both on the same day), messy, etc. but I really enjoyed it. Of course, I was in my early 30s back then. LOL!!

Due to the needs of the client, I didn't use large format, all of those jobs were on 35mm and 120 transparency film. I also shot 16mm footage, too with Arri cameras.

Here is a link to some tear sheets that the advertising agency created for Harbison-Walker:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryt...7637864984003/

You're in good company. When I was researching Leica cameras & lenses before I purchased my M9-P, I devoured Thorsten Overgaard's blog. He documented a similar shoot here.