Hello from Maine

[Xia_Ke]

Hello All,

I've been shooting 99.9% film for about 11 or 12 years now. I've run the gamut of 35mm and mf cameras and formats. I dabbled in 4x5 a maybe 8 years ago with a Nagaoka field camera, but didn't have the patience at the time. Fast forward to now and am appreciating slowing down a bit. Just picked up Chamonix 045F-1 with a trio of lenses and am putting together (still need a couple of parts) a DeVere 504 in my darkroom. I've been a member of APUG (still can't seem to get used to the name Photrio) since 2007 under the same username and thought it might be time to register here to broaden my horizons. I live near the ocean in Southern Maine and usually shoot landscapes or harbor life. Looking to learning from and connecting with like-minded individuals.

Happy Shooting,
Aaron

[Bruce Barlow]

Where are you in Maine?

[Xia_Ke]

Where are you in Maine?

Looks like a couple hours South of you. I'm in Wells

[jp]

Welcome! I don't make it down to Wells too often, mostly shoot from Georgetown to Midcoast and a little downeast.

[joem]

i'm from MA myself but we do gt uo your way from time to time.
Welcome

[EdSawyer]

I was just over in Wells last week, parked at the far end of the beach and rode our bicycles down the long shore road (I forget the name of it offhand), then across to the food trucks place (Coglins? after dark), then back again. I had a Rollei with me, so no LF but it was still a great location and fun to shoot there. I need to get back to that beach sometime, it's just amazingly huge.

[Xia_Ke]

Welcome! I don't make it down to Wells too often, mostly shoot from Georgetown to Midcoast and a little downeast.

Thanks for the welcome We get up that way a few times a year. We often go to Rockland when we need a quick weekend getaway. For longer vacations, we typically do a week further up coast, this year it was Jonesboro area, and then we do a family vaca where we rent a house in Tenant's Harbor.

i'm from MA myself but we do gt uo your way from time to time.
Welcome

Thanks for the welcome

I was just over in Wells last week, parked at the far end of the beach and rode our bicycles down the long shore road (I forget the name of it offhand), then across to the food trucks place (Coglins? after dark), then back again. I had a Rollei with me, so no LF but it was still a great location and fun to shoot there. I need to get back to that beach sometime, it's just amazingly huge.

Thanks for the welcome I live like 3 miles from Congdons, but still haven't made it to the After Dark. This time of the year, locals stay as far away as possible from Route 1...lol Just a tip, if you want beach time, but avoid the crowds, go to Laudholm Farm. You can walk the trail down (about a mile) to the far end of Drakes Island Beach and it's always very quiet at that end because there is no parking nearby. Luadholm itself is also picturesque with some nice hiking trails and I think it's actually cheaper for day use there than paying to park at the beach.

[DiscoShrew]

Greetings from a Massachusetters who totally wishes they were in Maine instead!

[Neal Chaves]

I lived in Seacoast New Hampshire from 1978 to 1991 and photographed from Cape Anne Massachusetts to Portland, Maine, mostly in 8X10 B&W. My favorite locations were Bass Rocks in Gloucester, MA, Rye Beach, NH, The Nubble at York Beach, ME and Kennebunkport, ME. I am printing up years of work now and will be posting images soon. Here's one rare color image from 6X9 Fuji Color negative.

[Pere Casals]

Looking to learning from and connecting with like-minded individuals.

Hello Aaron, I'm also a newcomer to LF.

As you have a backgorund on film, let me explain what I found in my adaptation from rolls to LF.

As you may know, with sheets we have the opportunity to make a custom development for each individual shot, allowing to get a refined quality from the medium, and making the wet printing process straighter.

With rolls this is less common, because we usually make a development that has to be good for all shots in the roll. In LF many photographers do include the N+/- processing in the metering process, so processing and metering are decided at shooting time, we usualy write the N +/- in a label on the film holder...

Then, in LF, bracketing is more expensive in materials and in manpower terms, and some times (rather bracketing) the photographer takes two shots with same exposure to have a backup.

For this reason (IMHO) LF photographers tend to control very well all processing, and its customization.

I would recommend a reading of Beyond The Zone System book, for example (it can be found used very cheap), if you have not read similar literature, and Darkroom Cookbook.

Sure you know about that the camera movements, etc also requires and adaptation, while offering amazing aestehetical resources, but just I wanted to mention that when engaging LF reviewing N+/- theory can be important.

Regards

PD: Beyond the very good resources in LFPF, here you have a perfect quick guide to nail base exposures: https://kenrockwell.com/tech/exposure-large-format.htm