Just curious if anyone else is doing LF from a wheelchair. I haven't done much since my 10 month hospital stint but am starting to think about how to get back into LF. There are a few "small details" to be dealt with, such as the need to reduce what has to be schlepped around. One hand is needed to drive the chair and there's no really great way to hang stuff on the back of the chair.
The other thing that comes to mind is how to keep the chair from knocking over the tripod and how to get close enough to look through the ground glass. I can stand up a bit but can't walk around to futz with the lens settings, so would have to do something like rotate the camera.
Another thing that presents a problem is that I don't yet have full use of my arms and am still pretty restricted as to how much weight I can handle. The half dozen or so surgeries during my month in the ICU left me about 90% paralyzed, but a few hundred hours of Physical and Occupational Therapy over the last 8 - 10 months are paying off.
Based on all this I'm thinking to start by using a 2 x 3 camera with digital back and sort of working my way back to larger formats and film. I'm also thinking of initially setting the tripod up in the van and shooting through the side door of my Ford Transit.
Any suggestions would be welcome.
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