Perhaps I should name the thread "Let's embarrass the kid" because that's how he'll see it.
anyhow, at the Port Stanley LF shoot a couple weeks ago, I handed my 16 year old son my Crown Graphic with an older Ilex 161mm tessar with a yellow filter, 4 film holders loaded with Tri-X, a light meter (I later found that was not calibrated - grr) and tripod - see image I took of him below.
Well he never used a view camera by himself before, and i did nothing to help him, just let him go. I developed the film and did the print. some where spoiled by obvious first time mistakes - not making sure the film holder was seated properly, the easy kind of mistakes. Also you'll see by the scan below he's got to work harder on his focusing. He wears glasses for distance like I do, but I always take mine off for focus, so I'll have him do that next time.
So aside from the fact it's a little dark and not quite in focus, what do you think for a first time effort? First shot is one i took of him at harbourside, the second is the one he took.
joe
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