Style & Technique [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

Fading Images (12 replies)
Tele for LF landscape with background compression (8x10) (25 replies)
Exposure compensation with bellows question. (20 replies)
The Ortho Look On Pan Film (11 replies)
Paper Negatives (3 replies)
Ansels The Negative (73 replies)
filters and zone system (4 replies)
Actual zone system (80 replies)
Lens__ Circle of confusion (67 replies)
Keystone Correction (8 replies)
bellows extension factor - getting the hang of it - any suggestions : )!!! ?? (24 replies)
Interesting Tidbit about exposure compensatiion with leaf shutters at small apertures (15 replies)
Telephoto Compression and “Super Sun” / Potato Masher Effect in LF? (12 replies)
Making a photo look and feel like an oil painting - possible? (29 replies)
Pentax Zone V completely off (21 replies)
For portraitists: initial thoughts on an approach to animated expression (11 replies)
Using a DOF simulator for ULF 14X16" Film 800 mm Lens (14 replies)
Double-Exposing Deliberately (15 replies)
How to meter this scenery (29 replies)
About 8x10 glass plates. (5 replies)
Focusing after back swing (17 replies)
Scheimpflug in practice (8 replies)
Alex Bond Photography Asymmetrical Focus – Chamonix Camera (5 replies)
Chamonix focus wheel disc to calculate focus spread (7 replies)
Easy-Bake Scheimpflug Recipe (19 replies)
Hung Up On “Default” Apertures? (26 replies)
A Modest Contribution to Dispelling Diffractiophobia (22 replies)
Probably a dumb question - how to see or adjust LF aperture from behind the camera? (60 replies)
Shooting vintage 4x5 glass plates with box camera (3 replies)
Digital "Polaroid" (10 replies)
Film & Filter Fun! (4 replies)
Milky Way photography (6 replies)
4x5 macro advice needed (41 replies)
Help with filter choice for black and white film, please (17 replies)
Warm Paper Used By George Hurrell? (12 replies)
[Newcomer] How should I measure exposure for nighttime portraits? (12 replies)
question re metering for zone III and overexposing HP5+ a little (16 replies)
First macro / still live (7 replies)
Color Transparency film 18% gray card test (expanding on "be technical perfect ?") (1 replies)
Giving Voice.. (12 replies)
Must your image be technical perfect ? (116 replies)
Technique for increasing depth of field (50 replies)
Reciprocity - how far? (23 replies)
Focusing on the GG: am I missing some optical principle? (11 replies)
Filtering for a deep red filter (28 replies)
Test exposure steps in half stop increments. (8 replies)
The Wratten Mystery, or, What's My Factor? (15 replies)
What’s your most “unpopular” opinion about LF? (164 replies)
Exposure compensation for small apertures (44 replies)
Pinhole calculator? (5 replies)
Barbara Bosworth's triptych's (5 replies)
What was Feininger using? (7 replies)
Where’s all my zone system experts?? (56 replies)
Blurry Focus on 4x5 Portraits (16 replies)
About signing prints (20 replies)
Selling All 8x10 Gear & It Feels Good! (44 replies)
Anyone else need idiot proof dark slides? (22 replies)
Tilt, swing and the back nodal point (3 replies)
Scheimpflug, Swing, & Architectural Photography (28 replies)
Focus accuracy vs speed on 4x5 for studio portraits - rangefinder vs Groundglass (42 replies)
A good book on LF exposure, reciprocity and bellows extension exposure compensation (10 replies)
Exposure Worksheet (30 replies)
DOF: A restatement of simplified testing for your needs (3 replies)
USING TILT and SWING TOGETHER (20 replies)
How Too Much Tilt Can Tilt the Beginner's Brain (25 replies)
Is this bellows sag? Trying to identify cause of unexposed portion of image (5 replies)
Regarding depth-of field curvature with tilt (12 replies)
Problems with sharpness (12 replies)
Help identify cloud-like artifacts on film (11 replies)
Still life - background choice (5 replies)
B&W Filter Selection (73 replies)
Front vs. back rise (6 replies)
Dark images trend? (10 replies)
Stumped on cause of evident light "leak" (10 replies)
Meter & f-stop discrepancy (13 replies)
Advice re using Portra 160 (0 replies)
View camera as extinction light meter (15 replies)
Metering for the shadows with an incident light meter (19 replies)
Metering on vacation - iPhone app or Seiconic (9 replies)
Importance of camera movements ->Alan & others, long & Linhof (11 replies)
Importance of back movements (45 replies)
LF hikers, do you remove plastic tree ribbons? (73 replies)
Troubleshooting my pinhole exposures (0 replies)
Does changing aperture move the focus point (33 replies)
Yellow, Orange, Red Filter Factors? (21 replies)
Common Large Format Mistakes (40 replies)
2 Questions re Location Portraiture (13 replies)
Landscapers, please share wisdom about scouting (17 replies)
New to LF - First shot - Focusing (21 replies)
Need More LIGHT: Should I start PUSHING? (42 replies)
landscape infintity focus: what aperture do you prefer or use? (16 replies)
A few, limited observations on traditional portrait perspective for the newcomer (22 replies)
Technique for focusing "into your scene" (128 replies)
Front Axis tilt with back base tilt (12 replies)
What is the current trend on using dark cloth? (20 replies)
Designing a studio space for natural light portraiture (44 replies)
Photographing stars, 4x5 (30 replies)
Link to Fred Picker's Zone VI Workshop video (8 replies)
The mysterious “Hutchings” filter factor for b/w landscapes (42 replies)
Shooting 4x5 panoramic images...looking for forum wisdom (46 replies)
Metering for Aero Ektar/Speed Graphic & ND Filter Help (16 replies)
Looking for feedback on images... (19 replies)
Best way to ensure appropriate DoF in interior shots? (25 replies)
Does anyone use GND filters on B&W film? (8 replies)
Cannot Over Expose? (25 replies)
The art of printmaking (19 replies)
Correcting Focus When Stacking Filters (16 replies)
Presence in 8x10 photography (102 replies)
Shooting The Christmas Star . . .How? (8 replies)
Do you keep a checklist? (29 replies)
Night Vision for focusing? (13 replies)
F Stops For Portraits Questions (27 replies)
Metering Technique...any problems here? (53 replies)
blurring at edge of image circle without any vignetting? (1 replies)
Free depth of field app for iphone? (6 replies)
Diffraction. When does it really matter with LF? (84 replies)
Director's viewfinder APP (9 replies)
Reciprocity and reducing development (10 replies)
Rating for Kodak Portra 400 and 160 4x5 using “digiroid” method or light meter. (7 replies)
Overhead still lifes (13 replies)
What COC is best with a 4x5? (8 replies)
Chasing star trails with an 8x10 (29 replies)
Metering through the ground glass (4 replies)
Focal length, distance, and depth-of-field: clarification? (19 replies)
Cut Out Cards aka Viewing Mask (5 replies)
Color Reversal (RA-4) using Afghan Box Camera (5 replies)
Shot abandonment (43 replies)
DOF and diffraction (17 replies)
How To Figure Out Subject Distance To Camera For Infinity? (15 replies)
Metering technique for J Lane Dry Plates (13 replies)
Color correction filters for transparency film? (26 replies)
How does rear tilt affect front tilt? (76 replies)
Underexposed negative = positive (3 replies)
How to shoot HABS/HAER projects without Polaroid or Fuji in 2020 (3 replies)
Lee Neutral Density Filter color cast (10 replies)
Grey, Green, and Black & White (3 replies)
Reciprocity Test with ND1000 Filter (10 replies)
Curvature of field and architectural photography (3 replies)
SINAR Architectural Photography Creative Large Format (11 replies)
sinar bellows extension calculator (1 replies)
Lens Aperture vs Meter Reading (15 replies)
Missing exposure equation (13 replies)
Wet / dry plate photography (56 replies)
A new focal plane meter? DLG Electronics (9 replies)
tri-color photography with oneshot camera: exposure? (11 replies)
How do you set up your tripod? (51 replies)
Merering: Spot Metering, Reflective, Gray Card, Average (28 replies)
Questions about nominal vs. effective aperture for LF close-up work in a studio. (12 replies)
Problem obtaining adequate depth of field with field camera (29 replies)
Seeking recent thread about making color photos from black and white film (9 replies)
Macro Photography Setup Calculator (16 replies)
Long exposure experience with portraits? (23 replies)
Advise for Macro Lighting with Strobe (8 replies)
Macro setup possible (15 replies)
Metering question (using a Sekonic L-858) (8 replies)
Why are all of my photos soft? (28 replies)
Still life - DOF problem (31 replies)
My hyper-confused self and the f-stop (22 replies)
Photographing long hallways - tilt or swing to achieve maximum focus? (31 replies)
Describe a style for me (10 replies)
LF Masking Chroma Key Wet Prints (7 replies)
My Method of Making Bellows Compensation Tables, including a math utility (15 replies)
Alignment workflow (architechture) (22 replies)
Fumbling towards a correct exposure for Dry Plates (30 replies)
Large Format Camera - Focusing architecture (in a hangar) (6 replies)
Incident Metering Question (13 replies)
Tilt/shift etc when doing wet plates (13 replies)
How sharp can I expect from 4X5 (25 replies)
ISO Question (6 replies)
long exposure light leak? (43 replies)
how do you shoot 1 to 3 second exposures (17 replies)
Handheld 4x5 shooting with a wista rf and on-camera flash. (24 replies)
Measuring the light using a digital camera (25 replies)
DOF on 8x10 vs. 4x5? (45 replies)
Large Format Product & Food Photography Tips/Advice? (47 replies)
How to expose in unusual circumstances (11 replies)
Multiple Test Zones on one Sheet (16 replies)
Where is the image formed on the ground glass? (With and without fresnel) | image reg (6 replies)
First Post! - How Do I Measure My Bellows Extension To Calculate Bellows Exposure? (23 replies)
Triptychs - Best Method (0 replies)
Observation on focal length and portrait drawing (17 replies)
Film comparison site (5 replies)
Using DOF Calculations Bestly for Print Size (18 replies)
Having trouble to get right exposure (13 replies)
Bellows extension math assistance, please (9 replies)
LR Fireworks Capture (2 replies)
Avoiding harassment when shooting in the street (65 replies)
Choice for the Circle of Confusion? (55 replies)
How Large Can I Print a 4x5 Drum-Scanned Negative Before The Resolution Degrades? (26 replies)
8x10 photography and diffraction (83 replies)
Do you have any tips/techniques for Night Photography? (30 replies)
Technique: leaf Shutter and strobe (25 replies)
polyptych photos (17 replies)
bellows factor app (40 replies)
Book Recommendation (5 replies)
filters and portraiture (18 replies)
Newbee question about 4x5 (8 replies)
8x10 Printing Paper as a Negative (2 replies)
Metering for Rollei IR400 using the R72 Filter (9 replies)
What to do when you run out of rise? (20 replies)
The learning curve of large format (32 replies)
ULF Walk-in Camera? (37 replies)
Rating Provia 100 (15 replies)
How to adhere a LF film positive to paper or polyester support? (22 replies)
How to capture rainbows – with myth or science? (25 replies)
Cameras with rear tilt only. (20 replies)
Graflex Focal Plane Shutter question (3 replies)
Maximum contrast/tonal separation of green foliage in bw? Suggestions? Examples? (8 replies)
Pose/Metering/Setup + Tips on capturing children’s natural portraits using 4x5 or 8x1 (8 replies)
Metering For Still Life (15 replies)
How to Focus a View Camera Part II (16 replies)
Scheimpflug Question (12 replies)
Metering and closure technique for shooting Velvia 50 straight into the sun at sunset (29 replies)
Double exposure of Christmas Tree (5 replies)
BTZS Subject Brightness Range (SBR) (9 replies)
ULF Minimal Focusing Discussion (37 replies)
Metering with filters (18 replies)
Why are asymmetric movements asymmetric? (8 replies)
Chamonix Front Standard Holes/Options (4 replies)
Having problems with 8x10 images that are softer on one side (10 replies)
Sekonic L758 Reflective Metering (8 replies)
Do Recessed and Tophat Boards Affect Tilt/Swing? (13 replies)
displaying glass positives (8 replies)
Displaying tintypes for exhibition (4 replies)
Dark Slide Masking (4 replies)
Thinking about switching to "exclusively" LF (25 replies)
DOF Question, non-mathematically (16 replies)
Approaches to the rain (28 replies)
Understanding Incident Metering (47 replies)
Makeup basics (portraits) (3 replies)
Metering Middle Grey (20 replies)
Average Spot Metering Question (39 replies)
How to focus a view camera (61 replies)
Exposure variance by overall conditions (24 replies)
Sekonic L758 Spot Meter Question (28 replies)
Scheimpflug in Practice (31 replies)
Exposing Fuji Provia 100 (16 replies)
At what stage the Film is "more forgiving" ? (15 replies)
A Colorvir Thread (4 replies)
Paper negatives for portraits (5 replies)
DOF vs Tilt (18 replies)
Achieving this look with movements or not? (17 replies)
Which do you calculate first? Bellows factor or filter factor? Does it matter? Recipr (19 replies)
Graphic Graflex Photography (13 replies)
Bergger Pancro 400 Reciprocity Characteristics (10 replies)
BTZS Metering Question (3 replies)
Anomaly in exposure testing (12 replies)
Shooting LF Infrared again in 2017 (5 replies)
Any Tips On Photographing From Overhead With A 4x5 (20 replies)
Your Thoughts On The Zone System For A Scanning Workflow (29 replies)