ocediis
4-Nov-2016, 08:17
Hello, everyone! My name's Tommy. I'm a chubby little retired Army guy with a ridiculous beard who lives in a little nowhere town on the northern slope of Pikes Peak named Divide.
I started shooting LF last year when I picked up a Burke & James 8x10 field camera on eBay. I got my feet wet in LF by making tintypes. I started with premixed chemicals, and now my cupboards are jam packed with ingredients to mix my own. I even built a mobile darkroom for the back of my Jeep out of blackout curtains from Wal-Mart. I, by the way, still have so very much to learn in getting a good tintype image.
Earlier this year, I decided that I also wanted to shoot film on a smaller form factor for hiking. So I picked up a Tachihara 4x5 field camera. I LOVE IT! I have shot and processed both black and white and color with it, preferring Ilford FP4 Plus for BW and Kodak Ektar for color. And I recently discovered Harman direct positive paper - oh yeah!
With the LF cameras, I mostly shoot landscapes and old structures. We have plenty of both in my part of CO.
I've been shooting photography in the form of SLRs, DSLRs, and medium format film for quite a while. But I have a lot to learn in the world of large format, and that's why I'm here. I'm looking forward to reading up on all this forum has to offer, and I hope that I may be able to lend some small assistance.
I started shooting LF last year when I picked up a Burke & James 8x10 field camera on eBay. I got my feet wet in LF by making tintypes. I started with premixed chemicals, and now my cupboards are jam packed with ingredients to mix my own. I even built a mobile darkroom for the back of my Jeep out of blackout curtains from Wal-Mart. I, by the way, still have so very much to learn in getting a good tintype image.
Earlier this year, I decided that I also wanted to shoot film on a smaller form factor for hiking. So I picked up a Tachihara 4x5 field camera. I LOVE IT! I have shot and processed both black and white and color with it, preferring Ilford FP4 Plus for BW and Kodak Ektar for color. And I recently discovered Harman direct positive paper - oh yeah!
With the LF cameras, I mostly shoot landscapes and old structures. We have plenty of both in my part of CO.
I've been shooting photography in the form of SLRs, DSLRs, and medium format film for quite a while. But I have a lot to learn in the world of large format, and that's why I'm here. I'm looking forward to reading up on all this forum has to offer, and I hope that I may be able to lend some small assistance.