Clay Turtle
3-Aug-2008, 06:28
Portfolio is strictly LF, mostly 4x5 but I am adding some 5x7 but that is My prejudice, then again I don't particularly try to foster it upon others.http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=38796
After making this statement, I had some reflection about it. Just how truthful was I being?
In particular, my point of view was based upon some recent shooting, I had done with in the 35mm format. I have access to a darkroom which contains a Beseller 67 dicro. enlarger. I had been intent of shooting or at least as primary shooting of LF in b&w scenics. To gain access to areas, I thought I would try using some form of a boat & in discussions of usage lead to practice runs with 35mm in kayak. My thought were more toward a small boat or canoe but as portability are concerned & stability, the kayak was promoted as being best suited for my purposes.
It was an interesting & educational departure from the norm!Thoughts or preception of doing Clyde Butcher style shooting, standing chest deep in water , camera setting on a tripod shooting the landscape as seen from the water.
Reality Check: Everything I did in the field suddenly seem to sink into the murky depths. One thing to set up a tripod on fairly solid footing, quite another to set it up in some slippery mud . . . So you are standing there in waist deep water. how do you get to your film holder, etc . . . where do you put those things used preparing to shoot? How do you keep them dry!
These things came to me as I was paddling around in this kayak with my 35mm. As I paddle along I come upon photo opportunities of the moment . . . one of the reasons I like to carry the 35mm, to snap those quick shots before they disappear, usually fleeting glimpse produced by my intrusion into their world. Ah, camera in water tight carrier (inside zip lock bag; secondary safe guard) not exactly quick access but then in paddling, water tends to run down the paddle & off your hands into the boat. Add towel to accessories to dry hands before handling camera & equipment.
So the question came to me, could I have shot these opportunities with an LF camera? I thought about it but couldn't percieve any LF camera that would (could) cover these circumstances. But I tend to think of LF as something I am doing off a tripod with the time to set up. I know that some of you do shoot handheld(?) so what cameras do you feel would be suited to these circumstances & could be used in place of the 35mm?
PS:In my consierations of suitability are toward use of an SLR for focus & multiple shots capacity. I though about range finder press style & even a roll back on such LF but then if I use medium format film, why not a medium format camera.Of course, one of the aspects of LF is the ability to shoot different film types as each shot is a separate load.
After making this statement, I had some reflection about it. Just how truthful was I being?
In particular, my point of view was based upon some recent shooting, I had done with in the 35mm format. I have access to a darkroom which contains a Beseller 67 dicro. enlarger. I had been intent of shooting or at least as primary shooting of LF in b&w scenics. To gain access to areas, I thought I would try using some form of a boat & in discussions of usage lead to practice runs with 35mm in kayak. My thought were more toward a small boat or canoe but as portability are concerned & stability, the kayak was promoted as being best suited for my purposes.
It was an interesting & educational departure from the norm!Thoughts or preception of doing Clyde Butcher style shooting, standing chest deep in water , camera setting on a tripod shooting the landscape as seen from the water.
Reality Check: Everything I did in the field suddenly seem to sink into the murky depths. One thing to set up a tripod on fairly solid footing, quite another to set it up in some slippery mud . . . So you are standing there in waist deep water. how do you get to your film holder, etc . . . where do you put those things used preparing to shoot? How do you keep them dry!
These things came to me as I was paddling around in this kayak with my 35mm. As I paddle along I come upon photo opportunities of the moment . . . one of the reasons I like to carry the 35mm, to snap those quick shots before they disappear, usually fleeting glimpse produced by my intrusion into their world. Ah, camera in water tight carrier (inside zip lock bag; secondary safe guard) not exactly quick access but then in paddling, water tends to run down the paddle & off your hands into the boat. Add towel to accessories to dry hands before handling camera & equipment.
So the question came to me, could I have shot these opportunities with an LF camera? I thought about it but couldn't percieve any LF camera that would (could) cover these circumstances. But I tend to think of LF as something I am doing off a tripod with the time to set up. I know that some of you do shoot handheld(?) so what cameras do you feel would be suited to these circumstances & could be used in place of the 35mm?
PS:In my consierations of suitability are toward use of an SLR for focus & multiple shots capacity. I though about range finder press style & even a roll back on such LF but then if I use medium format film, why not a medium format camera.Of course, one of the aspects of LF is the ability to shoot different film types as each shot is a separate load.