This is wonderfully put, thank you!
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This is wonderfully put, thank you!
This is awesome! I've pulled the dark slide before closing the shutter, of course, but I've never got a self portrait in the process!
Thanks, Eric! Very kind you to say. Alas, this generator, built and installed 1898, has been "off" for a very long time indeed. I was there to document the plant prior to its removal.
That being...
With our early onset of spring this year, I've been resuming my treks in the Finger Lakes region of upstate NY. Here are a couple of views of Otisco Lake, the easternmost and one of the smallest of...
Thank you, Martin! it is a remarkable space, but my gosh, it was cold in there when I did these photos!
I too am glad that this thread has been revived--I really enjoy industrial images, both to view and to take. It is timely, too, as I just posted to my site a selection of photos from my HABS...
Very nicely done, Steven
I was most fortunate last year to receive a contract from the National Park Service to prepare a Special History Study for the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park, about the school...
Thank you, Mark. It really is a beautiful area, and I am a bit ashamed that I am only now getting around to exploring the region with the camera, after living in Syracuse for 20 years! I grew up just...
Thank you, Ben. I am entirely smitten by the Finger Lakes, and am fortunate to live so close to them. I just began a more active exploration with the 4x5 late in the summer, and intend to continue...
Oh, that is lovely, Gabe. Thank you for sharing it.
One of the many hanging valleys in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, this one on the west side of Otisco Lake. This on a lovely early-autumn morn, on Ilford FP4 4x5 and a red filter, with my...
I'm starting to wander around in the Finger Lakes region in upstate NY, both for the enjoyment of it and in anticipation of a hopeful book project on the history of the region (I am definitely a...
I would second this recommendation. I picked up a used Wista 45SP about five years ago, and quite like it. It is a rugged little thing, sturdy in its own way, and I find that I can easily use my...
Used it for scale--I like it! I think that I will use that, thanks!
From a recently-completed HABS project in Michigan, file this one under the "missing the elephant in the room" label. How on earth did I not notice my camera gear bags in the foreground? I really...
I was on Mackinac Island, Michigan earlier this month for the annual meeting of the Michigan Historic Preservation Network, and had the little Wista RF 4x5 camera with me for a few holiday snapshots...
Welcome, and well done!
Very nice! I like this!
That is a magnificent tree, she's a beauty! Nicely done.
It is an enjoyable way to earn a day's wage, I have no complaints!
I have been most fortunate indeed! This work does get me to some pretty spiffy places. I gotta say, though--the theater portion of this project was no walk in the park. Yikes.
I had the good fortune a couple of years ago to do the HABS photography of the former United Artists Theater building in downtown Detroit, consisting of the theater and an adjoining 18-story office...
I dunno, I'm a right hander I have found the Horseman L to be the most fantastic camera that I've ever used, including the Sinar F, which I got rid of after less than a year. Couldn't stand the...
I've found that by flipping the front standard and using a bag bellows, I can get more movements with my 75mm lens than the lens will cover.
Bruce
It is fairly quick process to pack it up, but not by taking it apart. Instead, the front and rear standards can be rotated so that they are parallel to the bottom rail, making for a long but...
This is terrific, very nicely done!
Thank you, Joel! That's very kind of you to say.
Bruce
This is about as simple and straightforward a photo as it gets--a basic oblique view with a standard length lens--but the lure of gorgeous light was just too strong to resist. This is the original...
This is terrific, well done!
I too shall check out granary.app, I just created a profile there. In the meantime, I'm here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bgharveysyr/
I visited my mother during the Mother's Day weekend, and she graciously agreed to let me take her photo (as quickly as I could!) in the front yard of her house in the Adirondacks. At 91, she has had...
These are lovely, well done!
It really was, Neil. Both the photography and the writing were a delight to do.
This thread has been dormant for a little while, perhaps it is time to bring it back. About a year ago I had the wonderful opportunity to do the HAER documentation of one of the engine and propulsion...
I'm not sure that I qualify as a pro photographer, being mostly a historian, but I do use LF professionally for my HABS/HAER jobs. The quantity of work varies from year to year, and I've never had a...
Interesting idea for a thread. Here is the sculpture of Moses, by the Croation artist Ivan Mestrovic. It was completed for Temple Concord, the most prominent Synagogue in Syracuse, which I documented...
From a recent HABS job. The Schedule of Documentation called for 360 degrees of views from the top of a six-story tower at one edge of the campus. I had to shoot over the top of a light-colored...
I don't know either of these lenses specifically, but assuming that both are in good condition, I don't see how you can go wrong with either for portraits. Keep in mind that your first lens is almost...
This is terrific information, Schaf, thanks so much for doing this! I've had decent luck with the Rapidograph, but I think that I forgot to wash it after the last time, meaning that it is now most...