How about a pinhole 8x10?
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How about a pinhole 8x10?
This works for me:
1. set up the lens off the camera, pointing at something bright so you can see the light when the lens is open.
2. Start recording a video of the lens with your cell phone -...
I've shot 4x5, 5x7, and 8x10. Much of what I love about large format is present in any size - the intentionality of it, the procedures and work flow, the patience of it, the relationship to the...
It's not about which is "better" - an analogue or digital print - that debate has really died down over the last few years. Rather, it's about what you want to do with the images and how you want to...
Olympics - Lake Quinault has a nice lodge and campgrounds, right on the edge of the rain forest. Drive the coast, from Klaloch to Forks.
Mt. Rainier - anywhere will get you great views. The...
Hey !
I love your work... esp. the recent Utah images. Just went through Torrey a few weeks ago!
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I'm "old" to hangers, and don't have the space for tray development. Close to Bryce - Angeline peak, AZ.
Hi all - Just developed a few 4x5 negs, and found these weird streaks in the sky 227119
Ilford FP4 in diafine 3min x 3min. Mild-moderate agitation in kodak film hangers.
Any help will be...
IN LIBRARIES !!
Our city, county, state and public universities have enormous collections - and through interlibrary loans, you can get a book from almost anywhere! I often do that first with...
As long as you're not Black you'll be fine. Where a yellow safety vest and a hard hat, it'll make you look official.
Great shot !
Offering up this shot from Eastern Washington, near Grand Coulee.
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I upgraded to the newest Silverfast software, and found it incomprehensible. Now I use the Epson software - simple, straight.
This is my setup. When I shoot, I sometimes have to hold up the white reflector with one hand, and click the shutter release in the other hand, while holding the dark slide between my knees. But it...
Polaroid 55. In the dark of winter
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Very nice !
Making photographs with a 35mm with a motor drive, and Polaroid, and LF says that you haven't decided what is the creative intent of your work. Each of those modalities and processes produces an...
Playing around with old Polaroid 55 P/N on the first day of the year.211130
I have looked far and wide for quality book-making ink jet papers. The problem is, I've concluded, that all the papers that take photo black ink (semi-gloss, etc) have a coating that cracks when you...
Thanks to all! I do keep an index of holders and light leaks, so I'll monitor this one. Probably a one-off mistake in technique, but that's why we keep doing this!!
I'm trying to figure out what went wrong here - did some light leak in between the holder and the camera? Any guesses would be appreciated!208929
Part of my Pandemic Portrait Series....207794
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What an awesome story, and experience!
The "bad" negatives are grossly out of focus, so it must involve a problem when you shot them. Maybe the tripod moved, or you hadn't tightened all the knobs (I've done all of this and more).
Another possibility is microbubbles formed by the acid stop bath. I've always used a water stop bath for this reason.
Excellent advice! What a wealth of experience. No, the rebate edges were not fogged, so it clearly happened when the holder was in the camera. I'm usually fastidious about keeping the dark cloth...
Hello all -
Recently encountered a light leak, and I can't figure out how it happened. Any ideas? It's HP5, 4x5, in a previously tried and true film holder. I'm wondering, maybe the dark cloth...
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Check out Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' work. He shoots studio portraits in 8x10. If you're serious about portraiture with artificial light, I'd recommend taking a workshop or class to get started.
For bookmaking, the paper must fold cleanly. I have tried almost every duo paper that is semi-gloss/luster/pearl. They all have a coating that cracks and fragments at the fold. So I've settled on...
I've numbered all my 4x5 holders with a unique number, and A and B sides (e.g. 35A, 35B). Those with different films are kept in different labelled bags. When shot, the dark slide is turned to...
Take a look at the series of portraits I've done with a 300mm Nikkor f5.6 and an 8x10 Deardorff.....
http://michaelsobel.photo/galleries/regards/
The top end of a guitar stand works great - light, adjustable, and cheap.
138815Seattle, WA
Deardorff 8x10
HP5 in HC110
f 11 @ 60th
Three 4x5 negatives, scanned and stitched....
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Try toggling between "relative colorimetric" versus "perceptual" settings in PS. One or the other, I can't remember which, has a tendency to overload the ink where there are very saturated areas.
Everyone has parts of it right, but not all of it. The exposed portions of the negative do not absorb any more or less of the developer (reducing agent) than do the underexposed portions. The...
Try skipping the stop bath, and using a water rinse instead. Sometimes microscopic gas bubbles arise from the acid reaction in the stop bath.
Thanks so much! So... a 0 setting would be for a strobe?
Just acquired a Goerz Rectagon 6" f.6 lens. On the side there's a small switch that can be cocked like a shutter, with a scale of 25/20/5/0, the color labels, and a tiny knurled knob.
What does...