I have been developing in pyrogallo by inspection. I stopped using a light meter a few years ago and I think my "hit-rate" of getting properly exposed and developed negatives has actually improved.
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I have been developing in pyrogallo by inspection. I stopped using a light meter a few years ago and I think my "hit-rate" of getting properly exposed and developed negatives has actually improved.
I used to use a community darkroom in the basement of a building in pre-gentrified Wicker Park building. There was a luthier who working in a different unit in the same basement. He did some work on...
LF violin Maker?
Compared to 4x5 I think the only real "pros" are the 75% increase in negative size and the different aspect ratio. On the "con" side, you've got fewer films to pick from, that are more expensive an a...
War of Art by Pressfield has helped me face mountains of negatives.
I agree with almost all that has been written.
One thing I would add is that for my portraiture work a big part of the appeal of using LF is the effect is has on the subject before I trip the...
After the Boston Marathon I would imagine the big concern is regarding public safety rather than competition with the "pros." One could probably hide a lot of bad stuff in a tripod leg or what...
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/echoes-of-prayer-and-people/?hp
A 14x20? That's a lot of camera to travel with...
I wonder about the iPad? It has a camera and you can compose your image on a digital simulacrum of a ground glass. There is no tripod attachment.
If a big part of "learning large format photography"...