by Justin Lowery | Dec 31, 2019 | Educational, Justin Lowery
When you decide to try large format photography, perhaps the very next question that will arise is which of the large formats to work with. Large format encompasses everything from 2×3″ to 16×20″ and beyond, but for practical purposes, the vast...
by Marty Quinn | Dec 28, 2019 | Alex Burke, Ben Horne, Best Of, Gevork Mosesi, Justin Lowery, Martin Quinn, Ryan Gillespie, Team
Homestead Sunset - Alex BurkeAn old homestead at sunset. Weld County, Colorado - February 2019 Portra 160 4x5, 135mm lens 4 seconds at f32, 1 stop soft GND filterFrosty Solitude - Alex BurkeA lone tree covered in hoarfrost on the prarire. Weld County, Colorado -...
by Frank Sirona | Aug 3, 2019 | Educational, Frank Sirona
Part I: Depth of field Correct focusing, as trivial as it may seem to users of small cameras like an SLR or even an autofocus camera, can become – and more often than not actually does become – a challenge when working with a large-format camera, in...
by Justin Lowery | May 31, 2019 | Educational, Justin Lowery, Products
When you think of large format photography, several things probably come to mind: heavy, expensive, bulky, complicated, difficult. While these may be the stereotypes commonly associated with large format photography, they are by no means traits that must be associated...
by Ben Horne | Mar 31, 2019 | Ben Horne, Educational
As Alex Burke mentioned in last month’s blog post, setting up a view camera in the dark is an enormous challenge. The image on the ground glass is incredibly dim, and it is nearly impossible to see the composition. Back in 2010, I developed an incredibly simple...
