Brad Visser
The view camera and the fog
When the fog settles on the valley like a heavy blanket, I know I have time before it dissipates. On such days I like to take larger, slower cameras with me into the forest and enjoy the act of framing individual images, rather than blitzing through and trying to collect them all. Working with a large format camera is such a different experience than photographing with a modern digital camera, let alone smartphone, with so much more room for error. On the flip side of the coin, I find myself focusing intensely when using such a camera and the act of photographing feels somehow richer because of this.
Committed to Bergger Pancro 400 film using a Wista Field 45 and 150 mm Nikkor W lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as standard and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
The view camera and the fog
When the fog settles on the valley like a heavy blanket, I know I have time before it dissipates. On such days I like to take larger, slower cameras with me into the forest and enjoy the act of framing individual images, rather than blitzing through and trying to collect them all. Working with a large format camera is such a different experience than photographing with a modern digital camera, let alone smartphone, with so much more room for error. On the flip side of the coin, I find myself focusing intensely when using such a camera and the act of photographing feels somehow richer because of this.
Committed to Bergger Pancro 400 film using a Wista Field 45 and 150 mm Nikkor W lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as standard and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.