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this is my second large format camera Zeiss Ikon Ideal 325 10x15cm - Tessar 16.5cm f/4.5. glass plate expired in 1989.
Wet Plate Collodion negative format 10x12" of Studio Pelikan in Celje, Slovenia, EU. More on my blog: borutpeterlin.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/todays-wetplate-se...
Green Intrepid 8x10 camera with a Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 1:5,6 300mm. Prontor professional shutter.
This is the railroad that runs past Union Station in Kansas City. This was once one of, if not, the busiest railroads in the country. It is still pretty busy, but now mostly freight trains, though AMTRAC still carries rail passengers to and from the Union Station terminal. This image was captured while standing on the overpass on Grand Boulevard. I used my Anniversary Speed Graphic camera with Foma 100 film. Film developed with 510 Pyro at 1:100
© Avi Das | Graflex Speed Graphic camera with focal plane shutter with a 7½" Kodak Anastigmat f4.5 barrel lens without shutter.
My Intrepid Camera 4x5 MKIV with vintage Cooke 108mm f/6 lens (Cooke series 7b)
Mounted on my 1940s Zeiss wooden tripod.
I met Carlo a few months ago as I was looking for some honey and I discovered this passionate beekeeper lived only half a mile from my home.
As we got to know each other over time, I found out that this amazing 84 years old was a true genius in building anything out of wood and metal in his well-equipped workshops.
I asked him to help me tame the biggest and heaviest lens I own, so that I could finally mount it onto a 4x5 camera and give it some use.
A few years ago I actually devised a way to mount this beastly lens, but I was never entirely satisfied with the results, as they lacked the solidity such a heavy piece of glass demands.
Carlo was able to quickly solder together a metal cone, permanently attached to a clone of a Plaubel lens board (which he cut and carved by hand !) where the heavy 12 Inch Aero Ektar f2.5lens would snugly fit.
The lens was to be further supported by a metal bracket that Carlo created, inspired by a plastic telescope lens bracket I had showed him earlier, but much, much sturdier than the original one.
Now came the shutter: we opted to drill a hole in a pine wooden board the size of the large packard shutter we were going to use (1/10th of a second maximum speed !!!).
To attach the “shutter board” to the lens Carlo hand-carved a slot of exactly the same diameter of the lens front element rim on the back. Once the rim slid into this groove, a couple of elastic bands were sufficient to stabilize and firmly attach the entire contraption to the camera body.
The heavy 12Inch Aero Ektar Lens can be a wonderful tool, giving you a very Shallow Depth Of Field and a Creamy Bokeh at a great Focal Length for portraiture (at 12 Inch FL this lens does cover 8x10 although I prefer using it on 4x5 and even 6x9, something I am able to do on the old Plaubel Supra camera by just changing the back).
It’s just that the lens is freakin’ big and heavy to mount anywhere but on a military aircraft!
Carlo was able to find a really good and elegant solution (in a retro-post-industrial style) that I truly love !!
My heartfelt THANK YOU to this wonderful, genial, inventor friend of mine!
New York City Easter Parade 2018
The NYC Easter Parade is a great opportunity to do portraits of fabulously dressed people in the street.
Earlier today, sporting a handheld 1930's Graflex RB large format camera and a bunch of film holders I enjoyed myself and made some new friends...
Here's some of the results, just out of the darkroom….
Happy Easter to all !!
I took my antique #largeformatcamera to Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire. Thoroughly enjoyed exploring the place and looking for good images. Very pleased with this one. Looking forward to making some #Vandykebrown prints. Made using sheet X-Ray film negative (5x7) (Orthochromatic) in my 100 year old Thornton Pickard Imperial full frame camera. Negative photographed with iPhone and inverted in photoshop and a sepia tint applied. Contact print to be made using Vandykebrown chemistry on watercolour paper.
Exploring the texture and form of pears - A Vandyke Brown print of an X-ray film negative. Full plate (8.5x6.5") size taken in a Thornton Pickard Imperial Camera from the early 1900s. F64 1 minute exposure.
A quick, behind-the-scenes shot of Sameena being fabulous during our little 4x5 portrait shoot in the studio last week. 'Dat hair! Real shots to come.
Set up to take the first photo with my new Toyo 45CF. Living a mere 15 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, it was a no brainer as to where I was going to go to make the first shot. Unfortunately, the marine layer was in and while I took the shot, it was nothing spectacular as the late evening sunlight on the bridge was less than ideal because of the cloud and fog cover.
This image is (c) Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
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I brought along my large format camera when I went to shoot the annual lighting of the Fresnel light at Pigeon Point. However, with the amount of wind that was blowing I was afraid that any long exposures would be blurred beyond belief. So, I took a few shots during the day so that I could see what they would look like. I just uploaded this shot for a 16x20 print and will be picking it up later this afternoon from the lab. This will be the first attempt at printing from a scan made from my Toyo 45CF.
I reduced the image size to 250dpi as the original 1200dpi TIFF was 167Mb in size.
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Fujinon 90mm f/8.0 SW w/Seiko #0 Shutter
Exposure: 1/15 Second @f/22
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Fuji Velvia 100
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
Update: I picked up the print this evening and I was very pleased with the outcome. It was printed from the 1200dpi scan and the detail is amazing. Of course, this was the entire reason for getting a large format camera!
This image is (c) Douglas Bawden Photography, please do not use without prior permission.
Enjoy my photos and please feel free to comment. The only thing that I ask is no large or flashy graphics in the comments.
A creative portrait of Matic Zorman, a war photojournalist. Portrait is made in Wet Plate collodion technique, format 4x5". Photo: Borut Peterlin
Gordon Undy at ARO Gallery. Entitled Journey 1984 - 2017 Gordon's response to the Australian landscape, photographed mostly with large format cameras; last 34 years.
Exhibition runs from 4th to 15th October with Gordon in attendance each day from 12 noon to 6pm at ARO Gallery, 51 William Street, Darlinghurst, NSW.
Both my parents where from a much different time. My dad and mom have always been true to there word no matter how much it might hurt. While they will do there best to go easy on us kids we always knew they ment business.
Brina Peterlin portrayed in Wet Plate Collodion technique with large format camera 5x7", illuminated by two studio flashes of joined power 2250 Ws. More about the image and technique on my blog: borutpeterlin.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/great-day-to-portr...
Kallitype print on Arches Platinum Rag paper from 8x10 film
Developer Sodium citrate+Ammonium citrate. No toned.
My father-in-law's Crown Graphic 4X5 format camera from his days with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
New York City Easter Parade 2018
The NYC Easter Parade is a great opportunity to do portraits of fabulously dressed people in the street.
Earlier today, sporting a handheld 1930's Graflex RB large format camera and a bunch of film holders I enjoyed myself and made some new friends...
Here's some of the results, just out of the darkroom….
Happy Easter to all !!