Experimenting with using a paper negative and reverse processing. #beliveinfilm

Self portraits

I have a “new” camera. A 13x18 mentor with built in shutter. It is a beautiful heavy beast. Also I don’t have the right sized film so I’m using masking tape to attach attach 4x5 film to the film holder. Today we visited hellfire cave. The photos were not very successful. I learnt a lot.

Hey there!

Every day with large format photography is a struggle, it almost makes me cry. I love it.

I have a new-vue 4x5 camera, all metal, weighs a ton, fully adjustable with a linhof 135mm lens.

I’m using fomapan 100 film. I’m obsessed with how much data I can store on 4x5.

I dragged out the 4x5 on Friday.

Tiny little frog at the bottom of our garden.

I live near a small nature reserve / park called Snakey Lane in which there is a beautiful pond that I have been meaning to photo for ages. I wanted a nice high contrast scene with a deep depth of focus.

Made a new lensboard on our cnc router. Did not get the level perfect so a bit thick on one side. Easy fix with sandpaper.

I’m learning large format photography by trial and error. This is me working on focal planes and zone metering. Not quite there but still satisfying. Infuriatingly my shutter jams on exposures longer than 1/20 second. #itap

I’ve been learning more about managing focus with swing on large format cameras. Also practicing zone metering. Looking forward to see how they develop.