Large Format Camera Work

For my personal project I have decided to use the 5x4 camera at college to photograph still life - vegetables which, unlike people, do not blink or wriggle.

There have been challenges with the loading and development of film, getting the light right and so forth. But I am getting close to completion.

Theses are images I took using my digital camera when I was testing the light and composition prior to using the large camera.

Portrait with Large Format Camera

We are learning to use a 5x4 camera - the film (which measures 5x4 inches) is loaded in sheets into a large camera. After much fiddling around an exposure is made, then developed and tweaked in the dark room. Below are the digital images I took of our subject - Chris Lock, who was so very very patient while we adjusted and changed his pose,, the lights, the focus and everything.