Category: large format

How to “scan” film using your DSLR and process it in Lightroom

John Aldred

For those that shoot film, developing and dealing with chemicals isn’t usually the biggest hassle. Often it’s scanning the resulting film into the computer. Many lower end scanners simply don’t have the quality. Higher end ones, even flatbeds like the Epson Perfection V850 are out of the range of many film shooters. Drum scanners like […]

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Photographer documents nature vs humanity with a 4×5 large format film camera

John Aldred

Helene Schmitz is one of Sweden’s most successful art photographers. Her work focuses on the complicated and sometimes violent relationship between humans and nature. This idea has led to several award winning books, including her latest book Borderlands. In this short documentary by photographer and filmmaker Johan Stahlbergl, we get an insight into Helene’s thought process. […]

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Photographer documents nature vs humanity with a 4×5 large format film camera

John Aldred

Helene Schmitz is one of Sweden’s most successful art photographers. Her work focuses on the complicated and sometimes violent relationship between humans and nature. This idea has led to several award winning books, including her latest book Borderlands. In this short documentary by photographer and filmmaker Johan Stahlbergl, we get an insight into Helene’s thought process. […]

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DIY large format scrap camera

Gvido Mūrnieks

The idea of this camera started with vintage Profile Spotlight, that I wanted to restore, but found out, that some of internal lens elements were shattered. The only lens element, that was undamaged was the front element of it. Upon some closer inspection I discovered, that this element can project image circle big enough, to cover 8X10 area. […]

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If you ever wondered what it was like to be taught by Ansel Adams, here’s your answer

John Aldred

Ansel Adams is one of those legends of photography that most people have heard of. Whether they’re a photographer themselves or not, they know who he is. They know of his work, they may even own some of it. For those of us who are photographers, have you ever wondered what it would have been like to […]

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A simple trick to help you adapt any lens to your camera

John Aldred

Photographer Mathieu Stern tests out a lot of weird lenses. From modern CCTV to 135 year old large format lenses, nothing is too large a challenge. Many modern lenses have adapters available for all kinds of camera system. Not so much with older or more obscure lenses. So, how does he fit all these to his modern DSLRs? In this video, Mathieu’s going […]

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How to shoot Bokeh Panorama for animals and wildlife photography

John Aldred

Bokeh Panoramas, (Bokehrama or the “Brenizer method“) are a way to simulate a large format look with small sensor cameras. In theory, the process is simple. Take a bunch of photos, then stitch them together in something like Photoshop. What makes it different from a regular panoramic shot, is that the subject is primarily portraits with a relatively shallow […]

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Photographer coloured a 100 year old glass plate portrait in Photoshop using neural networks

John Aldred

There’s something special about shooting analogue black and white for me. It takes on a quality and a character you just don’t get with modern colour digital. Fortunately, now, we have a choice. So, if we want to shoot flawless colour, we can. A hundred years ago, there wasn’t so much choice. We’ve featured Mathieu Stern before. […]

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Take a look inside Ansel Adams’ amazing Darkroom

John Aldred

The room in which Ansel Adams created many of his works has to be the absolute ultimate DIY darkroom.  Back then, many things had to be made yourself, as commercially available tools for most of what Ansel wanted or needed to do simply did not exist. In this video from Marc Silber, we’re guided through Ansel’s […]

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I Built This Miniature Photography Studio From The 1900s In Honor Of Old Photographers

Ali Alamedy

I spent 9 months working on the studio using hundreds meters of wood and lots of other materials like plastic, copper, paper etc.  I built more than 100 miniature objects all designed and built according to that era. All the objects were made from scratch.  There were lots of challenges especially when I was doing […]

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