Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic. Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm f8 wide angle lens. Fuji Astia 100F slide film.
This was taken in fading light just after sunset. I couldn't really see the image on the ground glass clearly enough to focus so I relied on the stops I have set for my 150mm and 90mm lenses. The framing was also done mainly using the wire viewfinder for the same reason. I love how softly this came out.This shot is from my Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm lens.
The photo is from a desert camping trip about a month ago.
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Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic
Date: 16-01-2015
Time: 7:15
Lens: Schneider Kreuznach 90mm f8 Super Angulon
Aperture: f32
Shutter: 1/4
Film: Fuji Pro 160NS
This is a somewhat recent shot. How surprising is that? It is also the first shot I'm posting taken using my new Grafmatic back that my wife kindly bought me for Christmas. For those who don't know this is a film back that holds six sheets of film and allows you to quickly cycle through them. Very cool.
This was taken the morning after nearly killing my truck on the way in. Ruptured oil line and brake lines. On top of that an almost sleepless cold damp night. I set out in low spirits but the unexpected sights that morning soon turned my mood around. This was shot number 5 out of 6 from the Grafmatic. Also my first time shooting the lovely Fuji Pro 160S emulsion in large format.
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Mamiya M645 Pro. Kodak Portra 800 negative film
This is why I consider Portra 800 the queen of films. I always hate it at the point when I'm developing it and scanning it. Portra 800 (unlike the revised 160 and 400 -- I guess 800 was perfect so they left it alone) is on a thin flimsy base that loves to bow emulsion side out. It's a pain to put on reels and it's a pain to hold flat for scanning. But when I start to work on the files and I see those colours. Oh man! Always delicious.
Took a trip out after getting my desert truck fixed and legalised. It was meant to be a celebratory trip but as it happened God had other plans. Lost all the oil from the engine less than a mile after getting on the highway for home. Thankfully not whilst in this lonely desert place.
The thing that struck me as I clambered around (this was meant to be a scouting trip for a "real" shot I had planned for the end of the week) was the absolute peace and stillness. Qatar is usually a noisy place. The silence and light were breathtaking.
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Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic
Date: 22-11-2014
Time: 7:38
Lens: Rodenstock Rotelar 270mm f5.6
Aperture: f32
Shutter: 1/25
Film: Kodak Portra 160
This is from a previous trip to the dunes in November of 2014. I was astounded at the amount of animal life evidenced in this seemingly barren landscape by the covering of this dune wall with their tracks.
In processing I have fought and wrestled with this image. I didn't really want it to be black and white because it doesn't thereby really fit my "series" and anyway, the colour was good. However I tried, though, this image just demanded to be black and white.
There is an old quote from some famous photographer that goes something like, "When you photograph people in colour you capture their clothes. When you photograph people in black and white you capture their souls." Well, I'm a pretty colour-centric person but the subject here was the tracks and other textures on the dune and nothing in colour brings that out like the black and white version I hereby present to you...
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Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic
Date: 16-01-2015
Time: 7:55
Lens: Schneider Kreuznach 90mm f8 Super Angulon
Aperture: f45
Shutter: 1/15
Film: Fuji Pro 160NS
This was the last shot on the Grafmatic. I had an entirely different shot in my sites but the shifting light just wouldn't play ball and I had to abandon it. Moments later, however, this vista unfolded and I was able to pull off the shot in the 20 or 30 seconds that the light stuck around before moving on again. I do love the pictures provided by shifting light but it must be the most frustrating light to work with. Like The Gambler, you gotta know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.
There’s a good portion of somebody’s suspension a little down and left of centre. I was imagining if you thought of the tyre tracks like animal tracks then the remains of a dead 4x4 would be like a bony carcass picked clean… Well, that’s where the title came from, anyway.
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