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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
“A traditional photographer, Jim specialises in monochrome Carbon Transfer Contact Printing from in camera negatives. Carbon Transfer printing, a process perfected by Joseph Swan in 1864, is a highly labour intensive process that yields prints of the finest quality. The artist has total control of the image tonality due to the creative blending of pigments used to manufacture the carbon tissue which is used to complete his vision. From this tissue the image is born. Carbon prints require a minimum of four or more days work to produce one finished print. Truly a labor of love and passion. Jim teaches carbon transfer printing and offers workshops in his studio/darkroom at his home in Vancouver Washington”.
Things we chatted about on the show:
Jim got his inspiration from his friend Vaughn who runs workshops with Jim in Yosemite National Park.
Making negatives from PyrocatHD a very popular staining developer much favoured by all who use alternative photographic processes.
Andrew uses Wet Plate Supplies for ready mixed PyrocatHD here are some links.
https://www.pyrocathd.5x4.co.uk/
http://www.wetplatesupplies.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=pyrocathd&x=0&y=0
For more on Carbon Printing, and indeed Pyro developers check out Sandy King’s site.
https://sandykingphotography.com/resources/technical-writing/carbon-transfer-process
We discussed cinematographer Karl Struss and the unique look he got from lenses (soft focus) and he was very close to Alfred Stieglitz and the pictorial movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Struss
Mark Osterman of Eastman House keeps getting mentioned and again in show 40.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-osterman-04594b2a
Erik has mentioned Kelly-Shane Fuller before, he was the chap who managed to get Kodachrome to sort of come back to life.
And we give Chroma Camera a shout out.
Jim’s links
Website.
https://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011330777143
https://www.instagram.com/carbonfitzgerald/
Other News
The Six Towns Darkroom was OPEN but is now CLOSED due to the current National lockdown.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Erik Mathy
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
A student of linguistics and comparative religion led Wayne to follow a path to investigate the roots of beliefs, passions and truths as told through alternative and historic forms of communication.
“Wayne is an unconventional fine art photographer that uses historical artifacts and processes as his medium to build intricate functional analogue cameras that are hand-tooled from blocks of metal, and used to engage with underservices communities, highlighting current social and humanitarian issues”
Today Wayne lives and works in a converted 1940s diaper washing factory in the dusty border town of Tuscon Arizona.
Things we chatted about on the show:
Sorry about the mad link (there is a way to smarten this up)
Heather Oelklaus and “Little Miss Sunshine”.
At the end of the show in the email section Wayne talks about the camera he is going to build for his artist partner Alanna Airitum. See her work here.
https://www.alannaairitam.com/about
Alanna has her work at the Candela Gallery in Virginia and Wayne hopes to have work on display there soon.
https://www.candelagallery.com/artists
In the email section.
https://www.jimscarbonartphotography.com/about/
Erik talks again about the wonderful Primitive Photography book (which Andrew has now purchased).
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Primitive-Photography-Cameras-Calotypes-Alternative/dp/0240804619
We give shout outs to some former guests
Sam Hiser West of New 55 PN film.
Brendan Barry.
Wayne’s links
https://waynemartinbelger.com/
https://www.instagram.com/waynemartinbelger/?hl=en
Other News
The Six Towns Darkroom was OPEN but is now CLOSED as Stoke enters Tier 2 Covid restrictions.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Erik Mathy
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
A first for the show, the same guest two weeks running. This time we tried to do the podcast intended for part one, did we succeed? I think so.
We also discovered how good Erik is at reading and answering our listeners’ emails which we have cleverly called “Ask Erik”. From now on email reading and answering will be handled by someone who turns it into a kind of performance art.
Things we chatted about on the show:
“Rides Slow and Take Photos” web article for some background to Erik’s Butterfield overland mail trail bike ride.
Erik sent us several links to things we chatted about on the show and some I don’t think we did! But they all look great.
The work of Consuelo Konaga whose archive is at the Brooklyn Museum.
At the end of Erik’s Butterfield bike ride he ends up at the workshop of Wayne Martin Belger, we chat a bit about Wayne’s “third Eye” skull camera and his “Us and Them” camera which is remarkable. Erik drew our attention to Wayn’e ground breaking “HIV Bloodworks” project, here is a link.
Eric said “Also, I didn’t touch on him but I wanted to. Josef Koudelka’s “Black Triangle” was the first set of landscapes I’d ever seen that were both stunningly beautiful and incredibly hard hitting from a documentary perspective.
Josef uses the Fuji 617 panoramic camera to brilliant effect. He produced a book called Ruin and has completed a documentary as well.
Erik gives a shout out to artist and activist Lucinda Hinojos who he meets on his trip.
This was made on his Graphic and dollar bill lens after Erik cracked a joke!
Follow Lucinda on her IG https://www.instagram.com/lucinda_yrene/?fbclid=IwAR2993uQuMZHdu0E0w3vUTkrKbZ8VAKdtlZgkU92oWM26E8wTKLDcAM6XUY
Fred at SurplusShed.com can get you ANY lens element and more. He sounds amazing.
Erik’s links
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en
Phew
Other News
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with Simon first as numbers are limited.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
“My name is Erik Mathy, and I've been obsessed with photography since my Mom handed me her Pentax K1000 when I was 17.
While I do own a digital camera or two, traditional methods are much more exciting to me from both an artistic and personal satisfaction standpoint. There is something about combining vision with hands on techniques and then being able to hold the end result up to the light that is incredibly satisfying”.
Well here is a show that didn’t go as planned, none the worse for that but it means we have to have pt 2 to discuss Eric’s “Ride Slow, Take Photos” trip and film, his passion for making lenses and other projects.
This show is a bit sweary as Simon could not find his bleeper...
For this show……. Well I’ll list as many links as I can remember.
Things we chatted about on the show:
OK so we didn’t get on to this but here is a link to the article in AF magazine (get it if you don’t already) discussing Rides Slow and Take Photos.
Eric hinted at his passion for cycling which forms the means of transport on his “Ride Slow, Take Photos” epic journey. Check out ands subscribe to this blog which has some wonderful photo journalism by a talented team including Erik with some home made lenses.
https://element.ly/2020/04/echos-of-futures-past-part-i-nancy-chipukites-darrell-stiles/
Erik mentioned documentary photographer Eugene Richards and gave us a link (I’m sure I must have been aware of his work but couldn’t put a name to the images).
https://eugenerichards.com/?fbclid=IwAR3seIJwcCtJzhWeja0vGYkNI1tzihyDKxBLs7tzYa-jLgCGfeZK3_kTXrY
And a Vimeo clip.
https://vimeo.com/75177919?fbclid=IwAR2TXU2dTYLfVpRnHQbPg91kezqOkUmBNWleh4-ITJOJWM-6pWIqbqiFuCo
And a thoughtful YouTube video interviewing Eugene Richards worth a watch.
Post Podcast Erik also recommended the work of James Fee.
Kelly-Shane Fuller I this is interesting…..
And his IG.
https://www.instagram.com/piratelogystudios/?hl=en
Making colour images by filtering through separate filters and recombining came up in this part of the discussion. Andrew remembered a discussion in the early days of the Homemade Camera Podcast. Cant remember the episode but if you don’t already listen its great!
Fred at SurplusShed.com can get you ANY lens element and more. He sounds amazing.
Sunny16 presents gets another mention, mainly because Simon was on the show with Steve from Chroma Camera.
https://sunny16presents.podbean.com/
Andrew got excited when Erik gave a shout out to Glass Key Photo in SF – Heather Polley took him there a few years ago at the start of his 50th year USA road trip.
http://www.glasskeyphoto.com/#glass-key-photo
And Bay Area Looking Glass Photo.
https://www.lookingglassphoto.com/
Andrew mentioned former guest Ben Horne’s recent video on 8x10 focus stacking….. have your mind blown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBFHVPvnH5c
Eastman Kodak House and Rochester.
A great source for quality and reasonably prices LF focus screens.
Look for Ebay seller in Lithuania Virgisst.
Oh and Huckleberry bikes!
https://www.huckleberrybikes.com/
Erik’s links
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
IG probably best for all things including rabbits.
https://www.instagram.com/erikhmathy/?hl=en
Phew
Other News
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with Simon first as numbers are limited.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
“Shane’s work shines on its artistic merit and for its collaborative nature. It is genuine and enthusiastic on a human level. For the folks of many different Indian tribes who sit for his portraits, and who often become his life-long friends, Shane builds lasting rapport. It is this rapport, and the importance of honest collaboration between people of different cultures, that is so vital for our country and is at the heart of moving forward as a nation. I strive to emulate the rapport that Shane has achieved in his art in the work I’m doing in congress. Shane’s photographs are not only beautiful, they convey the best example of good people working together to achieve something great”.
Debra A. Haaland
US Congresswoman for New Mexico 1st District Laguna Pueblo
Things we chatted about on the show:
The usual back and forth chatter at the beginning covered “how we value our work” which Andrew is finding extremely difficult at the moment, how important it is to record some info on a photograph and how crap cloud storage is for a long term solution to filing. Shane was very helpful in focusing our thoughts in these areas.
Simon made an appearance on the “brand extension” of Sunny16 Podcast – Sunny16 Presents! – not sure if it’s out yet but you can find episodes here, it looks like a great podcast.
https://sunny16presents.podbean.com/
We referenced a lot of Shane’s public work and installations including the proposed 7ft mural of Greta.
The documentary talks about the Dakota pipeline that POTUS authorised on coming into power. Shane goes to the site of the protest to record the moment then later voices his disapproval in the only way he knows.
https://nostalgicglasswetplatestudio.zenfolio.com/blog/2017/1/donald-trump-potus
You can find the documentary on Vimeo or Amazon Video
https://www.amazon.com/Balkowitsch-Shane/dp/B087CFNWS3
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/balkowitschfilm
The first Native American Shane made a wet plate portrait of was the great grandson of sitting bull Ernie Lapointe - lots on the net but here is a YouTube video with Ernie talking about Little Big Horn.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-3NIrXW92s
Shane made a Blurb book all about Ernie and the portrait sessions.
https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/5586336-the-legacy-of-sitting-bull-wet-plate-session-revis
Shane follows in the footsteps of intrepid wet plate photographers og the 19th century and it was Bismarck photographer Orlando Scott Goff whose historic wet plate images of Plains Indians so inspired Shane to carry on a modern day version.
The Historical Society of North Dakota takes all Shane’s work (and they want his shirt and bowler hat post mortem).
(Oh and our podcast recording will be stored there too)
Shane loves to collaborate and make tableaus – the documentary shows the making of “Liberty trudges through injustice”
Here is a YouTube video showing the mural unveiling in Bismark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSUUJo8xaD8
Shane talks about technology and photography in a TedX talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlppgZcNwYo
Shane’s links
Shane suggests Googling his name and that works!
His website is a good place to start.
http://sharoncol.balkowitsch.com/wetplate.htm
And on IG
https://www.instagram.com/balkowitsch/?hl=en
Shane runs a FB group called “Friends of Fredrick Scott Archer”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551392035129844
Other News
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with Simon first as numbers are limited.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
"Ultimately, despite the contemporary subject matter and modern details, we see a unique honesty and are struck by the strength and determination of these skaters.
"They are purposeful and courageous, open, playful and supportive.
"I admire their respectful and shrewd fight for a place in the world."
A quote from the BBC News article that prompted Simon to reach out to Jenny and we are sure glad he did.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-53739203
Things we chatted about on the show:
Like a wild animal caged in a zoo and poked at by small children Andrew, goaded by Simon and Jimmy Hickford was given some space to have a mini rant about a few things.
Don’t pay too much attention to him as he is old and senile.
During our regular catch up section, Jenny told us she had been making some lumen prints during lockdown using RC paper and some old expired colour paper.
Lumen prints are some of the easiest ways to make photographic prints and read about them here and see some of the beautiful images created by Natasha Sanchez.
Andrew mentioned arthrotypes which wasn’t at all the correct term – it was Anthotype.
https://www.alternativephotography.com/anthotypes-anthotype-process/
Friend of the show and sometime video editor Jimmy Hickford drew our attention to Czech photographer Marketa Luskavova.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%C3%A9ta_Luska%C4%8Dov%C3%A1
Jenny spoke about Erik Mathy who makes LF lenses from Dollar bills! – he is featured in the upcoming Analogue Forever Issue 2.
https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/features-interviews/film-review-ride-slow-take-pictures
Jenny is related to Alma Lavenson one of the members of Group f64
View her work on Google.
Jenny is proud to be associate with the Skate Like A Girl organisation
http://www.skatelikeagirl.com/
Jenny wishes to thank her publisher, Daylight Books
https://daylightbooks.org/
Jenny’s links
Check out the BBC article that kicked all this off.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-53739203
https://www.instagram.com/jennysampsonphotography/?hl=en
Jenny has her Skater Girls book out soon and orders can be taken via her website or your local book store.
And last but by no means least Jenny began collaborating with other artists during lockdown to make reimagined pictures of classic photographs, but they all had to incorporate toilet rolls.
What a wonderful and unique project. Discover more photographers and see how many you recognise at the Rolls and Tubes IG page
https://www.instagram.com/rolls_and_tubes/?hl=en
Other News
The Six Towns Darkroom is OPEN but if you want to come along please get in touch with Simon first as numbers are limited.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Andre is a film enthusiast, there is no getting over that. Those that have followed his progress over the years were overjoyed when he landed a job working with CineStill, couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
But the burning question, the elephant in the room if you will, is will he stick with this new found love and dare I say it, obsession, that is large format photography?
This obsession so far has brought two LF cameras and a lovely Omega 4x5 enlarger, is he another Simon Forster, Andrew wonders, loves all the gear but we don’t see many images?
Is Andrew being cruel, or realistic or, just maybe we are seeing a new Andre?
If this show was anything to go by then he’s off to a great start and so far shows no sign of selling all his gear but time will tell.
We gathered together a rogues gallery of former guests and others who just wanted to be a part of this recording which has also been committed to video for posterity. This will be available on out You Tube channel as soon as the file makes its way by pigeon carrier to Simon from our video engineer colleague Jimmy Hickford.
Things we chatted about on the show:
At the start of the show we chatted about 4x5 colour and Andrew’s issues with scanning. The solutions all seemed complicated so he will stick to colour at 120 size.
Andre kind of announced that Cinestill film would be available in 4x5 sheets and also Eastman 5222 stock – this is super exciting.
The internet was all giddy over Steve Lloyd showing his beta version of an electronic shutter for barrel lenses – this will likely be a KickStarter so follow along on one of Steve’s social sites (links below).
Andre came armed with some questions and we all attempted to answer him, it was fun, but don’t take my word for it.
Question 1 – Does (loupe) size matter? Are certain ones better than others.
Andrew suggested 4x or 6x max but wasn’t sure why, Jason Lane said if they are too powerful then the ground glass image starts interfering with the focused image.
Here is a picture of the one Andrew has but normally he just takes his specs off due to being very short sighted!
Question 2 – Fresnel lenses….do they help and where should you place them?
A mixed response from our room of experts (definition as ex is a has been and a spurt is a drip under pressure), but if you are going to use one buy one with a focal length in the same range as the lenses you are going to use. Probably aim for 150mm as that is likely to be in the mid range of what you are using.
Jason Lane said place it on the photographer’s side of the ground glass with the lens rings facing toward the lens , so smooth side to the photographer.
Ethan Moses was very dismissive of them but Steve Lloyd kinda wasn’t (fight).
If you buy a cheap one of the net then you may be lucky or not – oh they also DON’T MAKE THE IMAGE BRIGHTER (that’s Ethan shouting at Andrew by the way).
Question 3 – Is it bad to leave your shutter cocked or your thick Grafmatic film holder in the spring back?
Consensus here was short term say on a day trip all is good but if you are looking to maybe store those lenses or camera for a while then trip the shutter and remove the back.
Question 4 – How do you store your film holders to prevent the darkslides coming out?
Most (apart from Ethan who has photographer’s jeans) use zip lock bags. Even if those little rotating right angle darkslide retainer thingies are missing the friction of the darkslide in the holder will be enough to keep them in place, coupled with the zip lock bag.
Andrew has a 5 holder cascade holder from Dan Stone – his products are really well made but not the cheapest
https://www.stonephotogear.com/filmstorage
Question 5 – Where do you put unprocessed film before it gets developed? Do you leave them in the holders or transfer them to a box?
Most use old 4x5 film boxes. The advantage is that you can segregate the exposed films according to how you wish to develop them e.g a wide subject brightness range >5 or 6 stops maybe then reduce development by 20% or so according to your set up.
Someone suggested a pack of black bags like the once that sheet film come in – either B&H or Freestyle maybe?
Andrew and Dave Shrimpton tend to take out enough film holders to suit the development tank then process straight away – so 6 sheets typically.
Question 6 – Can you split grade print contact prints?
In short – yes. You can use under the lens filters or dial in settings to your colour head if you have one.
The filter drawer in Andre’s Omega may get a bit toasty so possibly don’t use that.
Question 7 – Do you use filters? 10 stop grad? Is fo how do you attach them?
10 stopper maybe not – use slow film and f45 – get a 2-3 stop ND if necessary.
Andrew uses Cokin P rings, filters and holders and Greg uses a GELSNAP holder from LEE Filters which seems to be out of stock everywhere.
https://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera-directory/camera-dir-list/category/gelsnap-filter-holder
And finally……
Question 8 – What brands of floppy hat do you all recommend.
Tilly T3 is the one https://www.tilley.com/uk_en/t3-wanderer-hat.html
Andre’s links
You can see pictures of his watches (his last craze) here.
https://www.instagram.com/andre.on.film/?hl=en
He occasionally stays awake during a recording of Neg Pos Podcast – they have a great FB group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2008988399314590
And here is CineStill who Andre works for.
https://cinestillfilm.com/products/800tungsten-c41-36exp-35mm-high-speed-color-negative-135
Rogues gallery links
Ethan Moses
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2282531432013144/
Greg Obst
https://www.flickr.com/photos/greggobst
Jimmy Hickford
https://twitter.com/jimmyshootsfilm?lang=en
https://www.instagram.com/jimmyshootsfilm/?hl=en
John Money
https://www.instagram.com/johntmoney/?hl=en
Joseph Brunjes
https://www.josephbrunjes.com/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24021575@N02
Nick Lyle
https://www.flickr.com/photos/51834204@N07/
https://www.instagram.com/avynick/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2282531432013144/
Steve Lloyd
https://www.instagram.com/chromacamera/
Phew
Other News
The inaugural LFPP Gathering in the forest 2020 was cancelled but you can catch up with the virtual meeting we had recently where we were honoured to have Dave Shrimpton and Kate Miller-Wilson present their work and ideas to over 20 of us on line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQtnpFib8s&t=113s
And….
Much to Simon’s dismay the Six Towns Darkroom remains in lock down for the time being….but there is a plan to get restarted.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
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Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
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Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
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Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
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https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
“The emotional connection we all have with nature is powerful. Nature can be intense and unforgiving as well as calming and peaceful. I seek out remote locations where these true feelings of the natural world can emerge, using photography as a means to capture these emotions and bring them back for all to see”.
“The way I see the world is best conveyed through the lens of a large format film camera. The extreme clarity of this traditional medium allows me to capture every minute detail in the scene just the way it was. The rich colors and tones of film allow me to express my vision powerfully, while the technical movements of a large format camera allow for incredible focus and perspective control unlike any other format. Using the mountains and the plains as my classroom, I have taught myself everything I know about photography. I also process and print all of my black and white photographs traditionally in a darkroom.
Through this medium I invite you to join me on my journeys and see the natural world through my eyes”.
Thank you for bring some well needed colour into our world Alex Burke.
Alex’s links
Alex’s website is superb, what a generous man he is. Check out the educational blogposts after having your mind blown by his colour images.
https://www.alexburkephoto.com/educational-blog-posts
https://www.alexburkephoto.com/
For a great overview and to keep up with his daily activity then follow Alex on IG.
https://www.instagram.com/alexburkephoto/?hl=en
Alex has written a superb ebook - https://www.alexburkephoto.com/ebooks
Things we chatted about on the show:
Back in the early days of lockdown Alex held a live Youtube Q&A – check it out it is brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKnPJSxarhQ
Simon mentioned a recent 35mmc blog post about the free software to assist scanning – grain2pixel
https://www.35mmc.com/31/07/2020/grain2pixel-review-photoshop-plugin/
Lance Roth was a former guest on the Lensless Podcast and does what Alex does, in the same area but with a LF pinhole camera
https://www.instagram.com/lanceroth/?hl=en
Listen to Lance here.
Colorado photographer John Fielder was a big influence for Alex – you can see why here.
And the work of UK photographer Bruce Percy
Other News
The inaugural LFPP Gathering in the forest 2020 was cancelled but you can catch up with the virtual meeting we had recently where we were honoured to have Dave Shrimpton and Kate Miller-Wilson present their work and ideas to over 20 of us on line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQtnpFib8s&t=113s
And….
Much to Simon’s dismay the Six Towns Darkroom remains in lock down for the time being….but there is a plan to get restarted.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
Friday Jul 17, 2020
Friday Jul 17, 2020
This week we are joined by circus performer and large format photographer Guy Bellingham.
With most of the travelling circus community not able to work and with the future looking uncertain, it is with a passion and a huge heart that Guy is photographing his circus community friends to honour them and to share something of them to the outside world.
Using home made large format camera obscura and photographing the image with a digital camera Guy melds the old and the modern in an exciting way.
As well as making these hybrid photographs, Guy takes “Figalotype” images where he makes wet plate collodion images of his friends via the TV screen!
With focusing Fresnel lights to deal with as well, Guy doesn’t believe in making life easy, but then good art often isn’t.
Thanks Guy!
Guy’s links
The best place to view Guy’s portraits is on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/guybellinghamphotography/
There is probably a clever way to compress this big Facebook link!
Things we chatted about on the show:
Whilst discussing home made neck braces to keep sitters still Guy started talking about hidden mothers, it’s a thing even today, check out these links.
And this link giving some context.
Making collodion images but not always in the traditional manner is a thing celebrated and practised by Guy and many others ideas and inspiration may be found at the gloriously named Collodion Bastards site.
http://collodionbastards.org/bastardry/
And this FB group that Simon and Andrew have both asked to join.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/collodionbastards/
Mark Ostermann of Eastman House was mentioned
https://www.facebook.com/mark.osterman.3
Inspired by Hollywood legend George Hurrell Guy uses focusing Fresnel lights to get that glamourous stage like lighting
Guy recommended a book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Langfords-Basic-Photography-serious-photographers/dp/0240520351
Andrew recommended Tenba lens wraps.
Chroma Camera got a plug as did 20th Century Camera.
https://20thcenturycamera.com/
Other News
The inaugural LFPP Gathering in the forest 2020 was cancelled but you can catch up with the virtual meeting we had recently where we were honoured to have Dave Shrimpton and Kate Miller-Wilson present their work and ideas to over 20 of us on line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQtnpFib8s&t=113s
And….
Much to Simon’s dismay the Six Towns Darkroom remains in lock down for the time being.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
“I never embarked in any one thing to which I have so entirely devoted myself, and to which I have devoted so much time, thought, and labour, and on the success of which I have staked so much reputation, and to which I have so largely committed myself and those who were disposed to place faith in me.” — Isambard Kingdom Brunel
A quote that Jack uses on his website and after you listen to this show we are sure you will agree with him.
This episode turned out to be quite a bit different from all our previous shows, we didn’t really dive down into large format photography (we will save that for part 2 at some point), but instead Jack talks at length about the struggles, highs and lows that accompany him on this adventure of a lifetime.
Thanks again Jack.
Jack’s links
Everything to do with the LSP can be found on Jack’s website.
https://lifeboatstationproject.com/
Why not help Jack finish this project and become a Patron for as little as £1 a month.
https://lifeboatstationproject.com/friend/
Some Twitter comings and goings.
https://twitter.com/MrJackLowe?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
The dedicated Twitter feed for the Lifeboat Station Project.
https://twitter.com/ProjectLifeboat
The image used for this show's artwork was taken by Dominic Vacher and digitally altered to fit the square format by Master Andrew Forster. (He's better than his dad at Photoshop).
Things we chatted about on the show:
Simon has a 200mm f3.6 Leitz Wetzlar projection lens fitted to his MPP camera and made a rather lovely image of his Dad looking at a wasps nest.
Some care and attention is needed to Simon’s processing techniques but we weren’t too hard on him – and Simon please use some fresh film you cheapskate.
Andrew was enthusing about popping his dry plate cherry. Using Jason Lane’s 1/6th plate ISO 25 dry plates purchased from Analogue Wonderland.
Neil Gaiman’s Wife Amanda Palmer published a book called “The Art of Asking” – this helped Jack enormously.
Neil Gaiman’s 2012 commencement speech also inspired Jack and gave him the confidence to follow his idea and just do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb-NYkseI
Other News
The inaugural LFPP Gathering in the forest 2020 was cancelled but you can catch up with the virtual meeting we had recently where we were honoured to have Dave Shrimpton and Kate Miller-Wilson present their work and ideas to over 20 of us on line.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQtnpFib8s&t=113s
And….
Much to Simon’s dismay the Six Towns Darkroom remains in lock down for the time being.
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
Get Twitter updates for the show from Andrew –
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper
Or from Simon –
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.imstagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
https://twitter.com/warboyssnapper