This is why I shoot Large Format! | Landscape Photography

This is why I shoot Large Format! | Landscape Photography | Intrepid 4x5 & Zebra Dry Plates

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3 жыл бұрын

Why are you shooting Analog, why Large Format camera, why Dry Plates?
It sure is unforgiving, expensive and ridiculously slow but it makes me connect with nature like nothing else. For once I am not a prisoner of the screen but instead present in the moment with everything I am looking for those small miracles of nature that inspire me and make me feel alive! So in this week's video there is no music, no effects just me, the camera and peaceful nature....
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▪️ GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO:
Hand Coated Glass Dry-Plate: www.etsy.com/listing/83215991...
Zebra 4x5 Dual Plate Holder: www.etsy.com/listing/10139185...
LF lens box:
Intrepid 4x5 MK2 Camera:
Paterson 5x7” Developing Trays: amzn.to/3mzmFDr
Paterson 8x10” Developing Tray: amzn.to/3fI00TX
Fixer: Adofix Plus
Timer: Adox Labtime Mini
Thermometer: amzn.to/3urX4yG
📷 GEAR I USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO:
Canon M50 + Canon EF-m 15-45mm: amzn.to/3sT5QFC
Huawei P30 pro: amzn.to/3t7dcW0

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@SD_Alias 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful video. beautiful forest no uneccessary talking and no annoying music. Love the sounds of nature…

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🤗

@francoismassin8649 3 жыл бұрын

This, my friend, is the best explanation to Why one shoots LF ... Wordless ! One can feel the calm and the surroundings just looking at this very relaxing video Great job Nejc :)

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Francois 🤗

@iStobs 4 ай бұрын

This is amazing. I mean that image is just phenomenal.

@anthonymiller8979 3 жыл бұрын

Zebra Dry Plates and your holder are my next LF purchase.

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Cool 🤗

@rogernuffer 2 жыл бұрын

I gave you a thumbs up just for the mill. What a great place to get a photo.

@chriscard6544 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful video and photographs

@arnaud-ricou 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic !!! Photographies and video editing :-)

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Arnaud!

@marcelryser Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍❤

@paulatterby7507 Жыл бұрын

I am an occasional user of 5x4 and found that really interesting. Never seen the dry plates before. Good photos.

@ducatitastic 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo Nejc, possibly your best video yet (imho) I really need to order some dry plates, the detail looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I liked filming and editing this one as well 😊 And yes Zebra plates are definitely worth a try!

@edwincampos7142 3 жыл бұрын

WOW Speechless!!

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Edwin 😊

@beckerse 3 жыл бұрын

You picked a beautiful area to photograph. Great video!

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🤗

@reynaldocastaneda4712 3 жыл бұрын

Great work Nejc!

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@richardstollar4291 3 жыл бұрын

A couple of nice shots there... I never need to tighten the screws for my intrepid lens board - strange you need to!

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I rather screw things down specially when carrying the camera on my shoulders. You never know 😁

@jeffpettittphotography576 3 жыл бұрын

I love grist mills! I’ve shot over 45. Mostly in NC. Still quite a few on my bucket list. I wanna reshoot them all, ones still standing, on my Intrepid 4X5.

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Yes there is something special about them. A proper resemblance of beautifuo handcraft and in this manner they kinda connect with shooting dry plates 😊

@jeffpettittphotography576 3 жыл бұрын

@@lostlightart6064 Yes, I’d like to go back and shoot them on plates!

@erichstocker8358 3 жыл бұрын

That is a nice bag that you have for your intrepid. What vendor provides it. Some nice shots. I love the B-roll at the beginning where the beetle is devouring the leaf. Amazing how fast they can process plants.

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Actualy this is a hard case I got with gopro accesories on Amazon. I will have to find now one tho a bit thicker as the zippers have ripped. But otherwise it is a great solution!

@erichstocker8358 3 жыл бұрын

@@lostlightart6064 Thanks for the info!

@dhp6687 3 жыл бұрын

Great scanning process! I'll try digitizing some of my collected autochromes :) On that subject, I recently had the extreme luck to get some unopened autochromes. I would love to try shooting with them, but really I don't know where to start. So much information has been lost. Oh well. Maybe I'll get to it someday. Everything I read online is very confusing...

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

I hope I will find the time soon to finaly make a Autochrome series 🙏

@dhp6687 3 жыл бұрын

@@lostlightart6064 That would be awesome! I'm very nervous about mine. It took me years of searching to find some. But I think some people have had success with Alticolor film (I think it's just medium format autochrome) so I have some hope. However they are 9x12cm and my camera is 4x5 or 10x13cm. But I think it should be easy to convert a 4x5 holder to a 9x12. I am not sure if the emulsion is still good after 100 years, if it isn't I might try removing it and coating it with a new emulsion. I have never made panchromatic emulsion before, but it would be a learning experience at least.

@sammerritt730 2 жыл бұрын

You can get 9x12 plate cameras for not much I got one because it was the cheapest large format camera I could find

@antoinedombois 3 жыл бұрын

Well done 👍

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@jamesdouglaswhittaker4612 2 жыл бұрын

I am a lover of 5 x 4 , it’s quality and the movements but wonder why an iPhone and not scan or enlarge when that LF quality really shows ? Appreciate the quick results though for a small or. ‘proof’ print .

@Swamp_Donkey_ 3 жыл бұрын

Cool scanning process and very nice shots! What app is that?

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

I just invert the coulours in settings as it is easier to get the right exposure

@Swamp_Donkey_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@lostlightart6064 ah ok, I can't do that on my camera app

@RandyPollock 2 жыл бұрын

So I'm new here to the channel, after you take the image with your phone what happens next to the plate?

@lostlightart6064 2 жыл бұрын

Plate is archived until I properly scan, direct contact print item...

@darrylroberts5235 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, what tripod?

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vanguard Alta Pro 263

@slotown1978 3 жыл бұрын

What lens did you use?

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

Schneider-Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm f8

@jackyleecs Жыл бұрын

22:40 Are those anti-newtonian glasses?

@132indo 3 ай бұрын

why would you shoot 4x5 then scan with an iPhone. use better optical scanner.

@califmike2003 Жыл бұрын

Cant watch silent movies sorry.

@sgroadie6367 3 жыл бұрын

You go to all the trouble to shoot LF and digitize with a phone? Wtf!

@lostlightart6064 3 жыл бұрын

I do it for the sake of the video and because I dont have money to but the epson 850 😕 Otherwise I enjoy contact printing very much 😉

@wolfgangleth524 Жыл бұрын

Does it make any sense to go through the beautiful dry plate process just to scan the results with your smartphone ? You will miss the whole thing; Make at least an analog contact print. Why do I have to watch you for minutes cleaning and rubbing the glas. Watching this video is just a loss of precious time.

@lostlightart6064 Жыл бұрын

Hey Wolfgang. Thank you for your opinion. Nobody is forcing you, you can simply skip it nextime...🤷‍♂️