Comments on: Process versus Product

By: The first week | The Light Without

The first week | The Light Without — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:20:52 +0000

[...] along with allowing myself to create some bad photographs—”wrecking some pixels,” to paraphrase Mr. duChemin—but it also makes me better at the craft of photography. If I put myself in situations where the [...]

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:06:33 +0000

i finally published a blogpost about my experiences with analog photography in the last few months and the connection with david’s first two e-books: 10 and 10 more. you can find it here: http://wp.me/pJDg9-e

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:19:22 +0000

I used a beautiful Ebony 4×5 for a long time, and finally got myself a used Toho because of the Ebony’s weight. I wouldn’t mind a Canham, myself — it would allow me to use my 720mm lens, which my Toho doesn’t, but it’s going to be a while before I can justify that sort of price tag.

By: Rob Oresteen

Rob Oresteen — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:28:26 +0000

Speaking of large backpacks…I just have an excellent Burke & James 5×7 monorail that is awesome but a beast…I would die for a lighter Canham or Wista 4×5…but I will haul it anyway…5×7 is a huge area of capture.

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:53:11 +0000

@Rob
You got that right! I sometimes joke about my friends’ use of “puny cams” to photograph grand vistas, when they make fun of how large my backpack is

By: Rob Oresteen

Rob Oresteen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:03:36 +0000

@rakesh

Nobody can truly understand “Live View” and “Full Frame” till they look at something live through a 4×5 or larger view camera…

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:56:14 +0000

I’m also a film fan, I’ve been using a 4×5 (recently got a Toho Shimo as a backpacking camera) for my landscape photography for the past few years. For me it has more to do with composing on a ground glass and using the camera movements to get my shot than with being film rather than digital, until I get the slides back from the lab

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:37:28 +0000

David – great to read this post. Like you I’m a pro who has been shooting digital for years, and I too recently hired a Hasselblad 503CW to get back into a slower way of working. I loved it so much I’ve just bought a 203FE and a sweet 100mm f/2 lens – the first rolls should come back from the lab tomorrow. Love it.

By: Iris

Iris — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:16:50 +0000

Wonderfully put. Although I am still new to the digital world, I really like taken out my old film camera to shoot. You become more selective on what you take a photo of, which translates also to my digital photos. Thanks for sharing…

By: Kathryn Lymburner

Kathryn Lymburner — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:08:41 +0000

I love my Holga and 120, 220 and 35mm film for this purpose and also my Lensbaby 2.0. The random and uniqueness of the images I get through these is food to for my soul. Thanks for reminding me though that I need to spend sometime feeding it!