All Large Format Meet-Up for 2011

[miss.annette_leigh_haynes]

<p>There was a Meet-Up in Tucson, Arizona 2010 is there going to be on this year in 2011 since I didn't know anything about it till after it was done and over.</p>

[w_t1]

<p>google</p>

[bob_champoux]

<p>Umm,</p>

<p>I tried Googling and just kept getting this thread and for a group in San Francisco.</p>

<p>What group was it that met last year?</p>

[davidmantilla]

<p>Wondering if anyone knows of any near NYC. I've been looking online for info, but haven't found any. I've been obsessively browsing ebay for a long time now for 4x5 field cameras ever since reading Ansel Adam's Camera and Negative books. I love my dSLR, but want to take my craft to the next level... to large format film! Sounds challenging and rewarding... hoping to find a community of other large format photographers, b/c to be honest, seems a bit daunting to just plunge in solo..</p>

[miss.annette_leigh_haynes]

<p>This is the only link I could find.<br>

<a href="http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?p=690815#post690815">http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?p=690815#post690815</a></p>

[bob_champoux]

<p>David,<br>

I dived in by taking a class in LF offered by the local arts school. It's a great intro and you'll meet some new acquaintances...</p>

<p>Cheers,<br>

-bob</p>

[david_l3]

<p>I had my 8x10 Deardorff out last Saturday on Galveston Island. A digital photo enthusiast walked up and asked questions about it and I was glad to answer. If there's a large format meet up in SE Texas I'd love to participate. </p>

[Monophoto]

<p>In the past, LF meetups have been organized by Large Format Magazine. They have generally taken place in the West - partly because there are more LF photographers in the West, and partly because LF Magazine is headquartered in Sante Fe. There was one year in Kentucky, and in 2005 it was in Springfield, MA. I've never heard of any sessions in the NY area.</p>

<p>I haven't heard of any plans for 2011.</p>

[miss.annette_leigh_haynes]

<p>Looks like Oct.17 or 18.2011 I am waiting for him to e-mail me back with more details for<br>

Tucson, AZ Meet-Up</p>

[w_t1]

<p>Of course you could just head one up yourself any time you want. Probably get more response if you include the 5d/pano stitch crowd :) I think it'd be fun to have one but don't make it too formal, for instance have it centered at a state park campground, which requires some planning ahead now for reservations.</p>

<p>Like myself, most LF photographers I see are working solo, and I don't usually bother other than to say hello if I'm passing nearby. I've probably seen 5 other LF photographers outside here on the left coast (wa and oregon) in the last 5 years, and all were alone.</p>

[marc_batters]

<p>A person with the means could start in Albuquerque, NM, with the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, 1st-9th of OCT. Then travel the southwest area of USA for a week, catching Monument Valley with full moons on the 11th & 12th, (cooler daytime temps), finishing with the LF format shindig in Tucson, AZ, on 17-18-19 (?), OCT.</p>