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<p>Hi There,</p>

<p>Try a workshop<br>

Ian</p>

<p>Hi Julie,<br>

Tom Phillips is the one to call for this, there could be another group up there and overnight is a very nice experience. There is nothing up there for privacy except the trees! the road is rough but the going is slow, there might be a couple of mildly spooky sections but nothing like say some of those pass roads in Telluride Colorado, that you see the jeeps on.<br>

For Charles below, I do offer trips up there as an overnight, but a lot of people are not into camping and especially primitive camping, so I came up with a version that is just an afternoon and sunset, as far as the price goes the trip included many other locations throughout the region as a four and a half day workshop. For those that are not interested in workshops and don't need any instruction in photography, do your research, plan your own trip and have fun!</p>

<p>I like what John A said,<br>

something for sun stroke!<br>

I stay away from these places from mid may until labor day.<br>

<p>Hello Marc,<br>

I currently teach workshops around the southwest. I do just about everything myself to keep the costs as affordable as possible. a lot of work does go into a workshop, but besides the marketing, planning,accommodations, transportation, permits, insurance and many other things, there is the research into the areas that are going to be visited and putting together the actual intinerary and getting it to flow correctly so that the person attending the workshop has a quality experience. I absolutely love what I do, I am going into my fifth year now I would not trade it for anything. I get a huge amount of satisfaction from doing my best to give the best experience I can, but when one of these things is over i am absolutely exhausted. There's work a couple of days ahead of the workshop and then during the workshop it's sunrise till sunset making sure everything is going to plan as best as possible then when you get home you have a day or so to get everything reset to be ready to do another. Another thing if you pick the correct workshop, you will learn a lot of information that can definately put you on a path to becoming a better photographer faster than working without instruction. I wish I had taken oen or two good workshops when I was on the green end of this, I wouldn't have stumbled around wondering what I was doing wrong for as long.<br>

Ian<br>

<p>Hi Steve,<br>

Check this guy out, he's a fabulous photographer from Scotland, You might check with him<br>

for tips. Tell him Ian from Sedona AZ sent you. Bruce Percy <a href="http://www.thelightandtheland.com">www.thelightandtheland.com</a><br>

<p>Thanks Mike,<br>

I have wondered if this is the case. If running photos off my Epson, what do think about the durabilty of these prints, smudging, fingerprints or just rubbing together vs. the commercial digital bookprinting printers that you mentioned? What about paper choice? I do like the look of gloss, but is this the best way to go for durability?</p>

<p>Ian</p>

<p>Happy holidays,<br>

I am asking for experiences you have had or know of someone having with a short run or even a single book printing. There are other listings in this topic but I am asking other large format photographers because I feel we aim for the highest of quality. I currently drum scan all of my 4x5 images that make it to my collection. I am not interested in something like lulu, I am looking for top notch printing of photography, I'd rather pay between a hundred and two hundred dollars for something that can match my print quality than some 40 dollar pile of ****. Something in the 12x12 or 11x14 size would be better than an 8x10 size. I have been shooting large format for ten years now and it's time I put together a book of the southwest. Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Hi Justin,<br>

I have been printing with this paper for 12 years now,<br>

try Hance Partners In phoenix/flagstaff az,</p>

<p>I live in Sedona az<br>

I shoot 4x5 and drum scan</p>

<p>Ian<br>

<p>Has anyone read anywhere about roughly how many 4x5 and 8x10 or any lf active photographers are out there here in the us?<br>

curious</p>

<p>Ian</p>

<p>I just don't know how anyone can ever answer these for someone else??</p>

<p>Ian</p>

<p>Hi Kevin,<br>

I would think that any small attachments would work, but I really think in person is better. You will be able to read their eyes and know how you are doing. As you suspect I believe most work is ignored. Imagine some of these peoples e-mail boxes!! To me it's the abyss. Make an appointment or even drop in unnanounced and ask them if they can take a quick look.</p>

<p>Ian<br>

<p>Gigi,<br>

If it's really important work that you captured and your going for top notch prints, I think you are a little small with your scan. I stick with tango Scans, but I have one image in my portfolio done with an imacon and did have great results. I usually scan at a res of 2400 ppi to give a 30x print (that's inches) at 300dpi If the transparancy was top notch I would even go up to a 36x45 (again inches) above that maybe something like Genuine Fractals software might work for a one print size increase. The other guy's are dead on, you are wasting your time and money getting a scan bigger than the original can handle. I would say scanning a 4x5 somewhere between 2400 and 3000 ppi is about as much as you can do to get the best results.<br>

Ian<br>

<p>I like the way the the answers here have really brought up thoughts about film vs digital. I am a 4x5 photographer by choice and choice is all it is. I don't profess it to be "better". I shoot mainly for gallery presentation not stock. Actually I don't think a film photgrapher is going to be able to compete with digital photographers in the stock area of professional photography, again an opinion only. About dynamic range and light I would think that digital cameras can definately capture more dynamic range than film camera especially using software tools such as hdr. About detail, I think that a carefully exposed digital shot on a tripod using the right f-stop, locking up the mirror and from a full frame 20 plus mp camera would be close in detail on prints up to 24x36 or maybe further using other tools such as genuine fractals etc. For me it boils down to what I want to do and what and if the viewer cares about how the photographer came to his or her results.</p>

<p>Has anyone been over Red Mt. hwy 550 in the last few days to see how the color is? peaking, gone, etc?<br>

Thanks</p>

<p>Ian Whitehead<br>

Stick with the southwest and I would'nt be too concerned with the weather, If you are concerned with weather, stay away from Tahoe and the Sierras. If you end up in areas like Grand Canyon, Page, Sedona, and Monument Valley, it could be chilly, there could be snow but it usually is not much, a few inches maybe. To get heavy snow in these areas means it would have to be a monster storm. I lived in Lake Tahoe for ten years and I now live in Sedona Arizona, I travel constantly throughout the southwest and have decent feel for the weather. You can contact me more via e-mail for more info. I will be backpacking in the sierras for the next two weeks though.

 

Ian

Hello everyone, this is kind of travel question but I wanted to ask this group because I know when it comes to wind

small format and large format are completely different. I am asking if anyone hase done a fair amount of traveling to the

central coast of California, between Cambria and Carmel, to know if there is a month or so in the year when the skies are

not foggy and there is little or less wind. I have been in the middle of summer and have never seen the sun due to fog, and

I have been in the winter and spring and could not find much to shoot without wipping wind. Someone said

October......anybody have any experiance with this?

 

Thanks,

 

Ian

Hi David,

 

I have a fairly late model red dot 14 inch, it has a 52mm thread.

serial number 809576

 

Ian

Good answer Justin,

 

All I can say is you'll have to be relentless with your marketing!

 

Good Luck!

 

Ian

Hey Mark,

 

Thanks...I'll check out Wehman

 

Ian

Merry Christmas to all,

 

I have been shooting 4x5 since 2001 and I am thinking of moving into 8x10 in

the new year. I shoot now with an Ebony 4x5 and it is wonderful but I don't

think I can afford an Ebony 8x10, I would like something fairly compact and

light 10 to 12 pounds, I am looking at the bottom end being A Tach. or a Shen.

and would go as high as the metal KB Canham if the quality really justified it.

 

Any input on these would be great, are the two wooden cameras I mentioned

really flimsy or not bad, does anyone have experience with Kbs jmc 810.

 

I am strictly landscape and have two lenses so far with my 4x5 outfit that I

believe will cover 8x10..A fuji 240 and A Goerz 355.

 

Happy Holidays!

 

www.ian-whitehead.com

 

Ian

Go upstream not down unless your ready to rappel

 

Ian

 

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Has anyone seen the light at the ruins in the afternoon and morning? Is

reflected light better here from an opposite wall? or does direct light have a

better effect. How about time of year?

 

Thanks for any help,

 

Ian

Hey Jim,

 

How are you?

 

I always wondered if putting fragile stickers on items was just asking for attention from the wrong types.

 

Have fun on your trip.

 

Also if you are around May 13th and 14th I will be doing a show at my house.

 

See Ya,

 

Ian

Hi

 

100 is way more red than 100f.

 

Ian

Can someone tell me if using Astia film in the landscape will give

you any more latitude on exposures. Velvia 100, Velvia 100f, are my

two usual films?

 

Ian