mike_hoogendyk

Contact Rod Klukas at 602-244-1133. Teaches large format at Scottsdale Community College and is the LF Guru at Colormark during the day. He'll not only know the places, but local people who might like to take you and also what other LF "events" are in process at the time.

Plus cell phone.

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Swiss Army pocket knife with flashlight, Sony DSC T1, Owner's Manual

for same, 2 wallets, business card holder, pill box, Cool Mint

Listerine PocketPak, Space pen, 8 cents in change, $19.00 in cash,

plus 6 keys and 2 grocery store discount cards on a carabiner. Oh,

and 3 Pre-moistened lens towlettes which I missed in photo.<div></div>

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All her boys come by photography honestly, as did she.<div></div>

Len, You're welcome to look at my portfolio - all 4X5 taken with an ARCA-SWISS Field Camera and mostly a Rodenstock 210mm lens. Not much in the way of filters. Worst part of my portfolio is that I don't have the capability to scan and upload with other than my hp officeject 7130xi. The other thing that you should keep quiet is that I've been learning in my spare time for about two and one-half to three years. But, in some cases, you get a different large format perspective from the series. Would love any comments from you or the others. Thanks.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=399150

W. Xato: I also use hotsync. Neat tool. Wish I could find a use for Tide Tool out here in the middle of the desert. :-)

 

Dave S.: Thanks for the suggestion re: Wheeler's Vade Mecum. I downloaded it - and the 40 pg book that explains how to use it. I'll experiment with it over the next week or so.

 

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions!

Just got a hand-me-down Sony Clie. Downloaded f/Calc for starters.

Anyone know of other good programs which can be used for large

format related activities? Would really like something that could

be used in the field to keep track of images taken and all the

related information: which lens, time of day, date, exposure number,

which camera, settings used, meter readings, plus or minus

developing info, etc., etc. Need to know name of product, where to

find it (URL), costs, why you like it, etc. Thanks for any help you

can provide.

Is that the one with the LF zoom lens and ten year warranty?

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So, Tim in San Jose, going to the LF conference in Monterey at the end of April?

 

And, I have a "no" on LF activity (groups/classes) in Oregon, S.F. and San Jose so far. No real "absolutely great LF group here" from anyone yet. Especially, LF classes. Hmmm...

Oops. Forgot. Dick Arentz, master printer of platinum & palladium printing, from Flagstaff also comes down once or twice a year to show his work. We also take two or three field trips per semester to such places as the Tumacacori Mission, the Sierra Anchas Wilderness Area, Jerome, Globe, the Painted Desert, etc. Like I said, its a wonderful class. Is there nothing out there that compares?

Jon, I don't know about a county institution establishing outside of state programs, but folks are always welcome to visit. We basically have "open house" for two nights of finals, which are each student showing and talking about six images they did during the semester. Snacks and soft drinks included. In addition, guests are invited each time we have the opportunity for an outside photographer show their works - folks such as Joan Myers, Jay Dusard, Jody Forester, Randy Efros, etc. Randy will also bring collections of Kim, Cole, Brett and Ed Weston. I think it was Forester that came through with some Ansel Adams photos which he was transporting from one show to another. We also take periodic trips to the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson to view prints from all the masters. This semester's finals are the evenings of May 5 and 12 from 6 PM to 10 PM. Just email and I can put you in touch with the instructor for permission to come and watch.

We have a wonderful, long-running (over 10 years) large format

class at Scottsdale Community College here in Phoenix, Arizona,

taught by a former assistant to Oliver Gagliani, named Rod Klukas.

Many of the people in it have been taking the class for years.

Experience runs from beginner to advanced/mature. Each semester

there are both field trips and guest photographer speakers.

There is also a really neat, local, large format photographers'

group called Imageworks with 25 members. One of its main purposes is

to promote large format, fine art photography in the local community.

Out of total curiousity, do similar classes and local groups for

large format exist elsewhere, or are we just spectacularly blessed?

Kelly, Thanks for your comments. I actually was looking up information about "process" lenses after your earlier post. More new knowledge. Thanks again.

Leonard: I'm working through your document. That should be sufficient. I'm also using Stroebel's "View Camera Technique" (7th Ed.) to supplement and further explain in terms of definitions and drawings. With both of them I'll be able to learn enough and figure it out. Thanks for all the help.

Oops, sorry. Wanted to also tell Leonard that I downloaded his paper on the algebra involved in lens focusing. Learned "hinge", "coc" and a few other terms I'd never seen. Still lots more to read. That paper is a massive headache to read for someone that's been out of math class for about forty years. :-)

Leonard and Michael: Thanks for the additional input. I'm going to try and upload a photo taken with my cell phone of the LF set up I was taking. You maybe already have a good enough mental picture, but I just want to try and do the process. Thanks again.<div></div>

Really interesting answers. Thanks, folks. To clarify a bit, the slate sheets are verticle and sheered off just above ground level. The ends of the sheets form irregular lines across the 12 to 18 inch square of ground that I'd like to photograph with the camera aimed down at about 35 degrees and out about 30 inches from the nearest slate. Using the mm scale on my extended rail, I get about 30mm difference between the near and far "in focus" locations, which when multiplied by 5 gives me a minimum F/stop of about F/150; not far from what the F/159 calculated by (Leonard? - Can't see the names from this window). Anyway - thanks for the thought processes so far. If there are any more, please feel free to pass them on. They're very helpful. (Note to file: save one diet coke can this week.) :-)

Given ARCA-SWISS 4X5 Field Camera and 210mm lens, is there a way to

expose an image where front of lens to subject is 30 inches and

desired depth of field is 12 to 24 inches? For example, small field

of slate (rock) sheets lit by normal sunlight from 1 o'clock

direction? Experience has shown only about 2 inch DOF with front

tilt not adding much. Back up and crop? Get new lens? Find

different subject? Thoughts? Tricks?