The Photograph Explained: Mannequin by Alex Gard
This image was made on Fomapan 200 film with a Fujinon-L 420mm ƒ/8 lens on a gorgeous Tachihara 8 x 10 field camera . The mannequin was lit using a Canon 580EXII speedlite connected via PC-sync cable to the Fujinon…
Photographing the nude with large format by Leonard Metcalf
My first nudes with large format cameras were very slow affairs. Painting my friends bodies with a light grey body paint all over and only a couple of poses of them together. Limited by only a few sheets of film…
The Photograph Explained: Cuverville Island by David Neilson
Inkjet print This photo was taken in November on an early season visit to the Antarctic Peninsula. I had previously been to Cuverville Island in January and this time I was interested to see this landscape with more snow cover….
The Photograph Explained: Glen Iris by Stuart Murdoch
Silver Gelatin Photograph I very much come from the ‘fine print’ tradition. I am interested in rich detailed full toned prints, using 4 x 5 gives me all the leverage I need to achieve this. Using sheet film and large format…
The Photograph Explained: Lake Menindee by Geoffrey Roberts
Silver gelatin photograph In September 2014 I left on a road trip to Broken Hill and its surrounding area in western New South Wales. I had wanted to visit the Australian outback for many years; this was my first journey…
The Photograph Explained: Think Again – Beneath Zabriskie Point by Peter de Graaff
During November 2014, I travelled to Death Valley to participate in a large format meet up. On the agenda was an early morning shoot at Zabriskie Point: this has its own problems. We arrived in the twilight before dawn and…
The Photograph Explained #50: Curtis and Daniel by Daisy Noyes
Our 50th “The Photograph Explained”. We started this series on 23 September 2013 with Ellie Young’s piece. We’re pleased to say we’ve now published our fiftieth article. We estimate there are around two hundred people using large format cameras…
Coming tomorrow: The 50th edition of “The Photograph Explained”
We are very proud to announce that tomorrow we will be publishing our 50th edition of “The Photograph Explained”, a series of posts that has been running since September, 2013. It seemed worthy to post up a little announcement and…
The Photograph Explained: “Untitled” by Andrew Dearman
Wet Plate Collodion on Glass I’ve become obsessed by the Wet Plate Process over the last few years—a 19th century process in which the image is hand made on a sheet of clear glass or on blackened metal. The main…
The Photograph Explained: Angkor Wat by Robert James Elliott
Salt Print It was not a light decision, choosing a pinhole camera, as my only camera for an overseas trip to a special place called, Angkor Wat, in Cambodia. But this is the choice I made in November 2014. I…
