Quoting Paul Stenquist <[email protected]>:
Way back in 1975 a teacher at the Chicago high school where I taught
English asked if I would take a BW pic of her and her kids. Like
many young photographers, I had a penchant for doing things the hard
way, so I decided to shoot them with my Speed Graphic and 127 mm
Raptor 4.5. I had jerry rigged a cord so I could attach a Honeywell
potato masher strobe. So I did that and mounted the strobe on an
umbrella that I had painted white. I had to tray process the film.
(Couldn't take it to a lab. That would be too easy.)
I'm not sure if the lady specified that she didn't want to look at
the camera, but neither she nor her children are looking at the
camera. The pic was for a newspaper column she wrote. Maybe they
just thought they should look at the flash.
I scanned it today on the V500. Just for grins. There's no 4 x 5
film holder for that scanner, so I just placed the neg on the
scanner in the approximate position of the overhead light. The
scanning area is less than 4 inches wide, but I needed to crop it a
bit anyway. At 3200 dpi, the scan is 1.2 gigs. I may print it. Just
for grins.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17035692
It may have been the hard way but the result is classy - a happy group
(wonder what was happening to the right that caught the attention of
the youngest?)
Some years ago I was given a Speed Graphic. I've never used it - not
even sure it works and I wouldn't know how to use it even if it does.
It's a nice display item, though.
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Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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