> As I tend to shoot on large format I am taking some interest in all > this and have been to view the pictures on your website. Is the fact > that they are all shot with a very small depth of field due to the > exposure time factor, or perhaps this is your style?
Richard and Fellow Listreaders: It is my style. I also sometimes use homemade lenses or pinholes. In fact, the great personal advantage of the scanning back is that I can use it for all sorts of handmade camera and narrow or selective field effects. > With much of my work shot at f22 plus, I can just imagine having > to get good at cat napping! Like I say, get a book! I've been reading the Canterbury Tales in the original Middle English. Try doing that while loading or unloading a film holder! > It rather knocks out shooting skies > that are not absolutely static surely? How about traffic > vibration? How about wind on the camera during exposures? None of these things are any different than with time exposures on film except that instead of spending time loading holders and going to the lab, you spend that time waiting for the scanning back and studying great literature. Of course, each of us has to choose our own tools. For an experimenter like myself, the scanning back has been remarkable. I can play with large format, selective focus, and a host of other ideas and get instant feedback without in a manner more akin to the way digital slr users describe. It works for me, you should hear me recite in my New York accented Middle English! Brian Yarvin Photography from Edison, NJ http://www.brianyarvin.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
