Large Format photography on the BBC

[Snapper_uk]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21243179

Good to see large format photography in the 'news'.

 

[philipb]

A great set by Marc Wilson. I would be interested in the book, if there was one.

 

[funkydog]

"Wilson works with a tripod based 5 x 4 large format camera and colour negative film."

The Last Stand indeed. That pretty much also sums up shooting color in LF. Imagine what the scenes would have looked like in Velvia or EPS rather than Ektar or Portra.

 

[Damaso]

Thanks for the post!

 

[unixrevolution]

"Wilson works with a tripod based 5 x 4 large format camera and colour negative film."

The Last Stand indeed. That pretty much also sums up shooting color in LF. Imagine what the scenes would have looked like in Velvia or EPS rather than Ektar or Portra.

I actually quite like Kodak Ektar. It has wider exposure latitude than slides but is just as sharp, in my experience. Kodak themselves say it's sharper than Ektachrome.

 

[John Lawrence]

Interesting article.

Thanks for the link.

John

 

[Bobfrance]

Very good images! They have a look that is unique to large format, I'd love to see them printed BIG. Thank you for posting.

Just a shame our international friends can see the comments section. Being British, it makes me feel uncomfortable to be associated with these 'little Englanders' running off at the mouth just because somebody mentioned the war.

🙄

I also wonder what the photographer makes of their reaction to his work...

 

[ottluuk]

"Wilson works with a tripod based 5 x 4 large format camera and colour negative film."

The Last Stand indeed. That pretty much also sums up shooting color in LF. Imagine what the scenes would have looked like in Velvia or EPS rather than Ektar or Portra.

Personally, I imagine they´d look garish... I´m quite sure the subdued colour palette is the photographer´s choice, otherwise he would crank up the colours in post. Portra scans are very flexible in Photoshop, much more so than slide scans. You definitely can make Portra look like Velvia (and without blocked shadows, too 🙂 ) but that doesn´t mean people necessarily want to.

 

[charjohncarter]

I would like to see the prints. I've seen some 4x5 color prints and the are beautiful.

 

[Mcary]

"Wilson works with a tripod based 5 x 4 large format camera and colour negative film."

The Last Stand indeed. That pretty much also sums up shooting color in LF. Imagine what the scenes would have looked like in Velvia or EPS rather than Ektar or Portra.

I imagine if the photographer had want to show what the scenes would have looked like in Velvia he would of shot them with Velvia.

As far as I can see it still available at a number of online sellers including Adorama and Freestyle. The per sheet cost is only slightly higher then Ektar $3.24 vs $2.95 and actually cheaper then Portra 160 which is $3.60 per sheet. (Prices from Adorama used)

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/films/color_reversal_films/

Shows Velia 50, Velvia 100 and Provia 100 in 4x5 and 8x10(box of 20 sheets)

 

[shadowfox]

Some beautiful contemplative compositions.