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Sunset at the Celestial City – Grosvenor Arch, Utah
TweetGrand Staircase is a secret hideaway of Utah – A grand place beyond most National Parks in beauty, in remoteness and in a wild hauntingly beautiful atmosphere. There is another wonder to behold with each new curve of it’s bumpy … Continue reading
Posted in 4x5, art study, beauty, color, Fine Art, journal, National Park, nature, signature
Tagged blue, clouds, color, grand staircase, Grosvenor Arch, national monument, national park, panorama, perfect, red, sunset
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The Lost Oasis – Big Bend National Park, Film Collection
TweetWarm memories, adventure and hints of times gone past. It took me awhile to finish this one because I liked it too much to do it quickly. This old store sits in the middle of the desert a few minutes … Continue reading
Posted in 4x5, beauty, Fine Art, journal, line, National Park, nature, signature, silver, technique
Tagged 4x5, big bend national park, black and white, contrast, film, ghost town, movments, national parks, palm, ruins, silver, stone, sunlight
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Gavin Seim on Wet Scanning 4×5 Film Using His Epson V700.
Tweet Those of you that follow my work know that I love working with 4×5 large format film. I still use digital, but 4×5 scans blow it away in terms of detail for my wall prints. More about why I … Continue reading
Posted in 4x5, journal, musings, science, technique, video
Tagged betterscanning, data vac, dust on negatives, epson, film, film brush, film tweezers, gavin seim, kami, scanning, scans, wet, wet scanning
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The Second Coming of Film – A Story About Light
It was Spring of 1968. Motor Trend had just crowned the GTO car of the year, Eddie Adams just made one of the most iconic images in history and in a few months the Detroit Tigers would win the World Series. Honeywell Pentax was telling us they made “fine photography easy.” and the Polaroid swinger was happily swinging off shelves. Continue reading
Posted in 4x5, art study, beauty, Fine Art, journal, musings, technique
Tagged 4x5, coming back, detail, digital, film, history, large format, light, marry, organic, quality, rangefinders, resolution, return, scanning, vintage
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Winters End – Solder Summit Utah
TweetWhat a beautiful place to spend the morning with my son. It was mid April and in the mountains of Utah there were still dotted with snow. We camped off Sheep Creek Road the previous night and I went out … Continue reading
