large format

    This crazy looking DIY camera gives the full frame FOV and DOF equivalent of a 35mm f/0.4
    Jul 31, 2022 John Aldred

    You can’t beat a good DIY crazy camera and they don’t get much crazier than this. Built by Matt at DIY Perks, this particular camera…

    I built a Frankenstein large format wet plate camera from scratch for photographing ghosts
    May 6, 2022 Markus Hofstätter

    Corrine at Corrine West Photography booked a wet plate workshop with me before the pandemic started. Two years later we were finally able to do…

    Shooting Brenizer method portraits on medium format film to simulate a large format look
    Feb 20, 2022 John Aldred

    The Brenizer method has been around for a while. In fact, it’s been around since long before it was called the “Brenizer method” – he…

    How I made a DIY remote mechanical cable release for my large format cameras
    Jan 14, 2022 Cheng

    If you have been reading my blog or watching my YouTube channel, you would know that I do mainly large format photography. I often take…

    How to make a DIY Photo Enlarger from an Afghan box camera
    Sep 27, 2021 Cheng Qwee Low

    In a previous post, I shared how I converted my Afghan Box Camera into a slide projector. The principle of the slide projector involves putting…

    Shooting high end food photography on wet plate large format looks amazing
    Sep 23, 2021 Markus Hofstätter

    Everybody knows that I work exclusively on collodion wet plate portraits. So what’s the reason for food photography now? Let me try to explain. Many…

    This DIY large format digital camera obscura shoots the most beautiful photographs
    Aug 19, 2021 John Aldred

    The lure of large format photography attracts many. Relatively few can justify the cost of pursuing it, though. Even 4×5 sheet film gets pretty expensive,…

    How to make your own lenses with a cake mold and epoxy
    Jul 20, 2021 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

    Ursula Ferrara has shown us some of her unusual and creative DIY projects before. And this time, this talented lady has raised DIY to a…

    How I made my own 4 x 5 slide projector on a budget
    Jul 6, 2021 Cheng Qwee Low

    I have been shooting 4 x 5 color transparencies or commonly known as color slide film for many years but the best that I could…

    Photographing wildlife with 4×5 large format camera and expired film
    Jun 19, 2021 John Aldred

    These days, for sports and wildlife shooters, it seems the smaller sensor cameras are often favoured for the “extra reach” with long lenses. Most wildlife…