large format Archives

Shooting steampunk style wet plates handheld

Feb 20, 2018 John Aldred

Shooting wetplate is a bit of a feat all by itself. Sure, it’s getting a little more common than it was a decade or two ago,…

The Chroma is a new and unique large format technical camera

Feb 12, 2018 John Aldred

I find the rebirth of film to be absolutely fascinating to watch. No longer are they merely the tools we need to do our jobs….

How we built a mobile darkroom and a 16”x20” DIY camera

Feb 8, 2018 Natalia Barberis

PART 1 – The Camera Starting back in May of 2014, I finally put my first foot forward in the making of a 16×20 inch…

This photographer built her own DIY ultra large format camera from scratch

Jan 30, 2018 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Animation filmmaker and self-taught photographer Ursula Ferrara has made her own 16″ x 20″ camera entirely from scratch. She shares some images of the creating…

Hasselblad just announced the H6D-400c – a 400 megapixel medium format monster

Jan 16, 2018 John Aldred

Hasselblad have just announced the new H6D-400c. A 400MP monster of a camera, but there’s a catch. All is not quite as it initially appears….

The entire start to finish process to make ultra large format wet plate photographs

Nov 16, 2017 John Aldred

Despite picking up a little in popularity in the last year or two, wet plate photography is still quite an alien process to many photographers….

This photographer dangles from a helicopter to take stunning aerial photos

Nov 10, 2017 Dunja Đuđić Kalinin

Most photographers nowadays capture aerial photos and videos with a drone. But Los Angeles-based photographer Jin-Woo Prensena prefers being up there personally. This daredevil photographer…