Weather & Practice - Large Format Friday

The weather doesn't always go according to plan, and sometimes you don't get to shoot the subject matter you want. Instead of letting that get you down, use the opportunities you do have to shoot, rain or shine, to get out there and practice!

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00:00 Intro
00:53 Limited Time
01:50 Weather Considerations
03:18 Warm-Up
05:43 2nd Shot
06:29 Polarizer
07:51 3rd Shot
08:59 Look Around
10:27 Final Shots
12:26 Wrap-Up

#largeformat #filmphotography

[fbraakman]

The last couple of weeks here in central Alberta have been overcast and quite chilly, but I and some friends went for an outing on the weekend. It was quite chilly and our fingers froze setting up our large format gear, but after a while we didn't notice the cold as much. I ended up getting some of my favourite shots of the year. Great video Mat.

[brianmccutcheon]

I take my hat off to you young fella, well done 👍

[folkloricochannel]

Mat, I thoroughly enjoyed this week's program! I needed to see this, a trip out to a location and a sequence of photos being taken, accompanied by commentary on your part. This lets me see how you go through your creative process and what triggers a decision to undertake an exposure. I want to encourage you to please make this a regular feature of Large Format Friday, just an on-location trip to anywhere and a sequence of shots, it can be 6 exposures (which in my mind is highly ambitious, but I need to get over my caution) or any number. And please, continue with your narration, tell us what prompted you to try that photo, how you planned for it, how you adjusted exposure and any tips you might have for given situations, such as the ones you offered for waterfalls. Call it Fieldwork with Marrash, Out in the Wild, Practice makes Perfect, whatever you want to call it, but I encourage you to continue with more videos such as this one (and the one you published a few weeks ago where you were up in the wilds). Thank you!

[tinplr]

I agree 100%. If you don’t see a composition “look up”. Great video!

[jonathanhotopf]

Great video as usual. Sounds like the weather there is similar to us in the U.K. at the moment! 100% agree on the importance of practice. I’ve started to go out with my Chroma Snapshot in a back pack on my daily bike rides.

[theoldcameraguy]

Love the image at 8:32 - Great point about matching the flow of the water. Just picked up a Pentax 67 and I need to get some reps in with it. I can see a trip to Indian Run Falls in my near future.

[EricBryan]

Beautiful spot to shoot...hard to have a bad day when you start it among such splendor. You are so right, just get out and shoot. I try to cycle through shooting, printing, and retouching. Otherwise I feel terrible!

[grifftur]

As I watch this it's raining here in Chicago and I'm stuck at home because of work. Sometimes it's just enough to watch someone else go shoot some sheets. Thanks for the video Matt!

[AlexLuyckxPhoto]

Love shooting in the rain, not always with my 4x5, usually go with 35mm or 120. And I passed the giveaway onto a couple of friends who have been jonesing for Large Format!

[unityoc]

Have you ever heard Clyde Butcher's tip to wait up to 30 secs between pulling the darkslide and triggering the shutter? According to him, film holders on 8x10" trap air from when they were loaded so any difference in humidity or air pressure cause the film to vibrate while those equalise. Apparently 4x5" isn't affected because the film-to-rebate ratio is so low.

[Raevenswood]

Man, I want a "get a fricken tripod" shirt

[steveweston]

Great video Mat. Good advice for whatever format you shoot. I love seeing the images from the large format.

[terrywbreedlove]

Our weather is bad for about 8 more months. It will be raining or windy or both. So I am shooting my Hasselblad.

[rredd]

Thanks for another great video, Mat. This was just what I needed today! (Maybe last day of Indian Summer and plans for a fun trip went down the tubes; but maybe I shouldn't let it get me down. )

[genegoranov]

Interesting about not using contrast filters, - usually it's anathema for me, but I would like to hear more on the subject. Great vidieo!

[stuartflipflops]

LFF always gets me pumped for my Sat/Sun outings. Weather great in Hai Phong, Vietnam so it’s 4x5 J. Lane 25ASA Dry Plates, Portra 160 and Ilford HP5+ 400 loaded up. Thanks.

[jmadison]

Great video, Mat! I've been pretty nervous to take my 4x5 out when the weather is less than ideal in fear of messing up the bellows.

On another note, I've passed along your contest to a few people! They're quite excited about it!

[oldfilmguy]

Excellent video and advice. The close-up rock image is exceptional!

[BurlapandLight]

I second @theoldccameraguy about the flow of the water. Love the backlit shot with the bridge. I'm a sucker for backlit shots as well. Great post Mat!

[dongxu]

Great content like always. Big fan of what you are doing with LF. I did use your tip photographing some waterfalls feww weeks back, but definitely I need more practice I kinda think the exposure were a bit too long ( 60seg ish). How do you meter the waterfalls? (point at the water highligh then -3 stops?)