Comments on: Shooting a Large Format Portrait

By: WP Themes

WP Themes — Sat, 01 May 2010 08:40:10 +0000

Good story! This helped me alot in my college photo assignment. Thanks you for your information. Great Work!

By: Paul Mobley

Paul Mobley — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:00:20 +0000

Toni, you should try it sometime. So challenging, but worth it when you see the final result!

By: Toni

Toni — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:14:54 +0000

I used to shoot both 35mm film as well as an old Rollei. Never got to large format before being caught up in the tsunami of digital. Absolutely LOVE the quality of large format film, though I know that I’ll probably never work in that medium.

By: CNA photographic training

CNA photographic training — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:26:00 +0000

Great site Paul. A lot of useful information here. I’m sending it to some friends!

By: Paul Mobley

Paul Mobley — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:32:37 +0000

I agree Mr. Diamond, One hundred percent!. Well said.

By: paul diamond

paul diamond — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:30:18 +0000

Film still has an important place in the photographic art world. The digital world has almost replaced film, but when you look at a large format film photo, it is like comparing an audio cd to a remastered vinyl recording. Not cost effective but well worth the extra effort and expense. I have never seen anything that can compare to a large format print.

By: Paul Mobley

Paul Mobley — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:18:37 +0000

Norm, I agree. I love shooting large format, but boy is it tough. I love to really “work” with my subject, and it’s like using a cane. you just can’t go as fast.
But it’s worth it when you get a good image.
Paul

By: Norm Powell

Norm Powell — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:31:46 +0000

The power of these images is amazing. It seems there really is no substitute for a large format camera for many kinds of work including portraiture…..