In my last printing session I tried Ilford MGRC Portfolio Pearl finish with a high contrast negative and a low contrast negative. Unlike the famous you-tubers who were given boxes to test, I purchased the product to try it out. My paper developer is the Ansco/Formulary 130 at a dilution of 1:2 with a bit […]

I had visited the Westview cemetery in Atlanta a few years ago with other LF photographers from North Georgia. At that time I saw this huge red oak tree and tried to capture it on 4×5 film but even my wide angle lens did not do it justice. When I purchased my 5×12 camera in […]

As part of my road trip with my son we stopped at a Washington Oaks Gardens in Palm Coast Florida on our way to Epcot. It was here I discovered the backing glass on my 4×5 was broken but the ground glass was still intact. I only had time for a couple of shots and […]

It has been a long while since I posted and I have been house bound due to the Chinese Covid-19 so have not been out shooting or even experimenting much in the darkroom. I have not even had a chance to take out my new 5×12 camera due to weather and other priorities. We are […]

Ilford has announced their annual special order program for ULF and odd film sizes. Deadline to place orders is August 14,2020 at participating dealers. You can order from their FP4+, Delta 100, and HP5+ films. Not all sizes available in each film. I ordered my ULF film from The View Camera Store whose pricing was […]

After being Covid-19 quarantined for about 6 weeks I had finally had enough of home projects and sitting around bored.  I convinced my wife that we should go on a Sunday Morning Adventure and take a short hike to some waterfalls a friend had told me about.  The drive there was a short 40 minutes, […]

I shot some 4×5 Delta 100 on a recent Sunday Morning Adventure with fellow NGLFP member Bryan Garris. We traveled North and West to Cherry Log, Georgia to Falls Branch Falls. There wasn’t much rain recently so the falls were a bit bare of water and the lighting was spotty through the trees. The hike […]

I saw a posting in the Large Format Forum a few days ago that mentioned using Ansco 130 as a film developer. I have some stock of Ansco 130 which I use for a Paper developer and love the results with Ilford and Bergger Fiber papers.  The recommendation was use the developer 1:10 for 10 […]

Without gear no pictures are taken. So this is a bit of free advertising and appreciation for all the companies I use to go on my Sunday Morning Adventures in Photography. Getting there: #AudiUSA, #Keen Hiking boots, #Orvis clothing, #Gatorade The bag: #AtlasAdventure pack In the bag: #ChamonixCamera, #SchneiderKreuznach & #Fujinon Lenses, #Sekonic LightMeter, #B+W […]

Today’s experiment was to compare two identical exposures developed with different dilutions of Pyrocat M.  My standard single sheet development method is to use Steve Sherman’s EMA technique which blends dilution with long stand times between agitations. Today I decided to try something a little more aggressive using a standard mix, shorter stand periods, and […]