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Large Format Adventure Begins

After a stuttering start, I’m relaunching my large format career. My excuses are moving house last year and lots of decorating, so they will have to do. My backpack is all ready with my Chamonix 045F1 packed away and I’m ready to go, along with my new very light (compared to previous ones) Manfrotto 055CXPro […]Read Post ›

The Lure of Large Format

I can’t believe it, but I’ve finally gone and bought a large format view camera after 25 years of dithering about it. So that’s another of life’s ambitions achieved. My early years as a photographer were spent taking black and white landscapes, having my own darkroom, learning the Zone System and going on workshops with […]Read Post ›