This episode we talked big things… also slow things… confused? Don’t be, welcome back Trevor Meunier (episode 67) a fellow Canadian photographer from Ontario who shoots large format with a passion for slow speed film.
Trevor tells us all about different cameras and their sizes, what to look for to start out with and films other than the typical Ilford or Kodak selections. He likes the Arista ortho litho 3.0 films and Inkpress Royal Regent Hard Dot, both are ISO 3. These are safelight and budget friendly.
Trevor is also interested in cyanotype and glass plate dry negatives as well. He has started looking into both of these.
He explains what camera we should start with, different sizes of negatives and cameras that are available. He also explains what lenses to look for and how to do the size equivilant charts are available on google to help new shooters, such as 150mm being the same as a 50mm lens on 35mm film camera.
Trevor also explains “the Dance” something most large format photographers know all about. Forget one step and opps! One sheet messed up or if you are lucky a happy accident. Above is Trevor performing the Dance.
Please take a minute to check out Trevors website here so you can see his beautiful large format images.
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