Street Photography with an 8x10 View Camera
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Shooting portraits and street photography with an 8x10 view camera. I took an old view camera out and shot 8x10 black and white portraits of people at the legendary Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
I take you through the process of working with the camera, how I developed the film and how they ended up in Canada's National newspaper.
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cevrim Thanks for the huge compliment!🙏
Hi Todd, I love this coverage of your Calgary Stampede with that 8x10 inch camera!
You are one of the few who actually walks around with such a heavy, large camera during such an busy event. This deserves respect!
I also do something similar with a self-built digital 8x10 camera having the same classic looks as yours. The small depth of field works magical. It's great to experience people queuing up to be photographed. Of course, the advantage of digital is the working speed and the ability to immediately transfer the photo to their smartphone if they want. Still, it remains heavy equipment (mine is 24 pounds), but it is all worth it.
Keep up the good work!
That sounds great. Send me a link of where I can see some of your photos. 😉
Amazing amazing amazing work. So inspirational for large format shooters.
Thank you very much, I have some new large format work and videos coming soon!
Respect for carrying that big boy around with you. Amazing portraits. 8x10 is a whole other level!
Thanks, it was a task for sure, but well worth it, thanks for watching.
Makes me want to try something like this when my 4x5 camera arrives!
Do it! It’s just great to get out and make some images. Think I’m a way that is trying to make multiple images go together.
What a great body of work I wonder how many people would have the bravery or insight to commission a project like that today. It really is a classic
Thanks you, yes, not too many.
Great photographs and impressive that you are able to use an 8x10 in such a busy, fast-moving setting.
Wow!
The quality of your work just reenforces the validity of your instructional videos. Inspirational!
Thank you very much, working on some new content now, thanks for watching!
Gorgeous work Todd
Hi thank you so much! Really appreciate it ;-)
I can only imagine how difficult and exhausting that was, but the results are worth it. Beautiful series of images.
Thanks you, Oh I slept well at night, that's for sure.
Outstanding body of work! Loved all the images. It brought back all the memories of the Calgary Stampede with it being cancelled this year. Hope to see more of your work soon. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you!
Lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!!
Nicely done, Todd, what a terrific series of photographs. Seeing the title of the video--street photography with an 8x10--I am reminded of the Woody Allen movie, Take the Money and Run, where Allen's character plays the cello in the marching band--the two things don't normally seem to go together! Looking forward to seeing more photos and videos.
Awesome, love Woody Allen, thank you for watching!
Absolutely beautiful
Absolutely awesome photos
This man gets my full respect. A real photographer, in attitude toward the craft as well as execution. Bravo.
Thank you so much for the very kind words!!
Hi from Frankfurt, Germany. I appreciate your videos and attitude very much.
Much appreciated! More coming soon
Those portraits are very very nice`!
I love this. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers! Thanks for watching!
I am a recent fan, and this is amazing. I shoot 35 Leica, 120 rangefinder and just ordered a 4x5, for this exact reason. Thanks for sharing. Great tips here and on the other videos of how to achieve a fine image and the kind of approach to photos that result in a high yield, emotional, compelling photo.
Really glad you liked the videos, 4x5 is magical.
Great story, keep on shooting
Wow, loved this story and your photos!
Thank you, it was a great piece to work on for sure!
Excellent work Todd. I remember seeing this on the web when it ran in the newspaper, and was blown away. Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes and talking about the images.
Thanks so much for watching, more to come!
I use the exact same CrossJet to rinse my 8x10 film. By far the most efficient means of washing 8x10!
Craig Sheaks Yes they are great. I wish I would have bought a 5x7 one as well!
Inspiring work, Todd!
Thanks, really appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this. These are fantastic portraits. I love how tack sharp they were with that soft background. The photo of Mandy and the "Fresh Cut Fries" are my two favorites. Could you talk a little more about how you managed to keep the subjects in focus shooting in the street? I love your channel. Please keep the shows coming.
Thanks. The most important thing is before you start explain to them how the process will work, and also tell them when you say ok hold it there, that they can't move because there is such little depth of field. Good luck!
Fantastic video! Some incredible work.
Thanks very much.
Beautiful work Todd, 8x10 is just bewitching!
Jake Ward Cheers! Thanks for watching✌️🙏
So amazed with your videos, ha! Awesome work.
Thank you so much!! Cheers.
Wow. Amazing photos and stories to go with them! And meeting William Albert Allard had to be a lot of fun!
Great project, thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about taking my 8x10 out to walk around a local park and shoot some spontaneous portraits. This gave me some nice ideas.
Thanks, looking forward to seeing the images!
Great story, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks....
Excellent!
Hi Todd. I'm a doc photog in Las Vegas....Love your work. And brave/creative to take on the 8x10 as a street photog. Allard's photo was great; I bet you enjoyed your time w him. My fav is 7:28 - because it's not perfect......
mathew mccarthy Oh sweet, thank you for the note. Allard is one of a kind, he is an amazing man. So much fun and nobody looks at photos like he does. Every minute with him is special. It’s funny because so many people strive for perfection in their photos, I’m a little more trying to capture the mood and feelings, not obsessed with perfection. More videos coming!
Wonderful portraits, your 8x10 work is really amazing and I love how you captured the character's personalities in such detail. Thank you and looking forward to seeing more of your work...
john murch Thanks for watching more coming!
There are many photos of people on large format. These, Yours, are on the top. Great job.
You are way too kind! Thank you very much. More coming.
Really exceptional work Todd. The series of photos shown really give a sense of the rodeo and fair setting. It sort of reminds me of the country fair series that Greg Miller was doing some years back in 8x10 color. I think the B&W in your images worked maybe even better given the rough and tumble nature of the cowboys. I have more of a mixed reaction to the stitched work. I've been a big fan of Barbara Bosworth's use of side by side 8x10 frames to show champion trees and their surroundings but when used as a series of stitched frames with borders on a portrait subject I found the visible borders personally distracting and my mind spent time to try and reconcile what I was seeing vs the other single frame portraits. I do absolutely appreciate your exploration of the idea, however. We don't learn things if we don't try them. As always, very inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Gregg Obst Thanks very much. I am a huge fan of Greg’s work, I actually have a print of his. I would love to shoot more in color but we don’t have a lab here that can do it. Cheers
Beautiful work as always Todd. Fantastic portfolio
Greg Yavorsky Thanks so much, perhaps we need to do a visit about your 5x7 photography!!
Great work Todd, really enjoy your work and your channel. Pure photography! Keep it up!!
Thanks for the wonderful compliment! More coming!
Outstanding, love your channel
Oh thank you so much! Have a great day👍👍
Absolutely beautiful portraits. Large format is still unsurpassed
Hi Todd, I
Absolutely wonderful video which I already watched twice!
An amazing and ambitious project as much by its content than by the specifities of its realization. Thanks to you for sharing it with humility, simplicity and your permanent enthusiasm. The way you show us how you needed (in yourself) to do something "different" while accepting to take some risks is very inspiring. The consistency of your vision combined with the specificity of each subject/environment gives your project a lot of strength and depth.
Congratulations et bravo from a French large format photographer, Jean
Thank you so much for the very kind words, thank you for watching!!!
Great shots
Wow Todd, you really moved me not only with the beautiful and special images but also the lovely narration.
Thank you, that’s very kind!!
Very cool stuff! I've enjoyed every second of it. Keep it up.
Thank you!
awesome work! each and every photo has so much character to it. the cowboy/rodeo theme reminds of that one famous Mary Ellen Mark shot.
Thank you. I knew Mary Ellen, she was a wonderful woman and of course one of the world's all time great photographers. We miss her.
@@toddkorolphoto oh you‘re kidding. my mom took me to see an exhibition in stockholm like 25 years ago. this portrait got stuck in my head.
@@magnusa.5599 Her prints are amazing!!
Fabulous photos 👍👍👍
Thank you so much!!
Espectacular..Gracias por compartir....quisiera ver mas contenido de retratos tomados en studio..con el set up completo...
Muchas gracias. Fotografié esto antes de hacer RUclips. ¡Pero planeo hacer una película sobre retratos de rodaje con el 8x10!
Great work, I thinking of doing that with the Palm Springs Pride parade.
That would be great, and I've been to the Palm Springs Pride parade.
Outstanding! People react very differently to such a camera. Great work.
Thanks, yes they sure do, why I love the format so much.
Really enjoyed that. Some cracking images there.
David Nash Thanks mate!!!
Brilliant video. I’m impressed with your technical prowess and your easy-going delivery. Your mastery is immediately evident.
Thank you!
Really beautiful images, liked every single one. Bet that was some serious work though ! I'm just getting my first 4x5, an old Graflex Crown Graphic. Then I have to figure out what I need to develop the film myself. Going to start by shooting Fuji Instax Wide in a Lomographlok Instax Wide back until I get the hang of it and until I get all the developing equipment and chemicals. Can't wait ! Enjoyed your video very much. LarryMac
Thanks so much. Check out my video on developing film it will show you the way. Cheers!
Love this !!!!
Amazing work ! Realy inspiring !
Kormakur mani Hafsteinsson Thanks so much, more coming!!✌️
SUBBED! Love all of the videos I've watched so far. Thanks for your story telling!
You’re very kind, 🙏
@@toddkorolphoto mean it! And the images from that story are gorgeous.
@@scoopold Thanks so much!!
Gorgeous images, and the narrative/backstories really made this a wonderful presentation!
Well done mate. I am trying to something similar to this in Melbourne on my Linhof too :)
Sweet, send me a link when you're done, would love to see! We were supposed to come to Australia this year and of course the world is upside down right now. Cheers
Thank you for letting us watch. Amazing photographs. I was wandering how you carry your camera around, as with my 8x10" Tachihara, which should be similar in weight I find it quite exhausting to walk with it just a few hundred meter.
Thanks, yes trust me I took a lot of breaks walking around, also for the last few days I hired an assistant to help out, just too heavy.
@@toddkorolphoto Sure, I was just laughing. I guess it could be a good idea to take a mountain bike an a trailer to carry all the stuff. Thanks for your answer.
Cheers Michael
Todd, you are one hell of a great photographer
Wonderful pictures! I also use the interrupted black frame for my 4x5 and 8x10 pictures. I don't like to trim these images down to the pure image. It gives them even more character!
How could there be one dislike on this video?! This whole channel should be awarded some kinda metal 😂😂😂 love it.
I guess can’t make everyone happy. 🤷♂️
Wonderful images Todd. Note only in their composition but also in the selection of people you choose to shoot to represent the essence of the Calgary Stampede. I look forward to seeing more of your work. Even if it’s from years back. Can you also share with us how you go about processing your sheet film after you have it scanned. Thanks in advance.
Thanks. Yes that's a good idea about post processing my film, I will do a segment on that, thanks!
Amazing photos! Greetings from Krakow (Poland)!
And from Canada! We hope to make it there after this pandemic
@@toddkorolphoto I hope so. :) I will be your guide in Krakow. :) Let's stay in contact. :)
@@marcinolesinski8434 absolutely!!
Not sure how I stumbled upon your videos, but I am very glad I did. I enjoyed this and many of your others. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Inspiring!
Thanks. Happy New Year!
Gorgeous images, beautiful camera.
Love this episode. You have made me consider doing something similar. Maybe take my 4x5 camera (not quite as grand as your 8x10) and heading down to our Old Home Week Fairgrounds in mid August (not quite as grand as the Calgary Stampede). I feel the potential for a rewarding experience is possibly the same as yours. Thanks so much, really enjoy you videos.
Oh sweet. Yes do it. It’s a great photographic experience. Thanks for watching.
These are so incredible
I watched it again after a year. It's like playing a chello in a marching band.
Cello. It's Italian
Wonderful! Thanks!
The image you stitched together is reminiscent of some of the photos Avedon made during his American West series.
Yes! Big, big fan of his work!!
Great photos Todd; 8x10 is magical. I know it's a lot of work just to get setup for a shot. I shoot 4x5 and love it. Love your videos. Best wishes from Edmonton.
Thank you very much, yes so much work, but when you get a good one so worth it. Cheers!
Wow ! I’m so uncomfortable with my 4x5 when there is a little people around me, so I am very impressed by your 8x10 reportage ! Sure all of your pictures are beautiful, but certains are like instant, « sur le vif » pictures, impossible to do with any large format camera. Astonishing !
Thanks I know what you mean. But sometimes I just take a deep breath and go for it. 😉
@@toddkorolphoto Just for fun, here you can find few pictures of french photographer Eric Bouvet with his 8x10 during riots in Paris :
woodymanproject.com/journal/#&gid=1&pid=1
I find this amazing...
@@sudosden3567 yes I’m FB friends with him, he is great.
Love these 👍🏻
Thanks so much!!
Wow, so cool!!!! The images are amazing! What a lot of work, but it definitely was worth it!!!! I hope you do more of that:)
Thanks very much more coming.
Really nice work, Todd. I really enjoy watching your videos. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks you and thanks for watching!
Great Pictures!!!
Beautiful photograph
Thank you very much!
where there are cow-boys, there is William Albert Allard. :)
Amen to that!
Fabulous work! Loved this.
Filmnut Girl Thanks for watching!!
Hi Todd, I really like your work and especially these beautiful portraits in this video. I was wondering which lens you actually used? Thanks a lot!
I used a Fuji 300W F/5.6 mm.
Wow. This is an amazing series that inspires me go try portraits on 8x10 on ilford direct positive paper.
I wonder, due to the body of work in this series, what was heavier, the deardorff or all the film holders you had to carry?
I wonder if you brought a tent and film boxes or switched film holders in the car?
After two days of doing this I hired an assistant to carry the film holders, meter, dark cloth it was just too heavy.
Yes I had a change tent in my car where I could go back to to change film if I needed.
Thanks for watching.
Very epic and adorable work sir.. congratulations.
Thank you very much!
Thank you Todd for your video and the lovely images. I would like to see more how you approach your subject carrying large format camera around. To me, it often takes a while to set up, meter and shoot. And somehow that moment and light can be gone all of a sudden. :/
Yes for sure. One thing for me is to always do everything in exactly the same order every time so that no step is missed or time is wasted. But good idea.
Thank you for this video. Amazing work. Love this work! Making me fall in love with Black and White. Please keep putting out content. Also love the long length and time you took talking about each image. How did you meter these images?
Thank you very much! I meter with a Sekonic L-508, I actually also made a video about how I meter. ruclips.net/video/J61pugUhkVM/видео.html&t=
Great photographs. Thank you for sharing. It is so inspiring. I use a Linhof Technika 4x5“ and understand your excitment for the large formats.
Cheers and best regards from Germany
I love the Linhof's as well!
That’s amazing! It’s actually inspiring. I’m on the edge of giving up but this video makes feel better. What’s your average aperture for single and group portraits? Thanks 🙏
Thanks! Don't give up!! Although there are times when I feel the same way, it's so much work. A lot of the single portraits around F/8 and F11 and Groups F11 or F16, then shutter speed of course gets set depending on the light. Cheers!
Cracking images. I can imagine the hustle and bustle to focus on that dynamic situation - I'd make so many snafus. Which film did you use? Is that a commercial ektar?
I used Ilford Hp5+ for almost all the images, a few sheets of Delta 100. That silver lens on my camera at the start is an old Goertz Dagor lens, from 1919 I think.
Really amazing and inspiring work! I’ve never thought of 8x10 with street photography.. you proved it is possible. What developer did you use for the shots? They look so sharp I really love it.
Franklin Thanks. Kodak D76 1:1 with Ilford HP5+
Amazing portraitures Todd! I really like the one of the young cowboy. What kind of film did you used? Looking forward to seeing more great videos from you . BTW, I´ll be very soon shooting my first 8x10 camera (Intrepid :-) with some expired Ilford Fp4+. Thank you very much. Greets from Munich. Ignacio
Thank you! Used Ilford HP5+ for most a few on Delta 100, can't wait to see you're as well, send me a link! Cheers
these are gorgeous and I commend you for lugging around that beast. You have probably got it down to a science in setting up. What lens do you prefer and fstop do you tend to gravitate towards ? I hear these were primarily on a 300mm.
I do prefer the 300mm lens, I just kinda work with what I have instead of trying to have a huge lens selection, also, when you use the same lens, all the photos start to have the same feel. A lot of these were shot between F/8 and F/16, I was trying not to get a ton of depth of field in my photos.
@@toddkorolphoto Thanks for the quick reply. Do you generally work zero'd out ? or do you play with your standards ? I would imagine you had some movement on these ? maybe 125th ? at best.
Todd, I love your channel and content. So inspiring for LF photogs. I have a special place in my heart for the old cameras like Deardorff, and the Chamonix is a great addition as a "new kid on the block." I was wondering if you have any feelings about the Deardorff 8x10 vs the Chamonix 8x10? They both offer a lot, each with their own charisma. Cheers!
Thank you! I love the Deardorff a lot. It has so much history and is really a perfect 8x10 camera, but it’s downside is it’s heavy. The new Chamonix cameras are lighter and so well built. I would probably opt for that if I had to choose, I think it would be easier overall to use. Thanks for watching.
I would love to know your process for scanning on the epson with 8x10 negs. I have a v800.
Absolutely wonderful portraits, Todd! But could you tell me about the clear washing device you showed. Did you purchase that, or construct it yourself?
Thanks. It's an Alistair Inglis 8 x 10" 6-Slot Sheet Film Washer, I don't think they are made anymore, but you can still occasionally find them on eBay. I love mine, small footprint and works great.
@@toddkorolphoto Thanks so much, Todd. :)
Hi Todd! Wonderful work. What is the name of the print washer you are using in the video. Looks like it holds 5 prints.
It’s called an Alister 5 sheet 8x10 negative washer. Unfortunately they do not make it anymore, but you can occasionally find them on eBay. Thanks for watching!
Hi Todd! I’ve been really enjoying the videos on your channel. I assume you only used one lens for this portfolio? What focal length was it?
Yes, I used a 300mm F/5.6 Fuji W, thanks.
Hi Todd ! Thank you for this great video. It was inspirational, especially because I am a cowboy. But, I have a question... just getting started building my darkroom... and slowly. But how do you enlarge an 8x10 negative without having a huge enlarger? I think that I will start with an enlarger that has the capacity to hold a 4x5 negative. But just guessing that I will have to find a lab to enlarge my 8x10 s?
Thank you again ))) And if you get a chance let me know your thought! Oh... I bought one of the books you recommended on large formats And oh my goodness, it is just the greatest! )))
Great project! Really beautifull shoots! Which film do you use ? Wich kind of developer? By the way one question: with Jobo Expert Drum what do you use 😮 rotation or Beseler one? I didn’t see very well. Thank you! Romano from Italy.
Thanks. For this is used D76. I used a rotation that switched back and forth every 10 seconds.
Beseler or Unicolor? Doen’t matter the speed rotation or rpm ? Thank you Todd!
@@romanoruosi3293 It’s the Unicolour. The speed is about the same as my Jobo, and as long as it’s consistent, you will get consistent results.
Really stunning work! Can I ask what gives the images a warm tone i.e they're not a cold black and white?
I use Ilford warm tone paper and often tone my prints for more warmth as well.
Awesome and inspiring! Did I recognize a Commercial Ektar lens that you use? What was the shutter speed in average you had to deal with?
That's actually an old 12" Goertz Dagor lens in that shutter, it's a lovely lens as well! Probably average speeds were from 1/30 all the way down to 1/2 a second.
Todd Korol it must be challenging at such speed. It’s greatly executed.