Photographer Restores His Majestic 100-Year-Old Large Format Camera
A photographer has renovated his 100-year-old 8x10 large format film camera after its original bellows began leaking light.
Ukrainian Photographer Prints Large Format Photos on his Country’s Soil
A Ukrainian photographer documents his family's life on large format cameras as they live through the Russian invasion. He then prints the photos on the soil of his country.
Demolition Photographer Uses Large Format Camera to Capture Explosive Images
A photographer who has been capturing demolitions on large format cameras for 15 years only gets one shot to capture the one-off explosion.
Eerie Photos of Remote, Restricted Locations Captured on Large Format Film
Photographer Gregor Sailer travels to remote, hidden areas at the ends of the Earth so he can document them on large format cameras.
Large Format Photos Document Black Communities in the 1980s Deep South
Baldwin Lee toured the Deep South throughout the 1980s where he captured Black Americans on a 4x5 large format camera.
Luxury Car Maker Pagani Unveils $110,000 Large Format Camera
Luxury car manufacturer Pagani has teamed up with Italian large format camera maker Gibellini to produce a limited edition, opulent 8x10 analog camera.
Large Format Camera Captures the Decay of America’s Movie Theaters
These incredible photos, captured on a large format camera, shine a light on the decay and dereliction of movie theaters in the United States.
A DIY Remote Mechanical Cable Release for a Large Format Camera
I do mainly large format photography, and I often take my own self-portrait by using my pneumatic cable release that has a long cable and air bulb release. However, I have long been thinking about how to make a more modern kind of remote cable release. In this article, I will show how I created a DIY remote cable release.
Photographer Builds a Business Behind Large Format and Tintype Portraits
Photography as an art isn't easy, but running a successful photography business is even more challenging. Despite this, Noyel Gallimore managed to build a business focused around the oft-forgotten art of large format and tintype photography.
The LomoGraflok 4×5 Instant Back Review: A New Twist for Large Format
Not many people own a 4x5 camera let along actually use them, which makes Lomography's new LomoGraflok 4x5 Instant Back particularly interesting. It allows those with 4x5 Graflok-equipped large format cameras to shoot with Fujifilm Instax Wide film It's niche, but should appeal to a very small, but passionate, group of photographers.
DIY Ultra-High-Res Digital Photos with a Large Format Camera
In 2014, I started my project Applied Metaphysics – Ground Truth on exemplary still life. The goal was to produce very large prints (2 to 9 square meters and more) at a high resolution so that people could look at them very closely.
How to Get a Large Format Film Look with a Smartphone Camera
I recently shared about how I turned my Afghan Box Camera into a 4×5 slide projector. In this article, I'll share another idea based on the Afghan Box Camera: to make use of my humble mobile phone camera to create a large format look with the box camera and its lens.
One Month, 5,000 Miles, 150 Photos: Capturing Autumn in Large Format
Autumn is something I never miss when it comes to photography. I may be working on other projects …
Wet Plate Portraits With an Affordable Large Format ‘Bokeh Monster’
Well-known wet plate photographer Markus Hofstätter recently purchased an old wet-plate camera, repaired it to a working condition, and added two lenses to it with the help of his 3D printer.
LargeSense Launches the LS45: a Full-Size 4×5 Large Format Digital Back
LargeSense has announced the first commercially available 4x5 digital back: the LS45. It can create true, large-format images in a medium other than film and is designed for the Graflok or International standard, can capture both RAW photos and videos, and costs $26,000.
Man Builds Huge ‘Ultra Large Format’ Camera With a 600mm f/9 Lens
In an effort to take advantage of an old Rodenstock newspaper enlargement lens that was only being used as a paperweight, photographer Tim Hamilton has constructed an enormous "ultra-large-format" projection camera that he has used to capture unique photos and videos.
Photographing Wildlife with a Large Format Camera and Expired Film
Photographer Markus Hofstätter discovered a family of swans and, over time, gained their trust enough to approach and photograph them. Eventually, he decided to do so with his large-format camera and an expired Kodak Readyload film.
LargeSense LS911 Hands-On: The First Digital Large Format Camera
The LargeSense LS911 is definitely a camera that is not for everyone. It is well-suited to individuals who want to thoroughly explore large format photography or who already have experience working with large format camera systems. Either way, the venture depends on having a large budget.
Photographer Recreates Large Format Film Look with a Digital Camera
Ukrainian photographer Olexiy Shportun has created an image capture device that combines a digital camera with a system that resembles a large format film camera to produce dreamy, bokeh-rich still-life photos and portraits.
Watch an Expert Woodworker Build a Traditional Large Format Camera
Patrick Sullivan is a woodworker with over 50 years of experience under his belt. In this 15-minute video, Sullivan shares how he spent the last couple of months building a traditional large format camera -- a project that kept him "absolutely fascinated."