In the Studio with the 5x4

We have been lucky enough as a group to have access to a medium format film camera. We have had several sessions in the studio using this camera and have even had the chance to develop the negatives as well. It has been a great experience and very interesting to learn about.

Below are the set ups and the images we have taken as a group. We took turns to set the lights up, set the camera up, arrange the subject and take the shot. We also developed the negatives as a team.



This is the front of the 5x4, its here that you can change the aperture on the lens and set up the shutter etc. It is quite difficult to focus the camera when the aperture is set up for the shot so you have to open it up to the lowest aperture setting which will give you the largest hole so you can focus in on the area you want to capture.





This shows the set up of the lights and the subject. We had to place the camera very close to the subjects face to get the best shots of the face but its the eyes we were trying to capture. It was almost to see into the soul.

These are the images we took...











They were scanned into the computer at a high resolution so they can be viewed as a very large image and you can zoom right into the eye which is what the main focus point was.


The next shoot we did was using lilies again. Here are the a few of the images. Again it was team work and group effort which made the process go smoothly and efficiently.







These images are beautiful and framed in a fantastic way. The detail that you can see makes the whole process worth while. It is a lengthy process and unlike digital there is no back button or 'I'll just take it again'. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work.