I finally got to use the 8x10 view camera. Much has been made of the amazing quality of the 8x10 and how fantastic it is and the transparency, oooh the detail...
To that I say whatthehellever. I can't see the whole frame at once on this beast, film costs 10 bucks a sheet, and I don't even want to talk about Polaroids. I didn't use any Polaroids, I didn't even want to think about that kind of money. I'm happy to stick with my 4x5, thanks.
My mom, strangely enough, really likes the Dutch still life I shot as an 8x10 transparency. She said it made her want to cry it was so great. I'm not sure what to make of this, since she's never really said much more than "hmm" while looking at anything I show her. All I know is this shot made me want to cry too, but only because I was so frustrated with the camera.
Posted by kia at November 16, 2002 11:05 AMmmmm bread
Posted by: rob on November 18, 2002 03:32 PMthis reminds me of the big giant fake grapes my babysitter used to have on her coffee table when i was little. they were giant plastic gold-green spheres mysteriously attached to a stick and bunched to look like grapes. after weeks of desire, one day i shoved one in my mouth and ran around the house with the rest of the heavy bunch of fake plastic grapes hanging off my face. at that point my angry babysitter told me that the grapes were the dog's (fifi: toy poodle, didn't pee -- it "tinkled") and i spit them out onto the floor. fifi raced up to them and started licking the grape i had held in my mouth.
good thing i'm not scarred from these events.
was that a tangent?
Posted by: kyra on November 19, 2002 12:13 PMI just registered for a large format class at the photo center for the winter but I think we're just gonna be working in 4x7. Well, at least the cameras they have for borrowing are 4x7 so I expect that's what I'll use. Should be a bit less stressful (and spendy) than 8x10. Still, I'm already starting to put money aside now for materials as much as the cost of the class.
Posted by: amir on December 9, 2002 04:49 PM