4X5 Leaf Back Test

Mr. Newman

This is a compilation of test shots for a series that I will be doing for the next couple of weeks with ha 4X5 and a Digital leaf back.    


"Damn! That's a lot of lights!" Said my friend Ann-Michele. My first thought was,"Really?"  I didn't even think twice about it when I was doing the research for this piece.  On any normal shoot, I would be using one, maybe two lights.  But because I saw a lighting set-up that I really admired in the Pro-Lighting book, I just did it.  The set-up called for two "John Wayne" edge lights, (Strips) and two soft boxes right in front of the subject with the camera placed in between , ever so slightly peeking out of the soft boxes sliver.(like a snipers gun in the bushes).

Omar

Why 4 X 5?  Well...To tell you the truth, its been about 7 to 8 years since I have touched a 4 X 5 and the last time I did was with film and polaroids.  I love the feeling of portraits with selective focus, fall off points and detail.  So I decided to take the initiative and just play.  I really would like to have fun, period.  I don't take pleasure in photography if it feels like a chore.  When photography becomes something I have to do, just to do it, that s when it loses that "special" feeling.

Sam Day

Ever since I went to Japan this last May, my approach to photography has been different.  It is hard to explain over a computer, but if I could explain it in one word, it would be: Intent.    I have found that I must go in to taking pictures with the intention of what the outcome may be or potentially will be.


More to come~


Sam Potts