I shot this 4×5 image of my good friend and fellow photographer Robert Trawick on my Toyo VX-125 camera on Ilford Delta Pro 100 film using a Nikkor 300 mm F5.6 lens. In this photo I kept the front standard parallel to the rear standard and film plane, which kept the narrow 1″ plane of focus right on Robert’s face, perpendicular to the ground, like a normal camera. This is in contrast to Image 308, where I tilted the front lens standard so the plane of focus was at a 45 degree angle to the film plane. In this image you can see Roberts eyes, nose, chin, and forehead are all in focus since they are parallel to the film plane. As mentioned in image 308, Robert has been sick with cancer and he was excited to meet me for coffee, where I surprised him with my 4×5 camera. Robert used to shoot 4×5 while he was a combat photographer for the US Air Force.
