Here is a rare 4×5 large-format photo that I took with my Toyo 45a rather than my Toyo VX-125. This was taken in 2015 for my grandson Jamison’s third birthday party. I took this after I started my 4x5x365 project, but forgot to include it in the project. Again, I scanned this before I had […]
4x5x365 – Image 152
I took this photo of Micha Young with my Toyo VX-125 back in 2015 when I first started my 4x5x365 project – notice the fake border, before I was able to wet scan the entire film. I am not sure why I didn’t include it back at the start – probably because I had so […]
4x5x365 – Image 142
My favorite 35mm portrait lens is my Nikon 85mm 1.4, and I was looking for a 4×5 portrait lens that resembled that field of view. I have used my Nikkor-W 210mm F5.6 extensively as a portrait lens on my Toyo View VX-125, but to get a head and shoulders shot, I have to put the […]
4x5x365 – Image 138
I have always been fascinated with grain elevators and in fact, I wrote and photographed a story titled “Skyscrapers of the Prairie” for Oklahoma Living Magazine. I had photographed this grain elevator for that story back in 2015, but the photo did not make the final edit. Recently I was back in El Reno with […]
4x5x365 – Image 137
During my recent morning photo session in Guthrie, my primary target was this old bar. It is on a backlot far away from most of the other cool buildings. To my knowledge, it has been operated as the same business for about the past 25 years, maybe longer. Sometimes I see a few cars around […]