Photo Techniques 1873 Henry Jackson
Feb 24, 2016 13:30:05 #
Using a 70# wet plate camera read the effort this famous photographer went thru to capture the beauty of Yellowstone. All day and only 5 pictures to his credit.
Feb 24, 2016 14:00:07 #
My hat is off to all these guys -- All they had going for them selves was great technical knowledge, strong backs & really-really large formats
Feb 24, 2016 14:28:34 #
wow, kind of takes the fun out of it huh?
we were on skyline drive Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park. stopped at the first scenic overlook. Got out my camera, attached the remote release, set up the tripod, attached the camera, set ISO, Aperture, shutter speed WB,and focused in on a small church down in the valley.
while doing this a car pulled up, a young guy and woman jump out, he snaps a pic he says ok got it and they jump back in the car and are gone before I even finish putting everything together.
Thats not the same as climbing up and down the mountain 5 times, but it still made me wonder what I was doing with all this camera stuff.
By the way, the kids shot probably came out better, it was a hot hazy day and a Polarizing filter would have cut down some of that haze, but I didnt use it.
we were on skyline drive Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park. stopped at the first scenic overlook. Got out my camera, attached the remote release, set up the tripod, attached the camera, set ISO, Aperture, shutter speed WB,and focused in on a small church down in the valley.
while doing this a car pulled up, a young guy and woman jump out, he snaps a pic he says ok got it and they jump back in the car and are gone before I even finish putting everything together.
Thats not the same as climbing up and down the mountain 5 times, but it still made me wonder what I was doing with all this camera stuff.
By the way, the kids shot probably came out better, it was a hot hazy day and a Polarizing filter would have cut down some of that haze, but I didnt use it.
Feb 24, 2016 14:44:47 #
His supplies weighed 300#which included his own darkroom. He started out using 6.5 x 8.5 in glass plates and ended up using 11 x 14 and 20 x 24 glass to even shoot panoramas of 360 degrees. One time one of his mules threw off two boxes of 11 x 14 glass plates. You can imagine how mad he was.
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