Viewed with Histograms











Recently I've been using my 35mmDigital SLR to meter my shots for my view camera work. Using the camera's histogram allows me to get an acceptable amount of shadow detail in my exposures while preserving the highlights most of the time. These are but a few of the shots taken while I was out and about with the view camera. Some are exposure test shots and some are taken after the fact as a document of the scene. One was taken from the window of our car at a stoplight, can you guess which one?

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  1. Are you getting good exposures with the view camera? I know hauling that thing around is a pain, but worth the quality. The Arches are very interesting, very abstract, I like the b&w one especially. Of course, I like the Montrose shot, my favorite spot in Chi-town, it's good to see you still venture into that area, it's good to see the skyline again. Very good shots, I bet the view camera shots are really nice!

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  3. The exposures are hit and miss with the view camera depending on the lighting that I'm shooting under. Because I'm shooting transparencies, the metering is critical as you know. What I've been trying to do is to strike a balance between shadow and highlight detail. I'm still learning with the film I chose what the best way to expose is according to what type of scene it is. I'm shooting the "new" Fuji Vevia 100 that came out in June.

    This Velvia is replacing the older 50 and 100F. I like the film but it has a narrow latitude. I'm trying to use the transparencies as the final image and then mount them for viewing, so I really need to nail the exposures because I'm not relying on post processing in the darkroom.

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  4. Great shots, insane technical approach...insane in a good way. When I lived in Los Angeles I was always wanting to shoot the environment as if I were back home in MT, but it's just not possible. You've really captured the complexity of cityscape, but with positioning that invokes simplicity. Well done. - CR

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  5. ...I guess they call that composition, dont' they. heh

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