A Fresh Start for 2012

2012 got me to thinking of changes that go with the new year.  I looked back over my photography and where it was going.  I also looked back over this blog and decided to start to try to make some changes.  For starters I decided the name was ready for a change.  

So here I will rechristen it The Large Format Photography Blog.

That means the address was updated and I might even start to change up the style of it.

Here is the first image to share for the year.  I went out on Monday January 2nd with the big camera and photographed a few areas southwest of Fort Worth.  Here is an old grain elevator in Hico, Texas.  

Salt Flats of West Texas

On the salt flats of west Texas.


Here is another shot taken on the salt flats west of the Guadalupe Mountains.  Here I tried to capture the full shadow of the camera as well as the mountains.


Taken with my Panasonic LX3.  Small Format taking a picture of my Large Format.

The Salt Flats and Guadalupes

On a clear October morning I arrived at the Guadalupe Mountains in far west Texas.  Not a cloud was to be seen in the sky, however the early light had a crisp brightness to it.  So I made my way west of the park to the salt flats there and took the 4x5 far out across them and started to photographing in black and white to see if I could capture the flat white slat plain and the distant peaks.


As usual I could not resist photographing the camera on location and think the images of the camera on the salt flats might be better than the images I made with it.

In Arches

One from Arches National Park from atop the forge rock.

Well this rock does not really have a name, but I call it that. Every since I first looked at it in 2002 I knew it could be a place for a neat image. I have tried a few different times and even though I have yet to get the image I think I can get I have had fun trying.

Here is from my last visit on an afternoon with just enough clouds to give B+W a try. I have framed up the crack and rocks with my 75mm wide angle. It is locations like this I sure wish I had a 47XL.

See my night attempt on my Wilderness Photographer blog.

Rock at Night

At Mesa Arch

Going for the glow at the incredible Mesa Arch.

The sunrise glow on a clear day at Mesa arch is fantastic. It is one of those things a photographer needs to experience.

Sure it gets crowded but the glow and the view are awesome.

Here I am set up with my shot trying to capture that glow. The shot I am going for is another attempt to make a better version of the title page image of my WildernessPhotographer blog. See link to the left.