Composition & Tight Framing

[Andrew O'Neill]

I had the 8x10 out at Barnett Marine Park, which is just down the road from me. Framing the composition I wanted was a bit of a challenge.

[Steve Goldstein]

The tight framing seems better to me as well.

What backpack do you use?

[Andrew O'Neill]

I've been using the F.64 backpack since 2001.

[Alan Klein]

Andrew; Nice video and photo. I use a Chamonix 45H-1 and check to see if the standards are plumb using their built-in levels or a personal level that I place on the standards. I have to try placing it on the focusing glass and lens as you do to verify if the standards are parallel to the focusing glass and lenses. Your video flagged that for me for that. Thanks Alan.

[Alan Klein]

Andrew: The rock on the right side are one of the issues I find with large format photography that I only started during Covid. It's harder to see the entire composition, especially since everything is upside down. It's so much easier using a eye level viewfinder as with my medium format camera. In any case, any ideas for double checking I could do or procedures you follow to get a complete view of the scene to check issues like that? What do others do?

[jnantz]

as always, great video, it's always fun to see your studio practice you cracked me up easy peasy and BOOM it's gone LOL.
that's a sweet level! ive never seen a giant block level like that b4... I gotta get out more often ...

[Andrew O'Neill]

Andrew; Nice video and photo. I use a Chamonix 45H-1 and check to see if the standards are plumb using their built-in levels or a personal level that I place on the standards. I have to try placing it on the focusing glass and lens as you do to verify if the standards are parallel to the focusing glass and lenses. Your video flagged that for me for that. Thanks Alan.

There are tiny levels on the Canham, but most of the time I cannot see them because I usually have the camera up high. I find them finicky, anyway. My hand held level is much quicker.

[Andrew O'Neill]

as always, great video, it's always fun to see your studio practice you cracked me up easy peasy and BOOM it's gone LOL.
that's a sweet level! ive never seen a giant block level like that b4... I gotta get out more often ...

Thank you! I've had that little level for about 30 years. Bought it at camera shop when I lived in Japan. I think the maker was Linhof, or Rodenstock... I've never been able to locate them these days, though.

[Ron McElroy]

I enjoy all of your videos Andrew. The cropped one works best for me.