Intro to Large Format Photography

Introduction to Large Format Photography

• Origins
• Loading film (a daylight demonstration with dummy film, followed by loading unexposed film in darkroom conditions)
• Camera movements (a brief explanation of what is possible with a view camera)
• Taking photographs (taking photographs in the studio with a Sinar 5x4 camera)
• Developing the film (daylight demonstration of loading film into a tank, followed by loading exposed film in darkroom conditions and developing)
• Printing
• Hybrid workflow 

Leading the session - Amedeo Castellani 

www.amedeo.castellani.com

Amedeo Castellani was born in London and attended art school in Rome in the 1970s. After the Liceo Artistico he worked at Cinecitta' film studios for two years before returning to London to work as a jobbing photographer from a studio in Hammersmith. Here he specialised in portraiture, model's portfolio shots, public relations, product and fashion photography using 35mm, medium format and large format cameras. There was also a brief flirtation with photojournalism working for two Scandinavian daily newspapers.