My Photography
The majority of the 5X4 images on this site were taken with an EbonyPlease visit the links page to find a link to the Ebony Cameras site SV45TE folding camera, although I have recently upgraded to a 45SU (see photo). I currently have 4 lenses for use with this camera (72mm 90mm 150mm & 300mm).Equivalent to 21mm 27mm 45mm and 89mm respectively in 35mm terms Film stock is exclusively Fujichrome Velvia 50 in quickload format. I have some 20 Lee filtersPlease visit the links page to find a link to the Lee Filters site for colour work together with a variety of adaptor rings, filter holders and lens shades. All this equipment is carried in a Lowepro Please visit the links page to find a link to the Lowepro site backpack. I have two Gitzo tripods (of differing sizes/weights depending on the circumstances in which I expect to be working) and these are used with a Manfrotto 410 geared head. All exposures are calculated using a Sekonic L508, 1 degree, hand-held spotmeter. Most of my large purchases are made from Robert White Please visit the links page to find a link to the Robert White site in Poole, Dorset.
I try to be meticulous in recording location and exposure details for all my 5X4 images. For most images I have used a Garmin hand-held GPS unit to record location data - a useful tool for calculating local sunrise and sunset times. When visiting the coast in the UK, I use Neptune TidesPlease visit the links page to find a link to the Neptune Tides site software to calculate tide times, sunrise, sunset and lunar phase data.
For digital work, I now use a Canon EOS1DS MkIII with 16-35, 24-105 and 100-400mm zoom lenses.
The earlier infrared images were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 850 2.1 megapixel camera, which does not have a built in filter to block infrared wavelengths (the majority of newer digital cameras do). I recently imported a Canon EOS 30D which has been converted to work exclusively in the infrared spectrum. For more information regarding digital infrared, please see the article on the "Articles" page.
The 5X4 transparencies were scanned using Vuescan software Please visit the links page to find a link to the Vuescan site and an Epson Perfection 4870 scanner. Jpegs were created from these scans using BoxTopSoft Projpeg software.