Postby Mick Fagan » 16 Jul 2020, 09:54
Maris, I like the first one, that is the one with most impact for me. Have you considered lowering the top to eliminate the shadow on the top left?
To me it looks stronger and almost starting to be abstract, with that shadow gone.
The other one is alright, but I certainly prefer the 4x5" negative.
Going out with two cameras was something I did often, but I'm talking about roll film cameras; not quite the same thing.
As a youngster with a grandfather who was an avid photographer, I sometimes managed to tag along on some of his photographic forays. On one such excursion (late fifties) to a quite remote part of NSW, we came across another photographer. Very well set-up, had a home made living arrangement (box) on the back of a truck. Looking back at it now, I presume he was probably a professional photographer.
We ended up having dinner together, which was fresh rabbit over a spit. During the course of the day we found out he had two cameras, English made MPP folding gizmos. To me they were very flash, but other than that I wouldn't have had a clue as they looked pretty much the same as most cameras around then.
Some years later, that photographer came up in conversation with my grandfather. To my surprise he mentioned/questioned why he had two cameras, when all he needed to do was swap lenses and of course we all used film backs; plus apparently he only had one tripod. Remains a mystery to me to this day. I remember that trip very well as I had my mother's 620 Kodak and one roll of film, first time I used a camera without her hovering around.
Mick.