This is not Effortless ⎜Large Format Photography ⎜Chamonix Camera

[@kevin-parratt-artist]

This is wonderful Antoine. A very fine KZbin video production - artful and informative. Merci 👌

[@marcelryser]

J’aime beaucoup la photo finale! Merci pour cette vidéo !

[@chesslover8829]

Outstanding work! (Travail exceptionnel!)

[@jamesdunlop8704]

One thing I have learnt about doing large format photography it makes you think more about what you are doing. Very interesting to see how you achieved a seemingly simple photo with powerful impact. Great work.

[@gdisrael3656]

This is the first video of yours I have watched, Antoine. The resulting photo is wonderful and alone warrants subscribing to your channel. Excellent work.

[@jerryeisner1]

You Nailed it!! Great work!!

[@lensman5762]

Loved it. Very beautiful and serene.

[@Azeltix]

J’adore la seconde en pose longue. Good job

[@LScott97]

Great video. I liked it allot👍👍👍

[@sjacobson005]

Very professional. Superb results.

[@haimtoeg]

Just recently discovered your channel. I like your style and choice of subjects. Would love to see more of it.

[@ALefort-de9gu]

Très belles photos

[@TheItalianNomad]

Lovely shots

[@paulaldred9245]

I couldn’t understand why windy conditions were so difficult before I started shooting 4x5. Great job on the first exposure and the square format works well. Definitely worth the effort.

[@eltinjones4542]

You'll never know until you try Considering the conditions, you did a great job 📷👍

[@chriswilcockson8595]

Interesting video! The long exposure is superb (in my opinion!)

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

Fantastic work

[@ayteeattam]

Quelle histoire charmant. Merci a vous M Dombois!

[@nickfanzo]

Great photograph. 4x5 got way more enjoyable for me when I stopped scanning and got an omega lpl enlarger.

[@chrisfrenchyandme30000]

Très belle photo.

[@michaelharmon7162]

Nice shots

[@ruudmaas2480]

Beautiful black and white photographs.

[@bracouda06]

salut vidéo très sympa et j'aime bien la pose longue

[@philipu150]

I enjoyed your portrayal of how hard we have to work to create strong images, large format as much as any format. Keep up the good work.

[@waynesimon2963]

Beautiful composition in the square format. Thank you for all your efforts in the production of this video. As you said "This is not effortless"

[@jmiscischia]

Le résultat est absolument magique, bravo à toi.

[@paologiudici6435]

Very interesting to watch, thank you very much Antoine.

[@ciaranpringle9082]

Your photographs are top class. Hard work always pays off in the end.

[@larrywilliams5708]

Nice photos, but man my knees are killing me just watching!

[@michaelsherck5099]

You are always right to try. In this case, you have a beautiful photograph. Congratulations!

[@thomaspopple2291]

I like the pace of your videos and really enjoy your eye for compositions. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share.

[@podhoncisty]

Beautiful images 😍😍😍 Thank you and I hope to see your next video soon 🙂

[@AlejandroGonzalez-AGS]

Very nice composition Antoine...little work but paid off... excelente! Cheers.

[@lostlightart6064]

Nice video and the result as well! I sometimes wish to live a bit closer to the sea as it so photogenic...

[@SD_Alias]

nice pictures! This are conditions when it is good to have one of these heavy but sturdy old wooden tripods…

[@danielparadis8979]

Belle démo. Belles photos. Courageux la position du trépied. Un coup de vent, une maladresse, et hop.

[@antoinedombois]

Bonjour Daniel. Avec le trépied en position écartée pas trop de risque pour un coup de vent. Pour ce qui est d'une maladresse...😯😯😯

[@Acbaih]

I like the pictures, and it was interesting to watch.

[@dherring44]

Great video 👍 lovely results 😊

[@craigfouche]

The square composition turned out great, well done!

[@jacekadamczyk2481]

Great photos, thank you for sharing

[@espenbjrkvold5119]

What lovely images, and interesting video. I must most certainly look into large format at some point. It looks really nice. Thank you.

[@dougdarling5810]

Thank you for sharing.

[@martincutrone5816]

Very nice video, and images. I prefer the first image, regular exposure. Both are quite nice.

[@seoirseosial]

Very nice video, Antoine. I was glad to see the light improve for you later in the video. I prefer the final image, the one where you have made the long exposure. Keep these videos coming!

[@brianweight9087]

Well worth the effort very nice image. Shame about the long exposure neg

[@busterkeaton5288]

Well done! Difficult conditions and frail looking wooden structure...both photgraphs look ver good to me! Certainly well worth the effort...it's hard working with 4x5 Film!

[@antoinedombois]

Thank you Buster 😊. I managed to get the pictures.

[@busterkeaton5288]

@@antoinedombois you did indeed! Photography is Art - it's not a competitive Sport! Everyone who makes individual Art is a individual Winner!

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Love it

[@gret689]

Love the pics, can't wait to get the out with mine now lockdown is easing a bit.

[@antoinedombois]

I'm on the opposite situation, locked down again☹️

[@gret689]

Sorry to hear that... no doubt our freedom won't last long so I'd best make the most of it!

[@sophietucker1255]

It is always right to try something. I like the square image but then I grew up using Hasselblad 500C and a Mamiya C330. I like the shorter exposure better but then I like the more natural look as apposed to the milky water look of the 40 second exposure.

[@Super.Quasar]

Antoine, I’m half way through your videos and thoroughly enjoying them. I’ve subscribed and I’ll now watch the rest. I’m fascinated by LF photography and have had several, but I’ve not been able to stick with it. Maybe I will if I see many more of your videos. Thank you for the effort you put into these. I adore France and have covered the north and west coastlines with my cameras. I’ll be back to shoot the south and the Centrale. ATB, Gary

[@antoinedombois]

Thank you for your comment Gary. On my side I am longing to go back to the USA to visit the national parks (assuming you are from the US).

[@Super.Quasar]

No Antoine, I’m from the grande city of Manchester in England. :-)

[@Super.Quasar]

However, I’m extremely fond of France. A wonderful country. . You can see several albums from my road trips here : www.flickr.com/photos/rolophoto/albums

[@antoinedombois]

@@Super.Quasar wonderful pictures !!!!

[@oudviola]

Both very nice images, agree with square composition. Maybe miscalculated the long exposure correction? Maybe if you have several ND filters of different strengths, didn't use the one you thought you were using? I've certainly made those kinds of errors out in the field with lots to keep track of! Great work.

[@melvinhjtan]

Nice work! Cheers I recently made my first video of my 4x5 work too...actually, making the video is more difficult that making the image! ha ha

[@antoinedombois]

Hi Melvin, there is indeed a lot to think when you take both a photo and a video!

[@carnerheim]

Love it 👍

[@StunamiNC]

I understand why you crop that to a square, however I feel that your original composition was strong and you could possibly revisit this perhaps with a little more foreground. I like your work very much

[@darrylroberts5235]

Great, what tripod?

[@antoinedombois]

Hi Darryl, I use a Gitzo series 1. It's the previous model. It is very sturdy and weights only 1.4 kg with the head (3 pounds).

[@darrylroberts5235]

@@antoinedombois Thank you

[@dynax60]

Hi Antoine! What is your setup here?

[@antoinedombois]

A Chamonix camera 45N2, 150mm Rodenstock Sironar lens, Ilford FP4 film @125ISO, a ND filter.

[@dynax60]

@@antoinedombois Thanks! What your tripod and filter holder?

[@antoinedombois]

@@dynax60 It's a Gitzo series 1 carbon fiber tripod and a Nisi filter holder