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August 16, 2010
I've returned to Victor Harbor via the Shimmer Photographic Festival organized by the City Of Onkaparinga. I wanted to have a look at the interesting 'Now and Then' exhibition by Tony Kearney and Sandra Elms at the Wirra Wirra Winery in McLaren Vale. McLaren Vale is one of the key wine regions of South Australia
Gary Sauer-Thompson, rocks + sand, 2010
I'm just playing around with computer software---Silver Efex Pro---in order to get my eye back into black and white when I start sbooting with my old 8 x 10.
The new bellows for my old Cambo 8x10 view camera is on its way Adelaide from Custom Bellows in England, and I reckon that I will be using it in a couple of weeks. I have a couple of black and white shoots lined up along the rocky foreshore below the clifftops near Victor Harbor whilst I'm waiting for colour film to arrive from the US. shots that will require me to lug theheavy Linhof tripod and Cambo camera over my shoulder, or one in each hand with a pack on my back.
Therein lies the problem with using a Cambo 8x10 view camera in the field. It is difficult to transport once you have left the car as it cannot be folded up into a box like a field camera. It is bulky, awkward to carry and dam heavy--a big, heavy, metal monster. I bought it because it was usable in terms of movements and cheap but it requires a fitness program at the gym to be able to use it in the field--ie more than a few feet from the car.
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