Catching up on 4x5 images from March

Things have been rather busy, with numerous recording sessions, videography gigs, and portrait/event shoots, and the blog has been somewhat on the back-burner. Today I want to catch up with some 4x5 images I shot in the last month or so.

First up are some images from Lake Lanier. I visited Meagan in Atlanta and we saw a wonderful exhibit of images from Ansel Adams and others in Cartersville. We always visit the lake with my parents when we visit. I shot a few images with my TravelWide camerea and 90mm f/6.8 Angulon:

 

This same weekend, but in Valdosta, was the annual Azalea Festival. This is probably the last Azalea Festival I'll be able to attend, so I shot a few photos, again with my TravelWide:

Now I know I said 4x5, but I'm going to put a few more photos here from my Rolleiflex and Bessa II of the Azalea Fest, just because. The Bessa II, as I discovered, had some holes in the bellows unfortunately, but they've been fixed since:

 

 

 Now lastly a few landscapes. My friend Sally showed me some remote property she grows pine trees on and we explored a creek, and also found a funny old bar while driving:

 

And lastly! I found this wonderful field of sheep sorrel between Valdosta and Lakeland. I shot this on my Linhof with 72mm XL on Portra 160VC:

Driving home the light on this power substation was gorgeous so I shot one more image:

Well that's it for this wrap-up!

The Valdosta Azalea Festival 2015

It's spring again in Valdosta, and that means of course the Azalea Festival!

This year it was again on the weekend of a Valdosta Symphony concert, so it was a hectic weekend - but I was able to shoot a few rolls of film.

I shot a roll of Provia 100F in my Nikon SP with a vintage lens - the rare 8.5cm f/1.5. This beautiful telephoto was the big brother of the 5cm f/1.5 Sonnar. It's a hefty lens for a rangefinder but it is fun to use. I also shot my Bessa R2S with mostly the Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 Heliar (with F-S adapter) and 50mm f/1.4 Millenium.

I also shot a few images with my new Linhof 70 and either 105mm f/2.8 Planar or 180mm f/4.8 Sonnar. More about that camera in a later post. There's also a couple of random photos in here from my friend Ed who was trying out my Leica III and 5cm f/3.5 Elmar, shown in the first photo below.