The Art of Photography: A Journey Down South and Back to Flagstaff

As I sit here reflecting on my upcoming photography trip, I'm excited to share with you the details of my journey. For two weeks, I'll be photographing the vibrant city of New Orleans, followed by a stop in Atlanta, then South Carolina, Florida, and finally back to Flagstaff, where I'll be printing some exciting new works for a local gallery.

I've been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to share my passion for photography through various projects, including an upcoming art series video. Recently, I had the chance to shoot in Vancouver, capturing the majestic Spirit Bears on film. While this experience was truly rewarding, it also brought back memories of the time we spent together, editing and geeking out over cameras.

Speaking of which, I've been traveling with my trusty camera equipment, including a 10x20 view camera and two Kodak films. My friend David has kindly loaned me his 10x20, and I must say, it's an impressive piece of gear. The camera is capable of producing stunning images with its 500mm image circle, making it perfect for capturing wide scenes.

As I unpack my equipment, I'm reminded of the importance of having a good backup plan. David has kindly offered to lend me his 11x14 lens head, which I've had for several years and have only used occasionally. It's amazing how much of an impact having a reliable piece of equipment can make on one's photography.

While setting up my gear in this Airbnb house, I couldn't help but notice the interesting lighting conditions. The yard is enormous, with plenty of natural light pouring in from all directions. This will be a great opportunity to practice getting exposures and experimenting with different lighting setups. And, as it happens, someone else has already brought their film camera along, adding to the excitement.

As I take you through this house, I want to show off my gear and share some of my favorite photography-related finds. The monster closet is a treasure trove of cameras, lenses, and accessories. David's collection includes everything from 35mm lenses to a massive phase one 100mm lens, which he recently sold for $30,000.

I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to try out this impressive piece of equipment and learn more about its capabilities. The camera is so large that it almost feels like a separate entity, with its own head and focusing system. I can only imagine how much effort went into building such an incredible machine.

As we explore the house further, I want to share some of my favorite photography-related finds. There's a lens with a unique "codec" feature that allows for precise adjustments, and another one with a clever mechanism for dropping the camera through a slot in the table. These small details are often overlooked, but they can make all the difference in capturing stunning images.

I'm also excited to share some of my favorite photography-related stories from around the web. Did you know that Walmart carries a wide range of film stock? It's true! And, with the rise of digital cameras, it's amazing how much equipment is available for shooting film. From 210mm lenses to Kodak's latest color stocks, there's never been a better time to get into photography.

As I wrap up this article, I want to thank you all for joining me on this journey through my world of photography. Whether we're geeking out over cameras or sharing stories from around the web, I'm excited to connect with fellow photography enthusiasts and share in our passion for capturing the beauty of the world around us.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat is up everybody kind of a fun weekend is planned you'd be good ok see ya you guys might remember my friend David Brooke over I did one of the artists series videos on him he is in town for the weekend and we've got a couple other guests and we're gonna shoot some photos and do some video stuff and have a good time we are at an undisclosed location somewhere in Fort Worth this is the photography house and I'm going to show you guys around and who were hanging out with so first of all we've got some nice toys over here this is my man rod Clark rod has a company called wine country camera he makes filters and right now we're look at this now okay first of all this one is the achromatic right that's right black-and-white 101 there but how many of these exist this is I believe the first one in the country really I thought it was only three yeah it's only one I think it might be the first one bang yeah this is not a cheap camera either no no no but we are gonna have fun 101 megapixels this is David stealing it you just ran off with a with a fifty thousand dollar camera 6363 oh you gotta have a lens right yeah yeah lenses help and then what's the other one this one's yours right this is my camera this is what I use to test and develop lenses it's or filters I mean it's a 80 megapixel CCD sensor which is probably the last CCD sensor that they'll do that's pretty cool this is this one shoots colorful on this is black and white on one and we are going to just see you guys know we're gonna be playing with this over the next couple days or I will be playing with it yeah and if I return it will be lucky now I am actually looking forward to it's gonna be a lot of fun I don't I don't have the luxury of playing with awesome stuff like that so and actually we've been filming a little interview footage here so we've got many things set up this is behind the scenes and this is filming me filming him this is the one and only mr. Stephen Saunders hello Stephen is David's assistant like right now on this trip and in in real life he owns a company called hidden light you've been on the show before one time yeah in Jackson Hole in Jackson Hole so when he's not printing play diem prints platinum prints I film gum bichromate Ted for was filming me is that are you filming hey is that an 80 d it isn't he who told you to get Ted Forbes we said answer was very forgiving don't listen to that very forgiving all right now David what are you doing you're on a you're on a road trip here doing some shooting what what is the misty that are going from here on what's any morning down to New Orleans gonna be photographing down there for about two weeks and off to Atlanta South Carolina Florida back through New Orleans back to Flagstaff to do some printing for the gallery hopefully have it in the gallery by Christmas yeah see what they probably we didn't talk about it in your in your art series video but during the season you work the gallery and then when the off season comes it's time to shoot yeah since we did that video though you shot the spirit bears didn't you yeah which was Vancouver October that's right that was after - that was in February Marcus you didn't invite me we did what was it I was editing I was editing your artistic spit all right quick run-through here because this is like film nerd central here all right well this is not interesting that with that right that was popcorn we've got two different mix colors of this white balance going on in here because what you live on on the road this is on the road food this is so interesting this is where the may this is where the thumbs downs begin all right let's go let's go show them this yard because it's it's rock and rollin all right so rad setting up I'll show you I'm showing what we're gonna do so I got this house on Airbnb he's like way awesome so anyway this is the yard and it's gigantic and what we're gonna do is rod and I are doing a video right now where we are talking about getting exposures on things right now it's just a tripod but somebody's talking about getting an exposure we're gonna have something rolled that's gonna be pretty cool so I'm gonna take you guys inside and show you more geeky stuff do we have any film did you guys bring any film is there any film walk this way Volpe Oh everyone travels with a camera like this right by 10 view camera this is David's this is this is uh this is how they're gonna roll this is one of two eight-by-tens is to oh well you know I wouldn't leave home with only one a tight end I've got camera David what are you gonna use for a backup now this is cool cuz we got this monster closet do with me did you bring any film colour-coded is there any film we got codec yeah it's all we got this is all film film oh this isn't yeah they don't even know oh that's a lens that's a lens so just boxes this is like the codec surplus back here probably more filmed and what codec do you have Walmart has this is way more film than my head that's why you shoot digital this this is why Maybrook over you know they make the digital cameras now in our pocket this is about what a terabyte how many megapixels are weat we talkin net still get more photos on your iphone than this I know this 210 has the reason it's big because it's being on 8 by 10 yeah 500 millimeter image circle so that being kind of wide on an 8 by 10 right yeah that's pretty cool yeah so what about 35 or something like that yeah because 343 we have 40 on there you got Melania yeah somebody in the comments will correct you yeah I'm sure you know oh yeah I hope so I just want you to correct Stephen nothing wrong with that my eleven by fourteen can't cure oh yeah totally check it out that is a lens head is Elana that is a big one yeah who needs a big truck when you have a big lens back how long is he how long you had it I bought this in 2008 I think it was out about that time 2007 I thought you'd break had a longer but no you know they kind of peaked about that time then they went we're gone yeah I make no more no he's buying these things her friend who bought the Snyder 515 100 and recently is sold for $30,000 whoo that's an expensive lens so give me a lens at phase one Oh just wanna just wanna build goes in there just it so then check this out this is neat driving nd in there oh this guy goes in here and then this guy goes basically in front of it there's your grad and then you push the button and you let it go and then the cool thing is can't drop yeah I can't fall through that's so cool but here's the best part put they put the camera up here yeah watch this take the end do oh that's slick so it just drops back in make another exposure take it out make an adjustment back in that exposure just make it adjustments here now and turn around and having shaken and yeah oh yeah so you can look through the lens put through the lens and then drop it in nice okay that is pretty awesomewhat is up everybody kind of a fun weekend is planned you'd be good ok see ya you guys might remember my friend David Brooke over I did one of the artists series videos on him he is in town for the weekend and we've got a couple other guests and we're gonna shoot some photos and do some video stuff and have a good time we are at an undisclosed location somewhere in Fort Worth this is the photography house and I'm going to show you guys around and who were hanging out with so first of all we've got some nice toys over here this is my man rod Clark rod has a company called wine country camera he makes filters and right now we're look at this now okay first of all this one is the achromatic right that's right black-and-white 101 there but how many of these exist this is I believe the first one in the country really I thought it was only three yeah it's only one I think it might be the first one bang yeah this is not a cheap camera either no no no but we are gonna have fun 101 megapixels this is David stealing it you just ran off with a with a fifty thousand dollar camera 6363 oh you gotta have a lens right yeah yeah lenses help and then what's the other one this one's yours right this is my camera this is what I use to test and develop lenses it's or filters I mean it's a 80 megapixel CCD sensor which is probably the last CCD sensor that they'll do that's pretty cool this is this one shoots colorful on this is black and white on one and we are going to just see you guys know we're gonna be playing with this over the next couple days or I will be playing with it yeah and if I return it will be lucky now I am actually looking forward to it's gonna be a lot of fun I don't I don't have the luxury of playing with awesome stuff like that so and actually we've been filming a little interview footage here so we've got many things set up this is behind the scenes and this is filming me filming him this is the one and only mr. Stephen Saunders hello Stephen is David's assistant like right now on this trip and in in real life he owns a company called hidden light you've been on the show before one time yeah in Jackson Hole in Jackson Hole so when he's not printing play diem prints platinum prints I film gum bichromate Ted for was filming me is that are you filming hey is that an 80 d it isn't he who told you to get Ted Forbes we said answer was very forgiving don't listen to that very forgiving all right now David what are you doing you're on a you're on a road trip here doing some shooting what what is the misty that are going from here on what's any morning down to New Orleans gonna be photographing down there for about two weeks and off to Atlanta South Carolina Florida back through New Orleans back to Flagstaff to do some printing for the gallery hopefully have it in the gallery by Christmas yeah see what they probably we didn't talk about it in your in your art series video but during the season you work the gallery and then when the off season comes it's time to shoot yeah since we did that video though you shot the spirit bears didn't you yeah which was Vancouver October that's right that was after - that was in February Marcus you didn't invite me we did what was it I was editing I was editing your artistic spit all right quick run-through here because this is like film nerd central here all right well this is not interesting that with that right that was popcorn we've got two different mix colors of this white balance going on in here because what you live on on the road this is on the road food this is so interesting this is where the may this is where the thumbs downs begin all right let's go let's go show them this yard because it's it's rock and rollin all right so rad setting up I'll show you I'm showing what we're gonna do so I got this house on Airbnb he's like way awesome so anyway this is the yard and it's gigantic and what we're gonna do is rod and I are doing a video right now where we are talking about getting exposures on things right now it's just a tripod but somebody's talking about getting an exposure we're gonna have something rolled that's gonna be pretty cool so I'm gonna take you guys inside and show you more geeky stuff do we have any film did you guys bring any film is there any film walk this way Volpe Oh everyone travels with a camera like this right by 10 view camera this is David's this is this is uh this is how they're gonna roll this is one of two eight-by-tens is to oh well you know I wouldn't leave home with only one a tight end I've got camera David what are you gonna use for a backup now this is cool cuz we got this monster closet do with me did you bring any film colour-coded is there any film we got codec yeah it's all we got this is all film film oh this isn't yeah they don't even know oh that's a lens that's a lens so just boxes this is like the codec surplus back here probably more filmed and what codec do you have Walmart has this is way more film than my head that's why you shoot digital this this is why Maybrook over you know they make the digital cameras now in our pocket this is about what a terabyte how many megapixels are weat we talkin net still get more photos on your iphone than this I know this 210 has the reason it's big because it's being on 8 by 10 yeah 500 millimeter image circle so that being kind of wide on an 8 by 10 right yeah that's pretty cool yeah so what about 35 or something like that yeah because 343 we have 40 on there you got Melania yeah somebody in the comments will correct you yeah I'm sure you know oh yeah I hope so I just want you to correct Stephen nothing wrong with that my eleven by fourteen can't cure oh yeah totally check it out that is a lens head is Elana that is a big one yeah who needs a big truck when you have a big lens back how long is he how long you had it I bought this in 2008 I think it was out about that time 2007 I thought you'd break had a longer but no you know they kind of peaked about that time then they went we're gone yeah I make no more no he's buying these things her friend who bought the Snyder 515 100 and recently is sold for $30,000 whoo that's an expensive lens so give me a lens at phase one Oh just wanna just wanna build goes in there just it so then check this out this is neat driving nd in there oh this guy goes in here and then this guy goes basically in front of it there's your grad and then you push the button and you let it go and then the cool thing is can't drop yeah I can't fall through that's so cool but here's the best part put they put the camera up here yeah watch this take the end do oh that's slick so it just drops back in make another exposure take it out make an adjustment back in that exposure just make it adjustments here now and turn around and having shaken and yeah oh yeah so you can look through the lens put through the lens and then drop it in nice okay that is pretty awesome\n"