The 4x5 Toyo Field Camera is an easy choice when it comes to creating photographs outdoors. The ability to fold this camera down to a manageable size makes it easy to travel with. The process of creating a photograph with this camera is pretty much the same as using the 4x5 Harman Titan Pinhole or the 4x5 Gundlach Camera. The difference here is the use of Kodak Portra 400 4x5 color sheet film and the development process.

The photographs shown in this portfolio were created using a 4x5 Toyo Field Camera, Kodak Portra 400 sheet film, a light meter for exposure calculations, a timer, dark cloth, focusing loop, and patience. Before traveling to each location, the 4x5 sheets of film was loaded into film slides inside of dark closet void of all light. Each slide is then labeled based on location and packed away for traveling. All of these photographs were developed using an outside source because of time and convenience. This process isn't as primitive as the pinhole process. The developing techniques are similar; however, you now have a choice of scanning each negative into the digital environment or utilize a photo-enlarger in the darkroom. These photographs were scanned into the digital environment, color balanced, straightened, and edited to remove the multitude of annoying imperfections from the development process which show up all over the film. The removal of those imperfections is a long process and can take up to four hours at times. It just depends on how dirty the chemicals were at the time of development. The length of time it takes to complete the process in the digital environment can take up to six or more hours.

Planning and execution are very important when creating a photograph with any 4x5 sheet film. The cost per sheet for the Kodak Portra 400 is around $8.00 per sheet with 10 sheets of 4x5 film in each box. The mindset associated with this type of analogue photography is methodical at its very core. It forces the photographer to slow down, make calculated decisions, and execute those decisions. This is in stark contrast to the digital side of photography where the "shoot in quantity and hope for some good photo's" method is quite often used. Every photographer should adopt the "Analogue Mindset" when creating any type of photograph.

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