Daniel Buck
New member
Took my speedgraphic 4x5 down to the Historic Sports Car festival this weekend at California Speedway, took 20 sheets with me, 25iso Adox Orthochromatic film. The whole setup with the speedgraphic is working like a charm!
I do think for the shots inside the open garage pits, my ambient-to-flash ratio is a little heavy on the flash side. I was shooting f5.6 for most of the shots, shooting at around 1/200th at full power on the flash. I think if I were to have tried 1/100th, that might have given me the extra boost in ambient light that I think these need.
Also, now that I've become more comfortable using the camera setup, I'm (next race!) going to focus more on my composition. I've shot most of these with pretty loose compositions, not really doing much more than centering my subject. I hope to explore some more creative compositions during the next event. And bring more film!
Here's the first 6 negatives:
I do think for the shots inside the open garage pits, my ambient-to-flash ratio is a little heavy on the flash side. I was shooting f5.6 for most of the shots, shooting at around 1/200th at full power on the flash. I think if I were to have tried 1/100th, that might have given me the extra boost in ambient light that I think these need.
Also, now that I've become more comfortable using the camera setup, I'm (next race!) going to focus more on my composition. I've shot most of these with pretty loose compositions, not really doing much more than centering my subject. I hope to explore some more creative compositions during the next event. And bring more film!
Here's the first 6 negatives: