Five x Six

Our instructor Ms.Miles taught us how to use a 5x 6 camera in class. The point was to try out something different that was not used so ofen in these modern times. Each student had to come with their own idea of how and what techniques they wanted to use on the objects selected and the theme of the image. I really like frruit, so i selected fruit to be my model's in this shoot. My shoot went very well the posture and placement of the fruit was very nice. I had green and red apples, peaches, bananas. Unfortunately, my image was ruined when being developed and was developed with another image. The print was messed up and i didnt have my result. Eventhough the film was ruined what i saw was very pretty. The image at the top was an idea of what i wanted. It would have been a success.

Using a 5 x 6 camera was very different. Everything was more complicated. You had to be careful in every touch you gave the camera. The film was located in the area where you looked at the shot. Once you had what you wanted to shoot on point, you would place the film in from either the top or side depeding on placement on the film entrance. Then you would wait a few seconds for the camera to stop its movement. You then would press the front little button and your image was taken. It was a great experience.