Re: [Largeformat] Photo 101 - Class 26 - The First Exposure

["Pete Caluori" <pcaluori@hotmail.com>]

>From: Douglas Cooper <douglas@metaversalstudios.com>
>Reply-To: Largeformat@egroups.com
>To: Largeformat@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Largeformat] Photo 101 - Class 26 - The First Exposure
>Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 20:58:29 -0400
>
>Okay, I just took my first exam in Large Format 101. Exposed my first two
>sheets of T-Max.   And probably got a D-.  It was comical:  I took my
>girlfriend out by the Hudson River to model for me, and neither of us were
>aware that the weather had turned chilly, and that a fierce wind had blown
>up.  I left my fleece behind -- the one that was, um, supposed to function
>as a darkcloth.
>
>Okay, so there we are, the sun rapidly disappearing, and no dark
>cloth.  And we're freezing.  I open the Kodak Readyload box, and the
>"exposed" stickers immediately blow into the river.  I manage to grab the
>instructions before they disappear too.  By now I'm completely frazzled; my
>girlfriend is shooting me painful looks, and I just want to get this over
>with.  Bad frame of mind in which to do nice, meditative photography.
>
>I bend over to adjust the tripod, but I've neglected to lock the tilt on
>the tripod, and the camera pivots down onto my head.  Painful, but I'm far
>more worried about the lens.  The front element has definitely made full
>contact with my bald head -- there's a patch of grease on the coating --
>but apparently no damage.  (Schneider, even in the seventies, was making a
>pretty serious product.)
>
>If I was frazzled before, I'm now close to a florid nervous
>breakdown.  Nevertheless, I somehow manage to figure out the Readyload
>system (after inserting the Polaroid holder in the wrong way around).
>
>Of course, by this time the sun has almost disappeared, so I wing
>it:  about forty-five seconds.  With a crescent moon in the corner of the
>screen.  Moonrise Over Battery Park!   I somehow manage to remove the
>Readyload, flip it over, and make a second exposure.  I'll let you know how
>it turns out.
>
>Nice trial by fire.  When I return home, there's even blood on the
>camera!  I think I'm going to like this.
>
>cheers,
>
>
>Douglas Cooper
>

Great Story Douglas!  I think we all have first stories like this.  I'm glad 
to see it hasn't turned you off.  Keep on shooting and let us know how the 
neg's come out.

Regards,  Pete

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