First experiment in 4x5 analog photography

Classically Homeless- CWE St.  Louis, MO
4x5 Fuji Instant Film

Recently I have embarked down the path of shooting architecture with a Sinar F2 4x5 large format view camera. Many years ago before the age of digital photography and cell phone cameras I worked as both a studio hand and a photographers assistant. Shooting architecture and advertising used to always be done on large format before digital. In many ways the cameras are still the same but the way the image has been captured has changed. Digital is just so much faster and simpler. You are in a digital work flow from the second the shutter clicks. But composing just the right picture is still a painstaking process. Even more so with "analog" film equipment. Still film remains the benchmark. Very expensive digital cameras and camera backs can produce images almost as good if not as good these days. But like analog records the sound is different. In music the Mpg files is easy to exchange and carry around on a portable device. It is small and easy to use. But the real audiophile misses the rich sound quality only provided by much larger and more complex files and recording methods. Photography is very similar. I can't afford a 50K camera so I am trying going "old school" just to see what turns out.

The above image was really my first attempt at producing a real "image" other than just practice exposures to refresh my memory with the mechanics of the camera. This is the portico of a now closed Methodist Church. The area in St. Louis is referred to as "Holy Corners" as there are large significant semi religious buildings on several corners. The print came into contact with the still wet negative as I was putting my gear away. Just one of the many things that can go wrong.