A friend of mine is away for the summer studying to be a farrier. I decided to create a photo for her. I borrowed my dad's anvil for this photo shoot.
I shot this with my Cambo on Arista Ultra.EDU 100 ISO 4x5 sheet film. Developed in a unicolor drum for 7.5 mins with D76 1+1 at 68 degrees.
The lighting was done with an Alien Bee B800 in a gridded 150cm octobox directly over the Anvil with it angled slighted toward the camera to reduce the spill onto the backdrop. There was also a reflector in the floor between camera and anvil to provide a slight fill. The strobe was triggered with a sync cable.
This was scanned on an Epson V500 and stitched in Photoshop. I plan to make a 16x20 silver print in my darkroom as soon as I have enough time to spend doing it right. It takes me a while to get what I want in the darkroom. I wish I had more free time to practice.
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