[LargeFormat] The Lost (Photo) Weekend

[Ronald Schilling]

Bring the 4 X 5 along. Better to have the extra weight than possibly 
regretting leaving the camera behind. Besides, wouldn't that be a good 
way to introduce the scouts to large format photography if you haven't 
done so already?

Ronald

Andy Duncan wrote:

> 
> This has happened to me way too much. In fact, in two weeks I'm going on a backpacking trip to a very beautiful place that I went to 10 years ago with my Boy Scout Troop, and I have been struggling with myself trying to decide whether I want to bring the 4x5 along. It's a lot of weight, but there are so many truly awesome things to photograph up there (if my memory serves me right).  Anyway, to get mack on the subject, I lived in Island Park, Idaho (not too far from Yellowstone N.P.), and there were countless opportunities to photograph some of the prettiest streams and vistas I have seen that I just ignored.  And then I wondered (somewhat erroneously) if and/or why I had fallen into a rut.  I kept thinking that I'd come back later at the same time of day, or whatever, and never did.  Or, there were times that I did have my camera with me (this just happened last week) where I didn't make a photograph, because I thought it wouldn't look good.  But then the guy I was with s
howed
>  me his negatives, and they were beautiful.
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