[LargeFormat] Hello all

[Jim Hemenway]

You must be young Dave. At 66 I no longer have the energy for your kind 
of photo trips, but wish that I still did.

Contrary to the television commercials, Aleve doesn't work all day. ;-)

Jim

Dave Hornford wrote:


> My home is in western Canada a short drive from Banff, Lake Louise, Kootenay

> Park, Yoho Park, Waterton, the Icefield Parkway, etc.. - I truly love

> landscape photography, large format & my Sinar cameras.

> 

> I fear I am the only practitioner of ultra-light backpacking who has billion

> pound loads (he thinks - "if I cut the handle off my toothbrush I'll be able

> to carry 4 more sheets of film") The real grief is rain not weight & bulk -

> last fall I was out in the Pipestone (near Louise) and when it wasn't

> raining it snowed. After making room in the tent (extra light 1 man tent.

> See toothbrush comment) for the camera & equipment there wasn't much room

> for the photographer. Photographer slept under a tarp (funky light silicone

> nylon tarp intended to protect set-up camera. See toothbrush comment)

> Photographer was already damp. 

> 

> Fresh snow & low clouds the landscape curse - I ask you how do you

> distinguish Zone 8.75 from 9.1 when the sky is acting like the world's

> greatest light box. This was the first real trip with the 8x10 and the lens

> I use for 4x5 were just to wide. Sometimes your subject is less than the

> whole universe, especially not the foot of the tripod. Bought a new lens -

> the internet is a wonderful thing.

> 

> Work, work related travel and a desire to remain acquainted with my wife &

> boys mean Pipestone & Icefield Parkway's weekend's film is in my freezer -

> last fall can't have been 8 months ago. (He thinks - "tall lads, bigger than

> me, less extra weight than me, lots of carrying capacity"; they see me

> thinking & say - "Dad backpacking & photography are different activities,

> put the camera down.") Yes, the new lens is in its shipping box.

> 

> There we were at the parking lot for a few days canoeing & kayaking at

> Myrtle Lake in Well Grey Park. Relaxing quality time with the family.  It

> was only a couple of kilometres portage to the lake. The fiends made me put

> the camera boxes I had smuggled back into the car. Next time I label them

> food.

> 

> Christopher, how did you succeed in developing his interest?

> 

> Dave

> At the Sheraton Rio, prior the Carat Hotel Budapest, prior Kilmeny Islay,

> prior the Westin London, prior the Omni Montreal, prior the Westin Glasgow,

> prior a few places in Toronto, prior a number of stays in Victoria (though

> of you Don), prior the airport place LA, prior the forgotten St. Petersburg,

> prior someplace Moscow, prior the Paris Hilton (makes me chuckle so I can

> remember this one), etc.... (Stops at home in between, not all family

> communication is via text messaging & email)

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: largeformat-bounces at f32.net [mailto:largeformat-bounces at f32.net] On

> Behalf Of Les Newcomer

> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:19 PM

> To: Dave Hornford; f32 Large Format Photography Mail List

> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all

> 

> 

> On Jun 3, 2008, at 7:22 PM, Dave Hornford wrote:

> 

> 

>>Both are Sinar, and are outdoors carry through the

>>mountains cameras.

>>

>>Dave

> 

> 

> I've rarely seen the words Sinar, carry and mountains used in the  

> same sentence. How big is your elephant herd? :-)

> 

> 

> For me it's 120 3x4 4x5 5x7 and 8x10,  Deardorf for the big one,  

> Graphic cameras for the rest.

> 

> Les Newcomer

> 

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