Today’s guest on the show is Alex Burke who is a landscape photographer from Colorado, working exclusively with 4x5 large format film.
After a brief period of time spent shooting with 35mm at the start of his career, Alex made the jump to 4x5, and he’s been using ever since—and with that comes a wealth of knowledge and experience. Alex is someone whose work I’ve been a fan of for a while now, and I thought he’d be a great person to sit down with to talk about the world of large format.
Any of you who are familiar with Alex’s work will know that he’s incredibly talented—everything from the way he uses light in his images, to his skillful compositions. But on top of that, I’ve always been impressed by the tones and colours that he’s able to achieve scanning and processing his film at home. I’m sure a lot of you know how challenging it can be to get things dialed in and looking correct, but Alex’s images always look true to life with beautiful tonality throughout.
In this episode, I wanted to explore Alex’s process—everything from the initial challenges working with 4x5, all the way to drum scanning at home—in hopes that this helps anyone who’s interested in jumping into the world of large format film.
If you’re not yet familiar with his work, make sure to check out his Instagram and his website. His blog has some really helpful articles on it for film shooters, and he also has e-books and prints available.
Hope you all enjoy this one!
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