{"id":6212,"date":"2024-12-22T11:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T15:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chabry.info\/photos\/?page_id=6212"},"modified":"2024-12-22T11:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T15:35:56","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chabry.info\/photos\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Autoportrait with a 1946 Graflex auto RB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photography has been my passion for many years and I have started using antique cameras in 2020 during the pandemic lock down. Here are some of them used to shoot the photos in this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Films are sometimes used but I prefer silver gelatin paper, also known as paper negatives for the antique look these cameras are known for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Background image showing a paper negative shot with a wooden Japanese field camera<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With paper negatives, you don’t get the contrast and sharpness of today’s digital cameras but this is not what I am looking for and when modern films are used, the resut can be the same if not better than what you can get with a modern camera as you can see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camera: 1946 Graflex auto RB
Negative: Ilford FP4
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Photography has been my passion for many years and I have started using antique cameras in 2020 during the pandemic lock down. Here are some of them used to shoot the photos in this website. Films are sometimes used but I prefer silver gelatin paper, also known as paper negatives for the antique look these … <\/p>\n

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