Photography by Jahan Saber

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An Introduction to Large Format Photography

Do you feel like analogue photography is something you already know to some extent but want to take things to the next level? And do you know that thing where people in old movies go under a cloth cover and then take a photograph on a very old looking camera? Yes? Good. This is what we’ll do!

Large Format Photography is all about slowing down an already slow process even more, but gaining an immense resolution in terms of image quality and expanding on the ability to bend reality to your own creative desire. To date there is still no commercially digital camera available that can match the resolution of a large format camera. 

• ・ what to expect

  • Introduction to large format photography and the common formats 4x5” and 8x10”

  • Overview of the camera system and film types

    
    
    / Practical exercises

    • Basics of the camera functions including specialised movements (tilt & shift) 

    • Application of camera movements

    • Working with a large format camera

• ・ timetable

  10 - 12 : Introduction into the camera system and historical background

  12 - 13 : Lunch

  13 - 17 : Practical exercises, challenges 

• ・ language

  German & English

• ・ teacher

  〰️ Jahan Saber

  Jahan Saber is a photographer and artist based in Vienna, Austria. He is the co-publisher at 8x10press and of Good News - An ideal photographic journal. His expertise is in analogue photography, specifically film developing and darkroom hand-printing, he is also a Leica Academy Tutor and has been teaching analog photography since 2018. Currently, he is enrolled at the University of applied Arts, Vienna, where he is studying fine arts and photography.

• ・ level

  All levels welcome, this is an introductory workshop