Greensboro Roller Derby 2012 calander

Five photographers, including myself, worked with the Greensboro Roller Derby, volunteers, and sponsors to put together this year's fundraising calendar.

The 2012 calendar is titled "Village of the Jammed." And as the title might suggest, is horror movie themed. I was one of the first photographers to commit to the project. So, I managed to call 'dibs' on a few classic movies that would look great photographed in black and white on traditional film: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Dracula (1931), and Psycho (1960).

Calendars were sold at roller derby events and a few local sponsors, and may be purchased directly by contacting Greensboro Roller Derby Fundraising.

Bride of Frankenstein:

Location generously provided by: Castle McCulloch

Dracula:


Psycho:



More photos (outtakes) and technical info after the jump.
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4x5 tests with Ashley

Graflex Crown Graphic
Kodak Ektar 127mm f/4.7 lens
Kodak Ektachrome E100G 4x5 filmLED flashlight

Ashley in Grave Yard

Graflex Crown Graphic
Kodak Ektar 127mm 4.7 lens
Kodak T-Max 100 (200-push) 4x5 sheet film
Acufine devloper
20ºC - 5min

Large Format Macro

View Large (3000 x 2400 px)

4x5 macro Cheerios (err.. Cheerio)

~9:1 ratio (rough estimate)

I was inspired by Robert Howington's epic 4x5 macro shot, but I chose long exposure over multi-pops.

15min exposure - f/11

Sinar F1 (x2) view camera
(expired) Fujichrome Provia 100F 4x5 sheet film

Setup Shot:

Sunset Theater Portrait (pt.2)

model: Jorge

Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic
Kodak Ektar 127 f4/7 lens
Kodak Ektachrome 100 (EPP) 4x5 sheet film
Alien Bee 800 monolight

-main light: Alien Bee, barebulb @ 3:30 high
-fill/color bleed from compact florescent bulb above door

My very first 4x5 chrome shot

Calumet 4x5 view camera
90mm lens
Kodak Ektachrome E100G

taken sometime Spring 2006.

Graflex at the Club

Graflex Crown Graphic field camera
105 f/3.5 lens
Vivitar 285HV (manually popped)
(expired) Kodak Ektachrome E100G 4x5 film (heat damaged)

Brothers Skate (C-41 through D-76)

Graflex 4x5 field camera
105mm f/3.5 lens
(expired) Kodak Pro 100T
processed in D-76

..resulting the densest neg i've ever seen. But it actually scanned quite well with blacks at about 205 out of 255 and whites at 235 out of 255.

I've used this film before here, here, here, and here. It's a tungsten balanced color neg film. The lab manager (Kevin) didn't recognize the notch code when I turned it in to be processed. He told me it was T-Max 400 and I processed it accordingly.

I would be really pissed off, but the end result is actually kind of nice.

Type 55

Sinar 4x5 view camera
65mm f/3.5 lens
standards plum and level
Polariod type 55 film

Still Glow

Sinar F1
(expire) Kodak Pro 100T
LED-modified maglite

Cats In The Grave Yard

I could hear them crying in the distance.
...at least, I hope those where cats.




Light painting attempt using Graflex 4x5 field camera and (expired) Kodak Pro 100 tungsten-balanced film.
Light source: LED modified mini-Maglite + distant city lights.
f/8 - ~5min