For a while I have been unsatisfied with my camera and way in which I edit photos. It is to instant and impersonal for me. In my search for something solid that is solely based on my skill -and not some computer program- I have started to teach myself more about large format photography. I want to seclude myself and get my hands dirty engulfed in my work.

There is just something about the process of preparing, capturing and developing B&W photos using a 4x5 -or larger feild camera- that just beguiles me. The pros and cons of using a 4x5 have me convinced it is the camera of my dreams. The process of using a large format camera is drench in ritual and seems sacred. The time and effort that is placed in one photo is beautiful...simply uncanny.

For now I will continue to use my digital but I long for the day when I'll have my own 4x5 field camera. Honestly I do not know a lot about professional photography. I just point and click capturing images I find interesting at angles pleasing to my senses. Photography classes are something I have never taken nor have I even bothered to read the majority of manuals that have come with the cameras I have had over the years.

So for me the time has come to move forward...and start saving.