Discovering natural forms with a large-format camera
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Discovering natural forms with a large-format camera
Still Life and Close-Up Photography on 4×5 Inch Film – Workshop with Gerd Pilz
Fruit, shells, twigs, flowers: through the lens of a large-format camera, natural forms take on a presence of their own. In this workshop
participants will create still lifes and close-ups of objects they have brought with them, using 4×5-inch sheet film. The workshop will explore how different
Light characteristics alter the surface, structure and plasticity of an object.
Anna Atkins, Charles Jones, Karl Blossfeldt and Edward Weston serve as points of reference – four perspectives on natural forms
in their own distinctive way. The aim is to produce independent creative work using a large-format camera.
In the optional second module on Sunday morning, the exposed films will be developed on site and the results discussed together.
COURSE CONTENT
- Camera handling, lighting, film and exposure metering
- Setting up the workstations
- Arranging and photographing the objects
- Closing session with questions
- Module 2: On-site film development and image review
Equipment: Your own 4×5" large-format camera with a 150 mm standard lens is an advantage
(two cameras are available for hire), focusing cloth, cable release, lens hood, possibly a polarising filter. Flat film and cassettes
are displayed. Objects of your own, such as fruit, vegetables, shells, twigs or flowers.
Course instructor: Gerd Pilz
Costs:
Module 1: CHF 330.00
Module 1 + 2: CHF 580.00
Date:
Module 1: Saturday the 7th of November 2026, 09:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Module 2 (optional): Sunday the 8th November 2026, 09:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: zB. Zentrum Bildung, Kreuzlibergstrasse 10, 5400 Baden
* Registration via the zB.Foto website
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