Tom Lubens is a professional photographer using Graflex cameras. In 1996, Tom produced forty-one photographs with his 4x5 Graphic for a BBQ industry sales catalog. Here is Tom's story and a few photographs. Tom produced forty-one photographs with his 4x5 Crown Graphic for a BBQ replacement parts industry sales catalog. Here is Tom's story. |
I use my 4 x 5 Graflex to take advertising photographs for the company I work for. I used it to take photographs for a full color brouchure for BBQ replacement parts and the result was an immediate success. Within one week of it hitting buyers desks nationwide we had an order from a twenty store chain. The buyer saw what he liked and bought it. I believe the photographs -- clear, sharp and very detailed -- made the brochure.
Technical data:
The 41 photographs were taken with the 4x5 Graphic
camera. All lighting was 3200K photofloods (hot
lights). Most were taken in my office space that measured
approximately 12' x 12'. A couple of others were taken in an
old dusty barn. Some were scanned into a computer and the
background was electronically removed. Most of the exposure s
ranged from 1/4 second to 2 seconds. I used a tripod (very
old and heavy) that has since died and gone to where broken tripods
go. I used Kodak slide film, 64T Ektachrome, shot as ASA
64. Most photographs were shot at f/16-f/22
aperture.
Tom Lubens
Perkasie, PA