As a continuation of this post, here are the 4×5 shots I took down in the basement of Bristol Brewery. As far as where I put everyone I was mainly looking at where the light was falling and trying to get the brightest spot. Now that I’ve had more experience I would have gone for that amazing background and just use a longer exposure. Live and learn I guess.
If one looks at the group shot, the bottom of the picture has some funky thing going on from the developing. I’m not sure why the other sheets of film escaped and this one had problems, but we always had some sort of problem with the big developing tanks (that hold 12 sheets). At the end of the year we bought a Stearman Press tank that holds 4 sheets, which is good because I don’t need to wait until I’ve shot 10 sheets and then develop them all at once.
The Resurrected Camera 