Brian’s Photo Blog #5: Sedona Workshop
In June, I attended the Hasselblad Medium Format & Panoramic Photography Workshop in Sedona, Arizona. Led by Peter Lorber and sponsored by Hasselblad, this five-day workshop focused on the Hasselblad H4 camera series. Assisted by Eric Peterson, Field Application Specialist from Hasselblad USA, and Courtenay Gilbert of Custom Photo Images, Lorber demonstrated the use of specialised panoramic robots using Hasselblad cameras and software by Phocus, PTGui Pro, Autopano Giga and Pro, and Adobe CS5.
It was five days of grueling work and often involved waking early so as to make it to stunning panoramas in Sedona to catch the dawn light. This was followed by long hours in a computer lab being taken through the various software programs. With only six to eight workshop attendees, there was plenty of personal tuition, and each of us had a dedicated Hasselblad camera with access to a full range of lenses.
Specialised panoramic robots from Novoflex, Seitz Roundshot VR Drive, and GigaPan Epic Pro were used to make sweeping panoramas well beyond 180º. This took over 10 minutes shooting over 100 images [50 MB each], then stitching all the photographs together in a single panorama of such density that you could print stunning, high resolution images exceeding 48” x 240”.
The workshop was a lot of fun and hard work. Below are a couple images of the group in action, and one of my favourite shots. Additional Sedona workshop photos can be viewed on acla:works' Flickr page.
Above: At work in the field. Image © Courtenay Gilbert.
Above: At work in the lab. Image © Courtenay Gilbert.
Above: River scene, Sedona. Image © Brian Lewis.
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2 comments so far.
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Oh, sometimes it’s nice to be you. It looks like you had a chance to have lots of fun. Isn’t 50MB the size of the RAW file though? That means it’s going to be much heftier than that as usable image. Nice.
Planning to get one? -
Yes, I got a good deal to trade up and thought this may be a fun way to end one’s time on the planet! Sedona was great fun. I had also booked for a workshop with Waite of Light & Land in the UK but they canceled - a real pity.
Yes, I will ask you to come around and see my setup and look forward to your ideas about doing a book.
Small world.
