Franken-Beseler

I love the Beseler 45 enlarger design. It is well built and easily found on the used market. The design is unique as it uses two columns for support rather than the more common single column. It is designed to attach to a metal table called an Adjust-Table, and rises...

Kodak 8×10 Restoration. Part I

Look what I found on EBay! It is a wooden Kodak 2-D 8×10 inch film, view camera. These were manufactured from 1920-1950 and were a real workhorse for professional photographers of the day. It looked like a lost puppy looking for a good home. I figured it would be...

4×5 Field Work

For those technical minded folks I thought I would share a little info on what I carry with me in the field. By nature I am very interested in technology, but for whatever reason when it comes to photography I like to do my research, pick the best, and then not have...