Shooting sport with a large format ? Maybe we all should !

[MattNQ]

Funny how you stumble across inspiration.
Came across this story accidentally. In the ranks of Olympic photographers was a bloke noticed wielding a large format camera instead of the usual fleet of CaNikons

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2012/08/guy-shooting-olympics-view-camera


So I checked out David Burnett's website. From shooting sport with a Speed Graphic large format to capturing US Senators with a Holga, this bloke is not your normal photojournalist. Seriously amazing images.:th3:

http://www.davidburnett.com/

[jjphoto]

They used cameras like that for a very long time, when it wasn't unusual. I know a couple of 'older' shooters for big name papers who used that kind of gear because they had to, not 'cos it was 'different'.

[sunny6teen]

nothing tilt/shifts like a large format.