#68 Nick Carver, The Man With A Name The Large Format Photography Podcast

With the full gang back together it was a pleasure to get to talk to Nick Carver about his love for 6x17 large format photography, his recent commissioned trip to Spain, other formats to boost the creative juices, his You Tube Channel and much more.
 
If you’re not familiar with Nick and his work then here is a part of his bio from his website.
“Nick Carver is a working photographer and photography instructor based in Orange County, CA. His professional work centres primarily on architectural photography for commercial properties (office buildings, industrial buildings, retail centres, hospitality), and through his online photography courses Nick delivers instruction to hundreds of students in over 30 countries.
Nick’s career reflects a deep-seated dedication to the craft of photography with an enthusiasm for traditional analogue film. You may recognize him from his YouTube channel wherein he takes viewers into the classroom and out in the field to share the process behind his work”
 
 
Things we chatted about on the show:
 
We were talking about modern lights on buildings and how LEDs were ruining the character and atmosphere for us film photographers. Nick mentioned Technology Connections, an interesting You Tube Channel that picks apart and explains all sorts of modern and older tech ideas and explains them simply, they have some film photography videos there amongst a whole bunch of interesting topics.
https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections/videos
 
Although Nick started with a 6x17 back he explains how he found it ultimately limiting so now has a dedicated Shen Hao 617 camera, if you want one too like Andrew does then head over to their website. If you’re in the USA then Badger Graphic are the importers of these and many other format iterations of these Chinese built large format cameras.
http://www.shen-hao.com/
https://www.badgergraphic.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=2
 
Simon mentioned the upcoming “Mersey Meetup” on 25th May, this one focuses on the back alleyways and unexplored side streets of Liverpool. These events are organised by Steve Starr and if you want to attend then turn up outside Lime Street Station in Liverpool at 10.30.
Steve is on social media platforms usually as @stigofthedump.
You can sign up via the excellent Photowalk.me website here:
https://www.photowalk.me/photowalk/back-street-luv-with-merseymeetup
 
If you want to get started with 6x17 photography using your large format camera then probably the best option is to head over to Steve Lloyd’s site at Chroma Camera. As well as hand held 617 options he offers a dedicated roll film back for your camera.
https://chroma.camera/products/complete-graflok-6x17-adaptor-rollfilm-back-and-ground-glass-set
 
 
 
Nick’s links
 
Nicks YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@nickcarverphoto
 
Website.
https://www.nickcarverphotography.com/
 
 
 
LFPP links -
https://largeformatphotographypodcast.podbean.com/
ko-fi.com/largeformatphotographypodcast
 
You can join in the fun at our Facebook Group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2296599290564807/
 
And now our Flikr group curated by Colin Devroe.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lfpp/
 
Twitter updates from Simon.
https://twitter.com/simonfor
 
Email feedback, ideas and questions for the podcast
largeformatphotographypodcast@gmail.com
 
Podcast Hosts Social Media presence
 
Simon Forster
www.simonforsterphotographic.co.uk
https://stores.ebay.co.uk/itsfozzyphotography
https://www.flickr.com/photos/125323761@N07/
https://www.facebook.com/SimonForsterPhotographic/
https://www.instagram.com/simonforsterphotographic/
https://twitter.com/SimonFor
 
Andrew Bartram
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast
https://andrewbartram.wordpress.com
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper
https://www.instagram.com/warboyssnapper_pinholes
https://www.flickr.com/photos/warboyssnapper/
 
Erik Mathy
A not updated website.
https://www.erikmathy.com/about
 
IG probably bes