From: Sandy King (sanking@hubcap.clemson.edu)
Date: 05/18/01-10:18:47 AM Z
This is in reference to Michael Mutmansky's post re: the cancellation of
the workshop in Mammoth. I know many ultra-large format users in the
southeast of the USA and am thinking about trying to organize a workshop in
the region on the use of these cameras. Place would be the mountains of
western North Carolina, time mid-late October in autumn at the time of the
fall color.
Any interest? If so please email me directly at sanking@clemson.edu.
Sandy King
>Don,
>
>The prices may have gone up from last year, but last year, with early
>admission
>the price was $2000, and that DID include room, board, and transportation
>during
>the week. At that price, it was quite fair, and the experience was well worth
>it in my opinion.
>
>Where else do you get the opportunity to actually use cameras from most of the
>ULF makers, including some old Koronas and Folmers? Ron Wisner, Keith Canham,
>and Richard Phillips were all there to assist with their cameras. I quickly
>figured out which camera designs I liked, and by the end of the week, had
>a good
>idea of the camera I wanted to get, and also the format I wanted.
>
>We started out with ULF cameras on the first day, and then over the rest
>of the
>week had the opportunity to use any number of cameras of choice, from an 8x10
>Hobo with a 90mm angulon to the very large Polaroid cameras. I came back with
>negatives from the round 8x10, 8x16, 7x17, 8x20, and 12x20, as well as the
>Polaroid camera. There were also some 11x14 cameras, a 5x7, 4x10, and
>probably
>more that I can't remember right now.
>
>It's unfortunate that the workshop didn't fly this year, but hopefully it will
>go next year, because I believe it will introduce more people to these quirky
>and wonderful formats, which are slowly passing into the night.
>
>Rocky, if you have the time available in early July, call up Dick Sullivan
>(Bostick Sullivan), and see about going to the APIS convention in Santa Fe.
>There will be many ULF shooters there, and there may be some events that
>will be
>useful to you, including the Big Camera Day on the Plaza. It's not a
>week-long
>intensive shooting workshop, but it will introduce you to the world of
>ULF. You
>might want to consider it as a consolation prize. I would be there if I
>had the
>time...
>
>---Michael
>
>
>
>Don Bryant wrote:
>
>> Rocky,
>>
>> > I just spoke with Tillman Crane today and was told the Mammoth Camera
>> > Workshop in Sandy, Utah (June 23-30) has been cancelled. Not enough
>> people
>> > signed up by the May 1st deadline. This was going to be my first year
>> > attending...
>>
>> Sorry to hear about your disappointing news, however I must say that the
>> cancellation of the workshop doesn't surprise me. IMO, the workshop was just
>> too darn expensive. I think $2400 was the last quote I heard, which did not
>> include lodging, food, and of course transportation. I'm not knocking the
>> workshop, it sounded great, but $2400 puts you well on your way to getting a
>> big camera with a lens and holder, or an 8x10 with lenses, holders and film!
>> As I recall most of the class was to be taught with students using an 8x10
>> and then shooting with some of the bigger monsters in groups as the workshop
>> progresses. Indeed the 20x24 and 16x20 would be thrilling just to compose
>> and gaze through, but not at those prices.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Don Bryant
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