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I found this short conversational video with Jay Maisel.  It’s not very long, but it’s nice to hear him talk about the importance of always carrying a camera. I am guilty of not carrying it enough. So this resonated with me.

Have you ever wondered what kind of gear you should consider taking with you when shooting large format?

Have you wondered how to load film into a film holder for a large format camera?

Today’s post can answer both of those questions.  Or at least show you one photographer’s approach.

Here, Paul Butzi shows you what equipment to bring when shooting large format.

In another article, he shows how to load large format film holders

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Matt Bender is my niece’s husband. So, I have to admit some bias here.

Matt is an accomplished Polaroid photographer, so he deserves mention.

His Polaroid pictures show the design skills he learned as an artist.

As an artist for the Missouri Botanical Garden, he created designs for the Japanese Festival,  Train Show, other special events, mailers, and other marketing collateral.  He produced some very memorable work there, but has moved on to private enterprise.  Simply put, if you saw ads or fliers for the Missouri Botanical Garden, you likely saw his work.

I can’t show it to you here, but as you can imagine the artwork for his own wedding was phenomenal. The importance of the occasion showed in his attention to detail.

He is a very good graphic artist and Polaroid photographer.