Colour Pinhole Extremes

Inspired by the colourful Rhododendrons, I had to get out and about with my pinhole cameras.  Finnerty Garden at UVic and Beacon Hill Park proved to be wonderful photographic venues.

I used the extreme wide-angle of 25mm on my Zero Image 4x5 camera loaded with Fujichrome transparency film.

I don't always work with colour transparency film because of (a) the cost; and (b) it is very unforgiving of exposure mistakes - very short exposure latitude.  This opportunity for exposure error is most acute with transparency film and pinhole cameras in my opinion.

Anyway, was in the darkroom today printing and I remembered that a local photo shop had my transparency back from a lab in Vancouver.  I put the printing on hold, caught a bus and picked up the film.  Here are a few scanned examples.

Regarding exposure, I do use light metres, both Sekonic, to give me a base reading from which to extrapolate the very tiny pinhole aperture exposures, e.g., f/138 for the 25mm focal length setting on the Zero Image 4x5 pinhole camera.

Please let me know what you think and tell others to stop by if you don't mind :)

Thank You,

Pinhole Imaging in Playfair Park

A few weeks ago, I was out at Playfair Park - take Rock street off of Quadra avenue here in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
I was working with my 4x5 pinhole Harman-Titan and my Pinhole Blender 120 cameras loaded with Fujichrome film.
Here are some of the results.  From that nice day in April 2013.

World Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD) 2013

I look forward to this day ... a day when I can get out with a camera(s) is generally a good day and the 28th of April 2013, was a fine weather day :)

I worked the usual place ... Gov't House, but only with 4x5 large format Harman Titan pinhole and Zero Image 4x5 pinhole cameras.  I made a few attempts with my pinhole 100 loaded with expired (08/2009) 664 film and only got one so-so image from it.

Instead of film, I worked with Ilford direct positive fibre paper in my 4x5 holders.

This paper tends to produce images with a high contrast and of course the images are reversed!

I metered with my Sekonic L-408 and extrapolated from the maximum aperture reading of f/90.

Here are some results and I'd sure be glad if you folks cared to comment and lead others to this site :)

Take Care,

 

Rememberance

26 April 1988
Marnie S. ... mental illness.
26 April 2013 Here is an image I made early evening at Finnelyson Point just below Beacon Hill in Victoria, British Columbia Canada.
It was not a cold Friday evening, nice, a bit windy which made for some good wave action upon the rocks.
4x5 direct positive fibre paper print made inside of my Harman-Titan 4x5 pinhole camera.
Photography is a good therapy.
As the sun set I made my exposures ... this one took about 30 minutes.
Then I sat atop the ocean high up the hill overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca as the lights of Port Angeles came up in the United States.  Darkness marches forward and the breeze was refreshingly cool with the characteristic ocean smell and feel.
On the beach below some people had constructed a rough shelter with a fire going inside.
Time keeps marching forward ... 25 years and counting ... and there is nothing I can do but commend her to the arms of Jesus.
The good news is that we will meet again :)

Listed on Amazon

Thanks to Twitter, just found out that a publication I contribute to is available on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.ca/PinHole-Photography-ebook/dp/B007YLFXUK

Honourable Mention in Photography

The Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria (CACGV) is currently holding their annual LOOK artist show in the Bay Centre downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.  This year, Bob St.Cyr took second place (honourable mention) in the photography category. For the following image.
Made on medium format film, taken in Beacon Hill Park.
Processed on Ilford Art 300 11x14 paper and processed for optimum permanence.
Bob is also doing artist demonstration of pinhole photography at the LOOK venue.

Metaphor for choices in Life

Ol' Autumn Pictures

Here is a group of autumn images made a few years ago.  They are digital and I don't pay much attention to my collection of these images, save for this evening.
So here are a few of them.
Tell me what you think.