pinholes

march eighth

this semester in my art class, my good professor steve terwilliger introduced a project where the class built pinhole cameras and used them. it was the first time i'd ever done any pinhole photography, and now i'm hooked. instead of using my homemade paper-based camera, i have started using my regular slr for pinhole work.

it's interesting because i can now enlarge my pinhole prints to be as large as i'd like. i also have a lot more control over dodging and burning, which is tricky to do when contact printing paper negatives. i've only made one print from my new system, and i'm not pleased with it yet. the pinhole i made for my slr was much too big, so the focus was terrible, or great, depending on what kind of photographer you are. i made a new pinhole, but i haven't shot anything with that yet; i'm waiting until after my next project is due. if you'd like to see what my slr pinhole looks like, feel free.

so anyhow, the basic jist of this gallery is that it will be expanded as soon as i can devote some time (and a few rolls of film) to pinhole work.

for now: the top three images were made with my cardboard paper camera, and the last is a film-based enlargement.

 

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name: Moriah WOW! Aren't pinhole cameras so fun! I loved working with those. They give such a warpy feeling, eh? My favorites are the self-portraits. They just have that moodiness. Me gusta! Moriah .: mar 10

name: parogirl From the top: Photo 2 zoom this one - it is so awesome how a pinhole captures quality of light WE see, but cameras usually don't. Love the juxtaposition of the comparatively powerless mechanical devices behind this powerful, energized snow. Photo 3 This is a GREAT print, suggesting so much about where this young man is. Look at the threatening, cancerous mass that he is narrowly avoiding. Deliverance is just beyond where he's standing, in the pure, intense streak at the top of the next segment of building, which is also very organized and unconfused compared to the place this guy is leaning. And to top it all off, he's STANDING in deliverance, and not being delivered is his pensive choice. Love this photo. Photo 4 Again, the light is great, and I think the unfocused character enhances the sense of mulling over life in solitude. .: mar 13

name: luke       Benn good jorb on the pinshole cameras. I totally like pic 3. because its you and you look oh so cool. laters.. -luke .: mar 16

name: a i REALLY like the 13and 4 one's GOOD JOB BEN .: dec 18