I posted the other day about Roger Cline‘s instructions for making perfect pinholes and zone plates using graphic arts film, which is totally sweet on its own. Repeatable and perfect pinholes? YES! But wait! There’s more! I just realized that Cline’s method is a huge boon for people who shoot digital. It’s easy and cheap [...]

Roger Cline walks you through making perfect pinholes and zone plates with a vector drawing program and computer-printed film from a graphic arts service bureau. While zone plates are always made with film of some sort, I’m curious about light transmission loss using film compared to an empty hole for a pinhole. Anyone have info [...]

Join us for this lively and engaging workshop in which we’ll investigate the artisanal qualities of lensless photography. Participants can expect to discuss the historical and contemporary uses of lensless photography, learn about different camera options and then design and construct a camera to achieve different types of images. Spend time using the camera(s) to [...]

Tom Persinger writes: If you’ve done all your holiday shopping and are thinking about something for yourself how about one of the many workshops being offered as part of the f295 Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes? The Symposium takes place in Pittsburgh, PA USA 26-29 April 2007. The workshops that are currently [...]

Tom Persinger of f295, home of excellent pinhole and DIY & alt process photography fora, has been working his butt off organizing a Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes. It will run from 26–29 April, 2007, in Pittsburgh, PA, US, with specific workshop, seminar, and guided trip locations to be announced. Persinger has [...]