Month: May 2006

Pinhole Photography Public Art Project workshop, Columbia, SC, US

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Have fun exploring the earliest form of photography by building your own camera. In this workshop participants build their own pinhole cameras and make exposures and prints. The workshop covers the history of photography and a variety of techniques for using pinhole photography.

Where: Columbia Museum of Art, The Art School
corner of Main and Hampton streets
Columbia, South Carolina, US

When: Sunday, 4 June, 2006, 1:00–4:30pm

Instructor: Grant Jackson

How much: $95 / $75 museum members. All supplies included.

Contact: columbiamuseum.org, lpierce AT columbiamuseum DOT org, 803.343.2208

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Auckland Photo Day: 24 hours, one day, one city

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Auckland Photo Day is an open access public competition run over a period of 24 hours. For one day only photographers are asked to capture an image which reflects their Auckland. The 2006 Auckland Photo Day is on Saturday June 10.

Groups, individuals, families, children and anyone who has access to a camera is encouraged to participate and enter photographs which portray the scenes, people and places that reflect their Auckland city.

This event is part of the Auckland Festival of Photography

Check out the Auckland Photo Day Web site for prizes, rules, and how to participate

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Auckland Festival of Photography

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The Auckland Festival of Photography is a signature visual arts event that treasures a city abundant with great photographic talent. This fast growing annual festival programmes a multitude of exhibitions and events, encouraging more people to celebrate the art of photography through free public access. Photography is a powerful visual art form that the Festival celebrates with CULTURE, IDENTITY, ART and PARTICIPATION events. The festival celebrates photography which reflects the vital personality of Auckland and invites all residents and visitors to experience this through the lens of the camera.

The next Festival will be held from 2nd June to 24th June 2006.

Visit the festival Web site

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New Zealand current and upcoming photo shows

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The GRINZ newletter writes, "Got a great email from the McNamara Gallery in Wanganui, listing a number of things around the country, but haven’t had a chance to chase up more details on them so I’ll just present them as I got them:"
 
George D. Valentine: A 19th. Century Photographer in N. Z.
Auckland Museum
June 9–August 27
 
Leoni Smith …version 1… …is the result of an experimental process using portable camera obscura as devices to alter perception and create a state of flux
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
June 15–July 9
                                                     
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers the exhibition accompanying this book
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Until June 25
 
Joyce Campbell: Brittle City, Cellars and Towers
Te Manawa ART, Palmerston North, until 4 June
This exhibition is supported by a catalogue with essay by Julainne Sumich; Joyce is a recipient of the 2006/07 Antarctic Arts Fellowship
 
Zero: New works by contemporary New Zealand & Australian photographers
Te Manawa ART, Palmerston North
Until 10 June
 
Derek Henderson: The Terrible Boredom of Paradise
Pataka, Porirua
Intil 28 May, then to 
Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
July 7–August 26
 
Laurence Aberhart, Bruce Connew, John Johns, Fiona Pardington & Peter Peryer are included in Birds - The Art of N.Z. Birdlife
Pataka, Porirua
June 18–late September
 
Mark Adams is included in The Captain’s Ghost: Three Contemporary Artists on Cook
Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
May 25–July 23
                            
Anne Noble: Southern Lights
Christchurch Art Gallery
Until 30 July
 
John Pascoe: Songs of Innocence
Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
June 9–July 23
 
Fiona Clark: Go Girl
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
May 27–August 6

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How to easily etch images in copper

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Check out this tutorial for etching images in copper onto circuit boards!

I suspect that there’s a lot more that can be done with the plates than meets the eye. Things that immediately come to mind are a variety of chemical tarnishings, using it as a printing plate on paper, several possibilities for magnetically aligning ferrous powders (think chaotically textured relief prints!), or any combination of the above. There’s got to be more, what did I miss?

Read instructions at Instructables

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Lightleaks toy camera magazine issue #3 available for pre-order

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Announcement from Lightleaks toy camera photography magazine:

Our third issue is almost ready for press! Once again, we are running our pre-order special cover price of $12.99 U.S. for a few days before it goes to the printer. Head on over to our website at www.lightleaks.org to reserve your copy for $2 off the cover price!

This issue is jam packed with toy camera goodness for your viewing and reading pleasure. Our feature is Steph Parke’s interview with world-renowned photographer and author, Lee Frost. Find out where he got his "toy camera" inspiration from before his recent trip to Cuba… maybe from you?

Our themed gallery, "My Space: An intimate look at where I am" is overflowing with your submissions. Check out our FOUR new features: "Trippin,’" "Treadly Speaking," "Do-it-yourself!" and "Toy Camera Artists." We also have the return of "Tales from the Plastic Darkroom." Along with our regular features, "The Toy Box" and the "Events Calendar," we’ve made our biggest issue yet.

Finally, a great announcement on the next big publication from Light Leaks Press will be featured on the inside cover and we’ll be looking for you to be a part of it, so be sure to pick up this issue!

Visit www.lightleaks.org and get on the pre-order bandwagon for $12.99 U.S. After that, we’ll be switching back to our regular cover price of $14.99 U.S.

A reminder: At the present time, our issues can only be purchased from our web site using our Paypal shopping cart. However, you don’t have to be a member of Paypal. All you need is a major credit card to make the purchase.

We hope you enjoy the third installment of Lightleaks magazine!

Cheap DIY large format filter holder

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f295 member greyhoundman has posted instructions for how to build an ultra-cheap filter holder for large format lenses:

Ok, I know someone probably sells an adapter for holding filters on a large LF lens. But, not around here, and I like to see what I’m buying.

So again I decided to build what I need.

I used, 1 thin CD case, a piece of PVC pipe and a 6-32 nylon thumbscrew…

Read instructions at the f295 DIY Photography forum

“Starving student” off-camera light kit

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The SSO-CLK (for lack of a more poetic term) is designed to give you the most bang for your buck – with a nod toward extreme portability. It will work well with any camera that can be controlled manually and has a PC synch jack. Most SLR’s, digital or film, fit this bill. The flash is a vintage Nikon model, but it will work off-camera with anything that has a PC jack…

Continue reading at Strobist

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