Month: April 2007

Diana Hooper Bloomfield lecture: "Pinhole and Alternative Photographic Processes", NC, US

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Preeminent photographer Diana Bloomfield will discuss her craft at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 [2007] at UNC Asheville’s Rhoades-Robinson Hall, room 125 [Asheville, NC, US]. A question-and-answer session will follow the talk, which is free and open to the public.

Bloomfield specializes in pinhole and 19th century printing techniques, including platinum and palladium, cyanotype and hand-tinting. She received a New Jersey State Visual Art Fellowship, several United Arts of Raleigh Regional Artist Project Grants and the Maine Photographic Workshop’s Golden Light Award.

Via Pinhole Visions

Paul Beard’s homemade Holgaroid

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Paul Beard's homemade Polaroid Holga back

Check out Paul Beard‘s sweet DIY Holgaroid (Holga + Polaroid) made of the guts of a Polaroid EE100 and foamcore! He writes:

This project has been brewing for quite a while, but came to a full boil when I got gifted with a couple of boxes of Polapan from Bre Pettis, MAKEr extraordinaire.

The camera was a gift from him as well, and I have regretted disassembling it for quite some time (it worked fine but the pictures were pretty ordinary. So it got chopped up).

There are Polaroid backs for Holgas but they cost money, something I have very little of. I do have time and I’m not afraid to fail, so some foamcare, some glue, a fair amount of backing paper from 120 film rolls (not sticky or stretchy like tape, and it’s light-proof) and I made a box to put the lens at the right distance.

So far pictures have been tough to get, as the days have not been terribly bright and 80 ISO film @ 1/100 second is a bit challenging.

But I’ll get some.

More photos of the camera in his Homebrew Holgaroid set in his photoblog on Flickr.

Wet plate collodion workshop with Kerik Kouklis, Philadelphia, US

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Here’s a very interesting-looking workshop with Kerik Kouklis (I have it on good authority that his workshops are excellent):

Wet plate collodion, one of the earliest photographic processes, has been experiencing a resurgence of interest in recent years. This resurgence is primarily because of the beauty and uniqueness of the images created. In this workshop, you will learn how to create wet plate positive images (Tintype and Ambrotype) as well as wet plate negatives. Through a combination of discussions, shooting sessions and darkroom time, participants will learn how to incorporate this process in their own photography.

Cameras and wet plate holders ranging from 4×5 to 8×10 will be available for students to use. Students are also encouraged to bring your own view camera as well. This workshop is open to anyone with an interest in 19th century techniques.

The one-weekend workshop runs 9 am – 6 pm, May 5–6, 2007, at Project Basho, 1305 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA, US.

Check out the complete workshop schedule at ProjectBasho.org, including a two-weekend pinhole workshop with Scott McMahon for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.