Pinhole camera manufacturer EightBanners have an insanely useful set of reference photos of the same scene, made with various arrangements of multiple pinhole apertures, slit apertures, and combinations of both. Want to know what result a pinhole plus a slit will produce? Look no further!
The samples a part of a set of 15 apertures they sell for $35.
Photographer Matt Callow writes:
The pinhole workshop I ran last summer for teens was such a success that the library has invited me back to run another one, though this time for adults.
This time, instead of using paint cans and paper negatives, we’re going to make our cameras using matchboxes and 35mm film (based on Alspix‘s funky design). So for the last couple of weeks I’ve been trialing a few prototypes, testing out a few ideas, and taking lots of pictures of myself with bedhead and bathrobe.
For anyone who’s local and interested, the workshop will be at the AADL’s Malletts Creek branch, Saturday Feb 17th, 2007, 12–3pm. More details here.
Callow is an accomplished photographer whose work you can see at his Web site, MattCallow.com, and on Flickr.
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 enough to make a pinhole body cap for a DSLR (or you can buy one from holgamods if you’re not the DIY sort), but there is a problem: digital sensors become charged and literally suck in dust like a magnet. Normally it’s a good idea to put some sort of clear filter behind the pinhole to prevent dusty build-up, but this is a cheaper, less complicated, and automatically fixes the problem. No hole to the outside, no dust! Nice!
The current issue of Ag magazine features "an illustrated essay by Tom Persinger [of the f295 Pinhole & DIY Photography fora] on the aesthetics of lensless photography", including work by Hans Brinkman, Mary Donato, Chris Ellinger, Carl Radford, and myself.
Ag, "the international journal of photographic art & practice" is published quarterly in the UK and should be available in artsier-fartsier newsstands.
Johnny McMillan is curating a group show of Holga work by Ireland-based photographers. It will open 22 February, 2007, at Monster Truck Studio and Gallery in Dublin.
Email submissions (max. 5 JPGs) to info@johnnymcmillan.com no later than Tuesday, 30 January, 2007. (Direct all enquiries to the same address.) Photos made with modified Holgas, including PinHolgas, are acceptable. Show Dublin what the Holga’s about!
No entry fee.
The not-for-profit Zoom In Photography School are having a pinhole workshop at their location in Clapham. Their course prospectus begins:
The Pinhole Photography course is a fun way to learn and demystify the mechanics of your camera. Deliberately structured to help you understand your own camera better but also providing essential skills in those who wish to develop this old photographic technique in their photographic art work. You will cover everything from preparing your camera, constructing your camera using simple mathematical formula to taking meter readings and photographs and processing positive images from your negatives.
Continue reading at Zoom In
Via Estellelatcho
I’ve put together an index of film codes/edge markings, data sheets links, available formats, large format notch codes, and more, for every photographic film in production that I could find info for.
Please email me with any corrections or additions! (Include a link to your Web site, if you have one, so I can credit you in the contributors section.)
The index is here on Photon Detector (in the Tools & Reference section).
An update listing instant films will follow soon. Enjoy!
Instructions have just been posted for the following Holga modifications:
Paul Williamson‘s Squarefrog Holga site is quickly becoming the one-stop shop for Holga information, check it out!
Holgamods, the place to go if you want a Holga modified into usefulness and don’t want to mess with it yourself, have added Olympus and Pentax to their range of SLR pinhole body caps. Dig!
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 available for registration are filling up quickly. If you’re interested in participating in one (or more) of them I urge you to contact the organization/person listed as the registration contact ASAP.
Complete Symposium information may be found online at www.f295.org/wordpress, but here’s the workshop info:
Instructor: Mike Robinson
Learn the traditional mercury daguerreotype process in this one day workshop. Mike will first demonstrate the process, then each participant will have the opportunity to create their own daguerreotype. All cameras, equipment and materials will be provided. No prior experience is necessary.
This workshop is limited to 6 students. (ONLY 4 spots remaining!)
Location: The Daguerreian Society, 3043 West Liberty Avenue
Date:Saturday, 28 April 2007
Time: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Cost: $350 Workshop fee plus $50.00 material fee.
Registration: phone: (412) 343-5525 e-mail dagsocpgh@comcast.net
Instructor: The Center for Alternative and Historic Processes
Learn the 19th Century Technique of Wet Plate Collodion in this one day workshop. We will discuss the differences between ambrotypes (glass positives), glass negatives and tintypes (positives on tin). Students will learn ‘hands on’ how to make a wet plate image using a reproduction camera and original brass lens. The history of the process will be covered as well as a brief description of the chemistry used.
All materials (cameras, chemicals and glass/tin) will be supplied. Limited to 10 students. (ONLY 8 spots remaing)
Location: TBA
Date:Saturday, 28 April 2007
Time: TBA
Cost: $250
Registration: patty@cfaahp.org, phone: (917) 406-5638 or check www.cfaahp.org for upcoming details
Instructor: Terry King, FRPS
Terry King’s approach gives control of colour and contrast in the gum process comparable to that obtained by the great workers at the time of the Photo Secession. Negatives can be on paper or film from digital or analogue originals. The process can work with both acrylics and watercolour. Rather than the very long exposures used by many people working in gum, exposures using Terry’s process can be as short as a few seconds.
Participants should plan to bring their own large negatives, but there will also be a selection of large negatives on hand for participants to experiment with. Each student will be given a manual to take home.
Location: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Date: Saturday, 28 April 2007
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: $250
Registration: sueabe@pghfilmmakers.org or phone: 412-681-5449 ext. 216
Instructor: Alan Greene
Whether you’ve been considering exploring large-format photography and have been deterred by cost or are a long time large-format photographer looking for ways to expand your craft this workshop is for you! We’ll use optical surplus and materials commonly found in home improvement stores to build a functioning landscape lens and box camera that uses standard, commercially available, 8×10 film holders.
In addition to the steps of construction, basic principles regarding format size and optical image formation will also be discussed. Participants will leave the workshop knowing how to use the skills and knowledge they’ve acquired to arrive at similar camera and lens design configurations for use in other formats (4×5, 5×7, 11×14, 14×17, etc!).
Limited to 12 participants. Sign up early so you don’t miss this great opportunity!
Location: Society for Contemporary Craft
Date: Saturday, 28 April 2007
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Cost: $90 ($80 SCC members) + fee for materials (approx $40)
Registration: thestudio@contemporarycraft.org or phone (412) 261-7003 ext. 25
Instructor: Tom Persinger
In this exciting, hands-on workshop participants will build their own large format pinhole camera, drill their own pinholes, expose images using paper negatives and develop them in the darkroom. This is an entry level workshop ideal for someone just getting started in lensless photography.
Location: The Mattress Factory
Date:28 April 2007
Time: 10am-4pm (includes lunch)
Cost: $35 ( $30 for MF members)
Registration: education@mattress.org or phone (412) 231- 3169 ext. 212, 213
Instructor: Terry King, FRPS
Terry King will give people the opportunity to practice his cyanotype rex process. The method and the chemistry vary both from the standard approach and some new cyanotype processes. The process is fast enough to use in camera. According to the length of exposure, the strength of the toner and the time in the developer and toner, the process gives a wide range of colors and tones from negatives. of different densities.
Participants should plan to bring their own large negatives, but for those who do not have negatives there will be a selection to experiment with. Each student will be given a manual to take home.
More information about the Cyanotype Rex process is available on his website.
Location: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Date: Sunday, 29 April 2007
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: $250
Registration: sueabe@pghfilmmakers.org or phone: 412-681-5449 ext. 216