Pinhole on expired B&W film
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
time out
Gonna take a time out for a little while.
It's time to re-think my vision and do some free thinking....
It's time to re-think my vision and do some free thinking....
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
the emergence of spring
pinhole on paper in caffenol
It takes a little while for trees to bud out around here....it's a nice thing to take your time when a freeze may be lurking in the wind.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Rio Puerco Bridge on old Route 66
Along I-40 west of Albuquerque is this very cool bridge over the Rio Puerco.
The Rio Puerco isn't much of a rio right now, but considering the size of the bridge it seems that once upon a time it raged wildly through the area.
The interstate is just south of this great iron beauty and the bridge stands as a skeletal reminder of days past on the mighty Mother Road.
At any rate, this is a pinhole photo of the iron beauty made with a 3-D printed pinhole camera and some expired T-Max sloshed in home brew caffenol for developing.
The Rio Puerco isn't much of a rio right now, but considering the size of the bridge it seems that once upon a time it raged wildly through the area.
The interstate is just south of this great iron beauty and the bridge stands as a skeletal reminder of days past on the mighty Mother Road.
At any rate, this is a pinhole photo of the iron beauty made with a 3-D printed pinhole camera and some expired T-Max sloshed in home brew caffenol for developing.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
"Tipsy Fudge Cake"
Some things are just too cool!
I found this interesting little cake tin at a local thrift store the other day and just had to get it.
It was 50 cents!
I had never heard of a Tipsy Fudge Cake before and a quick Google listed a recipe that I must admit sounds pretty good and is made up of ingredients similar to caffenol!
Well, it has instant coffee in it...that's honestly where the similarites begin and end...but it did make me smile when I read the recipe.
One of the recipes I found is here: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/recipes/detail/jack-daniels-tipsy-fudge-cake
As you can see it's got all the major food groups covered.
Sugar, Jack Daniels, Coffee and Chocolate!
Enough so that I'm thinking it would give you a pretty good buzz if you ate it warm with some vanilla ice cream.
Dessert and Happy Hour go together right?
Anyway, I drilled a pinhole in the tin and loaded it with paper and tested it today on my favorite tree model up the road.
This was a 60 second exposure on Ilford IV RC multigrade paper.
I quickly mixed up some caffenol and then "sloshed" it around for about 7 minutes.
It's not perfect, but perfection is not what pinhole, and finding random tin cans in thrift stores to make a camera is all about. It's about getting back to basics and having fun!
I found this interesting little cake tin at a local thrift store the other day and just had to get it.
It was 50 cents!
I had never heard of a Tipsy Fudge Cake before and a quick Google listed a recipe that I must admit sounds pretty good and is made up of ingredients similar to caffenol!
Well, it has instant coffee in it...that's honestly where the similarites begin and end...but it did make me smile when I read the recipe.
One of the recipes I found is here: http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/recipes/detail/jack-daniels-tipsy-fudge-cake
As you can see it's got all the major food groups covered.
Sugar, Jack Daniels, Coffee and Chocolate!
Enough so that I'm thinking it would give you a pretty good buzz if you ate it warm with some vanilla ice cream.
Dessert and Happy Hour go together right?
Anyway, I drilled a pinhole in the tin and loaded it with paper and tested it today on my favorite tree model up the road.
This was a 60 second exposure on Ilford IV RC multigrade paper.
I quickly mixed up some caffenol and then "sloshed" it around for about 7 minutes.
It's not perfect, but perfection is not what pinhole, and finding random tin cans in thrift stores to make a camera is all about. It's about getting back to basics and having fun!
Monday, April 28, 2014
"Burning Atlantis"
Another photo from my Worldwide Pinhole Photo Day walkabout at the Rio Grande Zoo.
This one was made with a little matchbox camera and some expired 35mm film.
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This one was made with a little matchbox camera and some expired 35mm film.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
The (Windy) Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
Yes indeed!
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day was a breezy one.
But not too breezy!!!
The day turned out great and as planned we went to the Rio Grande Zoo and made an afternoon of it!
We met Joe at the front gate and then spent the next couple of hours moseying along making pinhole photos of the flora and fauna. A few of the animals were on leave for the winter and were nowhere to be seen.
I was hoping for some pinhole photos of the tortoises, (slow moving and perfect pinhole subjects) but they were on vacation...perhaps Cancun? the sign didn't say.
Most animals move a round a lot or just aren't that interested in posing for minutes at a time so I only came away with one exposed sheet of 4 x 5, 1 roll of 35mm in a matchbox pinhole camera and 1 roll of 120 shot in a 3D printed pinhole camera. I made 7 shots with my pinhole Holga, so that's not a whole lot of film...
The photo below was made with an Illy coffee tin and a sheet of 4x5 black and white film.
It's the only one I've developed so far so keep checking back during the week and I'll get some more posted as they are developed.
This nice Zebra obliged my lengthy pinhole exposure and remained still for about 10 seconds.
I say "about" since I don't meter and I don't count seconds.
I just pretend to be the emulsion and when I think enough photons have excited the emulsion and will leave an image, I stop the exposure. The light was come and go, and the Sun was hit or miss, but it made the day more interesting and I like interesting!
The Zebra just stood against the light breeze and mostly ignored us.
I hope everyone enjoyed their pinhole day and I'm looking forward to your photos!!
Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day was a breezy one.
But not too breezy!!!
The day turned out great and as planned we went to the Rio Grande Zoo and made an afternoon of it!
We met Joe at the front gate and then spent the next couple of hours moseying along making pinhole photos of the flora and fauna. A few of the animals were on leave for the winter and were nowhere to be seen.
I was hoping for some pinhole photos of the tortoises, (slow moving and perfect pinhole subjects) but they were on vacation...perhaps Cancun? the sign didn't say.
Most animals move a round a lot or just aren't that interested in posing for minutes at a time so I only came away with one exposed sheet of 4 x 5, 1 roll of 35mm in a matchbox pinhole camera and 1 roll of 120 shot in a 3D printed pinhole camera. I made 7 shots with my pinhole Holga, so that's not a whole lot of film...
The photo below was made with an Illy coffee tin and a sheet of 4x5 black and white film.
It's the only one I've developed so far so keep checking back during the week and I'll get some more posted as they are developed.
This nice Zebra obliged my lengthy pinhole exposure and remained still for about 10 seconds.
I say "about" since I don't meter and I don't count seconds.
I just pretend to be the emulsion and when I think enough photons have excited the emulsion and will leave an image, I stop the exposure. The light was come and go, and the Sun was hit or miss, but it made the day more interesting and I like interesting!
The Zebra just stood against the light breeze and mostly ignored us.
I hope everyone enjoyed their pinhole day and I'm looking forward to your photos!!
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