More Pin Holes

Portland Yacht Club, 1 sec, 400ISO, f185

Falmouth Foreside, 1/2 second, ISO 400, f185

(According to Holgamod the approx f stop is really 185)

Nice to be shooting again. Mel

Pinhole Photos

Midmorning sun from garden room - pinhole, 2 sec; ISO 800

OK, so not much activity on the Lighting Boot Camp idea. How about this one? Zak tells me that the international pinhole camera day is on his birthday this year - April 26. Go to www.pinholeday.org for more information. In an effort to support this idea, here are 4 pics done with a pinhole lens on my digital slr. Also, in the March 8th Press Herald is a description of Chris Pinchbeck's trailer-sized pinhole camera. He has an exhibit at the Farnsworth of his 6 foot creations.

Winslow Park - 1/15th; ISO 400

Nancy's hand: 1/3 second at ISO 800; f ?

Winslow Park again; 1/60th and ISO 800

These photos are dreamy in that their softness and reduced dynamic range helped me to settle in on the composition. Lots of blacks. Because of the smallness of the aperature, the scene thru the viewfinder is very dark. Rather than being a detriment, however, this made it necessary to concentrate on the fundamentals. Your turn now. What are you up to?

New Project/Self Study Opportunity

Anyone interested in doing this lighting " Boot Camp"? It's a project-oriented course. Take a look at http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/06/strobist-boot-camp-rules-guidelines.html and post your thoughts. Seems a good way to learn some essentials. The first project is to create a Headshot. He gives two weeks to do it, but we could compress this and perhaps others to one week. Mark would be twiddling his thumbs, but the rest of us would upgrade. What do you think?

Yurt at night

The yurt is a fulfilling abode. There is an energy that comes from living in the circle. It just makes sense. Here are some of my favorites, most taken with a half moon from 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

OLD SLIDE SCANS

A closet remodeling project led to the discovery of a shoe box full of slides taken in Vietnam. Since equipment and experience were both limited, there were only a few worth scanning, and even fewer worth sharing. All scanned on an Epson V500o. I would be interested in any tips about photo or slide scanning. These were all in pretty tough shape, but between the scanning software and Lightroom... much imroved.

LAST PART OF TOUR WAS PLATOON LEADER OF A 4.2 MORTER PLATOON. ALL TRACK MOUNTED JUMBO SIZED MORTARS.
NEEDS A LITTLE HORIZON STRAIGHTENING. MINUTES AFTER THIS SHOT, THE TRAIN HIT A MINE.
TANK PLATOON ON THE BEACHES EAST OF QUANG TRI. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACHES I HAVE EVER SEEN. 
MY 4.2 MORTAR PLATOON "STAFF". NOT A BAD APPLE IN THE BUNCH.

Holga

The photo club did a Holga project in 2006, and I shot a roll of film but never had it developed. Well, I found that roll recently and brought it to my local photo lab for processing & scanning. It's Tri-X 120 film, c. 60mm, f/8ish.



I definitely plan to shoot a roll of baby pics with the Holga. Stay tuned...

Eye of the Beholder

Finally, someone who will pose for me without complaining!!
All of these done with northern window ambient light and a shoot thru umbrella flash on manual, dialed up or down as needed.

Mark, Salomon has not contacted me yet, no worries....

Good light, bad light, ugly is still beautiful....