My local Photographic Society annual exhibition opens tomorrow. Last year all of the 200 or so entries were colour digital with a few mono digital. But I've gone back to shooting film over the past year, so this exhibition will have four images from me shot on film - three of them are pinholes. It's going to be interesting to see the reaction to them. I guess I'm seen as a bit of a Luddite in the Society, but when I give a talk about some aspect of film cameras or analog photography, people's interest is always piqued and they seem to enjoy the break away from the interminable lectures on 'How to ... in PS'.
These are the pinhole shots I'm entering:
1. "MGA" - shot with a Zero 2000 and Arista Edu Ultra 100, 20 sec exposure, developed in Diafine. I had the camera on a tripod wedged between the seats.
2. "Norton" - same camera and film. I'm riding a 1935 Norton Big 4 with the camera tied around my neck. I operated the shutter with a long cable release in my right hand. I think it was about 8 seconds - kinda hard to write notes while riding an old bike and trying to take pics at the same time. Now these big single Nortons (633cc) are not renowned for there smoothness, hence the vibrations and blurring - but I like the effect. Certainly an image which would never be achieved with a traditional lens camera.
3. "Transformer" - cardboard 35mm pinhole camera modified to include the sprocket holes. 6 minute exposure on Fuji Acros 100 in Diafine. No claim to originality here - I saw this done with a camera on a moving turntable years ago.
Cheers,
Keith
Tasmania
