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Just wondering has anyone on here tried this tecnique and if so how did you get on.
from what i can see it would be a long term project.
:) :) :D
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Hi thommac
Hadn’t heard of this esoteric branch of photography before, so checked it out and found http://www2.uiah.fi/~ttrygg/camera.html tarja.trygguiah.fi who is experimenting away in Finland
She gives instruction on how to make a pinhole camera and will even send one out to you.
Yeah its long term and if we have a summer like last year there’ll be an awful lot of gaps, but thats not going to happen this year is it!
all teh best
geoffWhat the hey?
I don’t get this, how come the negative isn’t completely overexposed? I don’t understand how the picture doesn’t just ome out white. I know it’s a pinhole, but surely even an hour or two would leave it overexposed on a bright day.
Ok.
Did a bit more research into this (thanks for the link Glassworks).
essentially what you are doing is exposeing a piece of photographic paper to so much light over such a long period of time that the image does not need to be developed. The negative is actually on the paper when you open the camera.
According to my research the image is then scanned to produce a positive image. Also the negative appears in colour, even though it is on black and white paper. :?: :shock:
The more i look into this the more interesting it becomes. :)
It certainly is fascinating. Simple enough to do as well. I don’t know if I’d have the patience though.
It kind of reminds me of when I do time lapses. You have to wait 2 hours or 5 hours before seeing what you have. If something gets mucked up, you’re pretty disappointed when you’ve messed up something simple. Six months is an even bigger investment of time.
I’m still not sure how it works – I figured the paper would just go completely white (or black if it’s a negative) but from what I read, I guess the image actually gets burned onto the paper. Dunno…still can’t wrap my head around it.
The couple of pictures I saw are great too. Not really aesthetic masterpieces, but they are really interesting to me.
hi thommac
4 prepared film canisters arrived from finland yesterday just in time for the spring equinox.
geoff
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