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May 31, 2014 at 11:14 pm

Mark, Alan and Isabella

Many thanks for your nice comments. :D
I’m sorry for not posting very often, I’ve had a very busy year for many reasons but a lot of it had to do with being all ‘forumed out’.

I hope to post a bit more often over the coming weeks and months.
It’s a shame you all missed out on WPPD this year but not to worry you can take pinhole images anytime. :wink:

Regards,
George.

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May 21, 2013 at 10:16 am

Congratulations to both winners.

The two images are very worthy prizewinners.

Regards,
George.

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May 20, 2013 at 10:43 am

Gerry, you are to be congratulated on putting such a fine analysis together and for sharing it too.

There is no doubt but that it is extremely difficult for most Wedding Photographers to make any kind of living from weddings alone. The need to be versatile in what one can shoot and in what one can provide is crucial if one is to be able to stay in business.

Well done,
George.

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May 20, 2013 at 10:33 am

miki g wrote:

Hi George.
I really like these too. The fact that you used a very low shooting position makes these images “extra special” IMO. As you have stated, the texture of the granite being an important element in these photographs is what seperates them from the “ordinary” landscape shots. Well done.

Thanks very much, Miki. I appreciate you stopping by to comment. :D

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May 18, 2013 at 6:36 pm

Thanks for your kind comments, John.
I’m really glad you like them too. :)

I understand your point about the partial crop. However, one of the most appealing features of pinhole photography for me is the fact that there is almost limitless depth of field and many of the images you see are taken from a really low viewpoint. These features very often have the effect of linking the immediate foreground with other elements of the picture such as in these images.

I think including the foreground here is entirely appropriate as the main feature of the South Great Wall is the fact that it is almost entirely constructed from cut granite slabs from over 200 years ago. For me cropping out the textures and details of these stones would just leave us with pretty but ordinary enough images of the winch and lighthouse etc. Including the foreground ties in everything about what I wanted to say, if you get my drift.

That’s only my point of view though and certainly a crop might offer other possibilities.

Thanks for your thoughts,
George.

5faythe wrote:

Hi George,

I love the look of these.
I find the subject matter, tones and the whole atmosphere very appealing.

I wondered if a crop off the bottom of each might be nice too.
They are wonderful as they are but does create an alternative composition that I find quite pleasing too.

Very nice.

John.

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May 17, 2013 at 9:56 pm

Very nice images, Rafal.

This place is only two miles from where I live. I know it well.

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May 17, 2013 at 12:09 pm

I like this image a lot, Alan.
Very Ryan’s Daughter alright.

It looks to be a super location for pictures.

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May 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Very nice pinhole, Eddie.
You always get such great, smooth tones with your wide Holga. :D

Here’s my effort. The light was in between meh and bleh for me….

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WPPD 2013 – Driftwood, Ballhavil by George Sheils (seoirseosial), on Flickr

The location is on the coast between Loughshinny and Skerries at a favourite haunt of mine called Ballyhavil. I just came across this piece of driftwood and recorded it for posterity.

DIY 5×4 inch camera
0.3mm pinhole
45mm focal length
Berlebach Tripod
56 seconds exposure on Fomapan 100 rated at 50 iso
Developed in Rodinal 1:100 for 30 minutes using semi-stand technique (i.e. a few gentle swirls of the tank at the beginning, at 15 minutes and at 29 minutes.

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May 17, 2013 at 11:56 am

Thanks a million, Isabella.

Sorry for the long delay in responding.

George.

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May 17, 2013 at 11:54 am

Isabella and Mardai,

Apologies for the slow response but I have been away for a while.

Many thanks for your kind words, both of you. Isabella, yes Fomapan 100 is quite affected by reciprocity when you go to exposures of more than 1 second or slower. I reference a reciprocity compensation table which I have found to be very accurate and you can find it here:

http://consumptive.org/technical/Fomapan_100_Schwarzchild_Effect.pdf” onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;

So, for example if my meter says that my exposure with fomapan 100 is 4 seconds, I give it 19 seconds. If it says 6 seconds, I give it 36 seconds, and so on. I find it to be very accurate way of compensating for the slowness of this particular film. This brings advantages for me when I want to maximise the effect of movement in a scene or if, indeed I don’t want moving things to record at all !

I reckon it would be a great help for you with your ‘shutter’.

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January 12, 2013 at 4:25 pm

Karl,

I almost can’t believe the reaction of some people to your very reasonable request for help with your project.

I too think it would be a great opportunity for some young photographer to learn from watching you work and all about lighting techniques etc. Sure a person couldn’t buy that type of experience, in my opinion. You said it is a personal project which may or may not deliver a financial benefit further down the road. That was fair and honest enough of you to say that.

Please don’t be put off looking for someone …if I was 20-30 years younger I would have jumped hoops for an opportunity to assist.

Some people now think that everything must be paid to be worth their while. They don’t seem to see the value in volunteering, even if they are going to benefit from the experience? Weird.

I have done a couple of projects myself where I have been accompanied by a teenager who was so interested it put him on the road to a college course because he built his portfolio on the experience he gained from his time assisting me…and I am not even a paid professional but a dedicated amateur in the true sense.

I hope you find someone soon, maybe contact one of the colleges to see if there is anyone who will assist. It’s obvious that assisting is beneath some people around here.

Regards
George.

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January 10, 2013 at 1:09 pm

Isabella,
that looks like a great set-up although I would personally follow Vincent’s (Tex) suggestions with the 1m window box which will be much more convenient for you and less messy for sure.

It’s none of my business really but I would negotiate more than just one corner of the place if I were you. Surely to God you can twist the arm of whoever owns all of the other junk (ok maybe it’s not junk) stored there to find a new home for it in the recycle centre? Where do you wash your large prints, btw?

Regards,
George.

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January 8, 2013 at 5:59 pm

aoluain wrote:

George, good projects to be aim towards, maybe i’ll get to visit an exhibit at some stage !

I will let everyone know in good time if and when I get a venue. Now I need to go and select, then print up the images and frame them.
Simple huh ! :lol:

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January 8, 2013 at 5:45 pm

I’m not sure what the answer is to getting people to post more often (mind you I’m in no position to talk about that) but I guess it could be down to forum fatigue, possibly?

Whatever, I think full credit to Mark for keeping the site moving along with so many sponsors and such activity and functionality.

Well done, Mark.

:D

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January 8, 2013 at 11:18 am

I have had a very busy (non-photographically speaking) couple of years between one thing or another.

In 2013 I have plans to :

* set up a photo blog

* Present a showing of my work to a photographic group

* Hold an exhibition of pinhole images on a project which I have just completed

In addition, I will be shooting plenty of large format and large format pinhole images in order to progress a further 3 or 4 projects. Whether they will be completed this year or not I don’t know but we’ll see.

Best wishes to everyone for 2013 and I wish you all good light,

George.