Sunday is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
April 28th, 2023
I’m getting ready to do my annual pinhole photo for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day this Sunday, April 30. I do this every year, so I thought I’d post a few of my past pinhole photos. The one above was picked off the pinhole day website by the Washington Post to publish with their story about the day in 2014. It was taken with a Panasonic G5 and a Pinwide commercially-made wide-angle pinhole. This pinhole has been my favorite over the years. I used a tripod because I needed a slightly long exposure, even outdoors, for this photo. It was taken at ISO 400 at 1/13th second. Thanks to the mirrorless camera I was able to compose using the camera viewfinder…a new thing that wasn’t possible with older cameras, even digital ones.
The next year I was still using the G5, but I was able to hand-hold the camera at a 1/5th second exposure thanks to the in-body image stabilization. ISO was 800, about as high as I liked to go with that camera. The photo below was intended to show off the infinite depth of focus that is part of the nature of a pinhole. That’s a finger puppet, made much larger than Ayn, my model who was holding it. It was inches from the camera.
In 2017 I had a new camera, a Panasonic GX-8. That is a wonderful camera, the best digital camera I’ve owned. I still love it and still use it, despite its old age in digital camera years. For the photo below I went up to 1600 ISO, but used a tripod and a long 8 second exposure. I had my wonderful model, Ayn, sit still on the bed for a few seconds, then move quickly to the position standing by the window to achieve the double-exposure effect…though it was just one long exposure.
Here’s the GX-8 with the Pinwide pinhole that I was still using:
In 2021 I was still using the GX-8 and the Pinwide pinhole for the photo below. But this time I took the ISO up to 6400, which allowed me again to hand hold the camera and use a shutter speed of 1/30th second. This pinhole photo caught the attention of the Journal of the Royal Photographic Society in England. They asked to publish it along with a short essay about my work with pinhole photography. This photo of my lovely model, Eden, was also selected for an exhibit of photos by the Greater Dayton Photography Group.
Last year I had a new camera and it required a new pinhole. I took the photo below with a Nikon Z7II and a commercially-made body cap pinhole. The new pinhole is in a Nikon F mount. I use a “dumb” adapter to mount it on the Z camera. This photo was taken at 1/50th of a second, hand held using ISO 3200. With this new camera I’m able to do reasonable photos going to as high as 25,600 ISO, so hand-holding isn’t a problem. It also has image stabilization, which helps with hand-holding. Eden was the model again last year.
Here’s the new camera and the pinhole I used last year. I plan to use this camera with a Thingyfy Pinhole Pro S on Sunday for this year’s pinhole photo. It is also a wide-angle pinhole. It’s not as wide as the old Pinwide pinhole, but that micro 4/3 “lens” won’t cover the full-frame sensor of the Z7II.
Joysome
April 10th, 2023
I’ve received some photos of the photo of BlueRiverDream in the Joysome exhibit in Boulder, Colorado. Thanks to Greg Holden for sending these photos along to BlueRiverDream who sent them on to me.
You can see photos of all the images on display at the Joysome website.
In a few days the exhibit will come down from the locations around Boulder and move to the Children’s Hospital Colorado where it will stay until June 9.
It’s a great honor and a pleasure to have one of my favorite photos of one of my favorite models getting such fine exposure.
Brigman/White Book Published
April 5th, 2023
I’ve published a book of the best of my Brigman/White project photos on Amazon. It’s a small book, just 7″x7″, 41 toned black and white photos in a 46-page book.
The photos are both new work done for this project and older photos reprocessed in the pictorial style. Some were taken in the Newark, Ohio, area where Clarence H. White did much of his work, including in some of his favorite locations. For some, I traveled to the Desolation Wilderness and Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern California, where Anne Brigman did much of her work.
Some, but, as you can see from the cover, not all of the photos are nudes, as is appropriate for tributes to these two pioneering photographers. Brigman photographed herself and other women nude in the mountain wilderness in the first decade of the Twentieth Century. Her self-portraits are likely the first nude self-portraits by a woman in the history of photography.
More Black and White
March 30th, 2023
As I was reviewing some older files I came across these three photos that looked like good choices for my black and white portrait project. So, here they are.
Ayn in Black and White
March 15th, 2023
Netti in Black and White
March 12th, 2023
I photographed the lovely Netti Compton yesterday. I couldn’t resist immediately processing a couple of shots into black and white for my portrait project.
Zura in Black and White
February 23rd, 2023
While we were out at the beach I did a portrait of Zura for my black and white portrait project.
At the Beach at Dawn with Zura
February 22nd, 2023
I did a shoot yesterday at dawn on the beach with Zura.
Zura is a beautiful lady and a talented model.
As you can see, she did a great job.
These are just a few quick edits. There will be many more fine photos from this shoot.
Cute
February 18th, 2023
Did a shoot with a wonderful, beautiful model, Cute Epoxide. I’ve barely had time to glance at the results, but this one jumped out at me, so I thought I’d go ahead and share it.
Fun with Gina
January 24th, 2023
I’ve been photographing Gina Ferraro for a long time.
The first time we worked together she was still in high school and modeled for me on an assignment for a teen beauty magazine. I won’t say just how long ago that was…honestly I can’t even remember.
When we got together this time Gina brought a dress, a thrift store find, that she wanted to pose in.
The result was some nice photos…though I think Gina can make just about any outfit work.
It’s always a pleasure to photograph Gina and get the time to visit with her and catch up.
The plague had kept us apart for far too long.
I hope it won’t be as long before we get to work together again.
