I have a new obsession, as I mentioned previously. Pinhole photograpy.
In fact, I think I might be obsessed with film photography as well 😉.
I recently printed myself a 4 x 5 pinhole camera on the old 3d printer. I managed to secure some 4 x 5 film holders all the way from Japan and some 4 x 5 Illford direct positive paper.
And off I went.
This one is a photo of my back garden. Of course still mucking about with the exposure times etc.
For this one I concentrated more on the flowers. A little bit of a close-up, Mr. DeVille.
This was a shot taken in my front garden. There was a nasty little light leak and I had to crop it out when I scanned it. I am going to venture a guess that the film holder is not 100% light proof because the photo taken with the reverse paper also had a nasty little light leak. Still working on a solution...
I then drove down to a weir near my house. This was the result.
You can see the light leak in the corner there. Did not want to crop that one out though. Adds a little to the ambiance.
I have also made a tin can camera from an old coffee can. The pinhole was punched in using a needle, to I am still experimenting with the exposure times, but the initial experiments looks promising....
Clearly a little underexposed, but I am happy with the outcome.
And this one was clearly a little over-exposed. I prefer the darker image, I have to admit.
I need to get out and do some more shooting with the printed pinhole camera. I am thinking the beach.
So "Watch this space"..... more to follow.
