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  • Sophie G,

    Cool! What a great day, what a great group, what a great selection of pictures. And yes, they did work really hard to achieve these. The changing light made our guesstimates less than helpful, but this resourceful bunch kept going in spite of the difficulties. Well done crew!

    Auckland • Since Apr 2012 • 48 posts Report Reply

  • Sophie G,

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    I did manage to get out of the darkroom at the end of the day and fire off two pringles cans. This was the 'better' shot of the two... murky, blown away in the highlights, covered in bits of grit by the look of it. My eyes saw the flyover as the main part of the picture - over there between the two buildings. The pringles can saw things rather differently...

    Auckland • Since Apr 2012 • 48 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

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    Thanks Sophie. Here are the test shots I managed. ;-)

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Rebecca Leathem,

    I loved doing this workshop. It really challenged my desire to control exactly what I was capturing with my camera.

    Thank you all for your efforts in putting this together & guiding me through it on the day.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2011 • 19 posts Report Reply

  • Jonathan Ganley,

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    Testing … “yeah, just give it about fifteen seconds in bright sunshine. No, try ten seconds … ”
    Minnie St is now the most pinhole photographed street in the world.
    Absolut Pinhole.

    Since Dec 2006 • 234 posts Report Reply

  • Sophie G, in reply to Rebecca Leathem,

    It really challenged my desire to control exactly what I was capturing with my camera.

    Really makes you appreciate a digital camera!

    Auckland • Since Apr 2012 • 48 posts Report Reply

  • Sophie G,

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    A few pictures from the day

    Auckland • Since Apr 2012 • 48 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    Looks like a lot of fun and I love the quirky weirdness of the pictures.

    Unable to attend pinhole workshop, I've followed up on Ian’s comment:

    “is there a direct to CCD array version?
    y’know, sorta pin cushy…
    or direct to card punch
    for the Steam Pinhole aficionados”

    I’ve tried out the pin-cushy and the card punch direct to CCD all in one!
    Actually I was surprised it produced anything at all……

    This is the Pin Cushy Cat
    Technical details:
    Orange card with multiple pin sticks
    Held directly over the lens by hand

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    The fruit bowl

    an earlier version of the pin cushy, less holes and black card
    and second take with increased holes

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs,

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    And finally, kitchen essentials

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    An example of the rapidly-changing light. The same subject, first in bright sunlight, then, seconds later, under cloud.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    Our Pringle-tin cameras had a very wide angle of view, with the paper negative wrapped around the curve of the tin.

    You can see the difference here. It’s the same tree. :-)

    And then, cropped, so you can identify it more easily.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    It was a magical day. Big thanks to Johnathan, Sophie, Petra and Jackson for making it so special, and to Jocelyn for the use of her fine studio. And to all the other participants, who were heaps of fun to work with.

    Rebecca, I hope we might see you posting here again! :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

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    Just for fun, here is a convex mirror I found in my travels on Eden Terrace. And a distorted self-portrait. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    Great captures people, it's wonderfully random!

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW, in reply to Lilith __,

    It’s the same tree. :-)

    That's the see-through Moreton Bay fig in Albert Park, Auckland? A student haunt - I remember it well as was, then it being felled ~40 years ago leaving a vast hollow shell of a stump only say 10 cm thick, apparently dead. But numerous shoots sprouted forth around the perimeter, looking most ugly, disproportionate for years. But now they've all grown large themselves, filled in the space and merged together, you'd hardly know if you didn't know :-)

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to ChrisW,

    That’s the see-through Moreton Bay fig in Albert Park, Auckland?

    There are a number of fig trees in Albert Park, but that one was the most characterful!! Fascinating to know its history, thank you. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to Nora Leggs,

    Orange card with multiple pin sticks...

    science catches up with you...
    ...and the bees

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Nora Leggs, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    science catches up with you…
    …and the bees

    wow.
    the capture team should be on the lookout for semi-spherical photo paper for next years pinhole workshop!

    Auckland • Since Dec 2011 • 2700 posts Report Reply

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