Four Slides

A few recent (well, sort of – taken December 2011) pinhole shots taken with the Agfa Clack on long-expired Fuji Provia.

First, here’s a regular 5 minute exposure:

Next, two double exposures (though I mostly like the simplicity of creating multiple exposures with old mechanical cameras, the second of these was an accident):

And here’s a long exposure taken while riding the bike, with the camera attached to the handlebar:

Finally, here’s a digital snapshot of the Agfa taken the very day I took these photos, Prontor Cable Release attached:

Two hours

One and a half hours before sunrise:

Half an hour before sunset:

Both images taken this summer with Leica M4P and pinhole body cap 28mm f/128 on Agfapan 100

Dogs Are Not Natural Pinhole Photography Models

Baltic Sea coast earlier this autumn. Leica M w/ 25mm hole and orange filter, rock as a tripod, 2 sec. approx. on Rollei Retro 400 film

When 2.5 hours of exposure still aren’t enough

Earlier this summer we spent a few days cycling along the eastern German Baltic Sea coast. One night on the beach, with nothing more than the stars above us, I used the pinhole-modded Agfa Clack for some long-time exposures of up to 2.5 hours. This turned out to still be way too short though; here’s a first contact scan, heavily adjusted to at least show some structure; on the light table there’s hardly anything to see on the negative at all. – Well, let’s pretend those dust specks I didn’t care to retouch are the stars 🙂

WPPD 2010: My Contribution

My son’s soccer team warming up, later to win 7:0. Taken with the modded Agfa Clack on Tri-X 400, using a yellow filter, ca. 1sec exposure. Clicking the image leads to the official gallery.

Don’t forget: April 25 is Pinhole Day

Well, the headline says it all… This year’s last April sunday marks pinhole day’s 10th anniversary. Let’s all go out and find a great spot to photograph through a small hole! (If I’m not mistaken, this year will see my fourth contribution.)

Getting Rid of the Dust on Your Scans

It’s not just the act of taking the photo that’s slowed down by exposing through a pinhole; here I’m also encountering certain specific difficulties in postprocessing, namely in undusting pinhole negative scans. That’s because the automated anti-dust routines in imaging software tend to work best in blurry, out-of-focus areas of an image while pinhole images usually aren’t out of focus. So here’s how I clean up dusty negatives:

Mixing Fringe Techniques

Lately I’m experimenting with two different fringe photographic techniques combined: Shooting pinhole on C41 film, then developing in a special “low color” process. Resulting images are not exactly fine art, but I like what’s happening 🙂

Hamburg, Planten un Blomen park, Gingko tree. Captured on Kodak Portra 160NC film w/ Agfa Clack 6x9 pinhole

Point-and-Shoot, 1950’s Style

My pinhole-modded Agfa Clack got a sister a while ago. Looks pretty much like the first one (so no new hardware photo) except for the lens which remains the original 1-element glass. Quite affordable at 5 Euro, even complete with leather bag this time!

Hamburg-Wandsbek. Tri-X at Push +1

With that baby you can happily snap along at 1/35 second and choose between “far” and “close” as well as between f-stops /11 and /13,5. While not as reduced as pinholing, using this tool still feels archaic and out-of-season. More pictures from the first film over at Silberpixel starting here, one per week through mid-December.

Rhythm of the Street(car)

On a streetcar in Gelsenkirchen, ca. 15 minutes exposure time on Tri-X 400 with the Agfa Clack.