Brief: The portrait project is a challenge in pinhole photography.
stage 1
we will make cameras from tin cans, boxes etc. Bring a few boxes or tin cans with tight fitting lids to build your cameras. We will work on making cameras in class.
stage 2
Your mission is first to find a good exposure time and camera function. In order to do this you will need to take notes about how long your exposure is taking. Where is it pointed – is it sunny or cloudy. What time of day? How much time (minutes and seconds). Keep a log. experiment, enjoy.
Note: These pictures can be portraits of people or some other thing. But not buildings, not interiors, and not street views and nothing that is attached to the ground. In order to make pictures you will need to work in the darkroom to load the film on your own. Please be aware that you will have to plan your schedule carefully.
Bicycle
I have been intrigued by the bicycles frozen and trapped in snow around Dawson. It is interesting to see an item of transportation become stagnant. I decided to focus on this within the pinhole project and instead create movement through the camera.
I tried to imitate the look of motion in photography by holding the camera, creating very slight movement.
The subject (the bicycle) is not always clear and I hope this engages the viewer, generating a deeper thought process.
Camera and Self
I found that the pinhole project was fun but annoying. It was fun in the sense that you have to do more things to get a photo. The annoying part was getting a good exposure time as the two cameras I was using had very different exposure times.
My Pinhole Project
For this project I was thinking about what I could do for a self portrait and I wanted to play with the idea of a hotel door peephole of someone waiting outside your door and how that intimacy can be interpreted in a number of ways. I would have liked to have done the circle outlining in a cleaner fashion but in the end was satisfied with the overall outcome.
Pinhole Self Portrait
I found the pinhole project to be interesting. I could see myself pursuing this art further. It blended with my rough style of work well. Furthermore, I found I liked the project because it is a skill that I’ll never forget.
Untitled Series #1
For this pinhole series I struggled with day-to-day weather in town (fighting the overcast). I found my best shots came out from the interior shots rather than the exterior shots. I feel this might have been due to the reflection of the surrounding snow affecting the shots.
Untitled Series #1
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