Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, my idea about pinholes is using large format (boxes for TV sets - or similar - adapted to hold large sheets of photo paper, not film for shots), soaking paper negative in some oil, then contact - printing, but that's not for everyday phottography. Actually there are some internet tites for pinholes. M. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kenney" <georgekenney@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: pirmdiena, 2001. gada 3. septembri 9:50 Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Pinhole shot > Thanks, Jim. > > I understand pinhole photography isn't for everybody. Still, I've got a > couple ideas I'm working on. One involves a cemetery I found > yesterday. It doubles as a membership only off-lead dog park (long > story), but it used to be the main Washington, DC cemetery. > Congressional cemetery, it's called, in a run-down area of SE with > the DC jail complex backed up against it on one side, the Anacostia > River on the other. Anyhow, I happened to notice that Mathew > Brady is buried there. I think it could be interesting to take a pinhole > photograph of his marker, possibly using infrared film. > > > On 2 Sep 2001, at 23:21, Jim Brick wrote: > > > Hi George, > > > > You know the problem with pinhole photographs is, no matter how much > > effort you put in to them, in the end, they still look like pinhole > > photographs. > > > > But if you are having fun, that's all that matters... > > > > :) > > > > Jim > >