The Pinhole is still collecting light!

Another shot from my contraption:



What fun!

Agfa APX 100 4"x5" Sheet film, approx. f/280, 1 minute exposure, developed in HC-110 for 7 min.

Linhof Technika III Pinhole!

A while ago I acquired a Linhof Technika III Large Format 4x5 camera - without a lens. I wanted to try LF but also was looking to resell the Camera for a profit. I had no film, and no lens- not a good start for testing out how light tight the bellows are...

I had the bright idea of taking the lens mount board and attaching a pinhole to it. This way I could accomplish my goals and try Pinhole at the same time. A little searching around got me a few sheets of donated film. I did a little research and fashioned myself a .5mm pinhole 'lens'.

When mounted on the camera, and the bellows are pulled out to about 5 1/2 inches from the film plane, it gives me an aperture of about f/280, and a field of view roughly equivalent to a 40mm lens on a 35mm camera.

Here is the camera:


and here is the negative on my small light box - a one minute exposure:


and here is the inverted image:


I shot the negative with my Canon Digital Rebel XT.

I have a couple more sheets of film, and will post those as well when they are ready - then the camera goes up for auction.

I may still make or buy a medium format pinhole - what fun!

King's Landing - 1951 Zeiss Ikon Nettar 6x6 folding camera (517/16)

Shot on very expired, but frozen TMAX.

More from King's Landing - Ilford PanF+

Here are the shots on the PanF+, also from the Canon Elan 7N...same lenses as before. There was little filtering - maybe yellow, and ND on the waterfalls. most were shot with a tripod.

I loved the shot with the 2 ladies interacting with the horse - it just begged for sepia!

King's Landing

Another Photo Club field trip - this time out to the historical village of King's Landing. I ended up shooting digital (Canon 20D), and black and white film (Canon Elan 7N - Ilford SFX200 and Ilford PanF+, Zeiss Ikon Folding Camera - really old Tri-X)

Here are the shots from the Ilford SFX200. I bought this film slightly expired about 3 years ago (I had never tried it before), and shot about half of it in Calgary. I finally got around to finishing it off - YAY!! All the photos were with a RED #25 filter and shot using either the Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 USM, or the Canon EF 70-210mm f3.5-4.5 USM. For some photos it gives a nice efect.

Yard Swap!

Our local photo club - Photo Fredericton - recently did a Yard Swap as a field trip. I had never heard of it before - but essentially, you put your name and address into a hat and pick someone else's yard to go and photograph. We are meeting tomorrow night - and I just finished selecting and editing the ones I will be sharing. Here they are!



For these fun outings - I like to play around a little with some photo editing. It gives me an opportunity to learn! All in all, it was a fun outing.

M42 to EOS

What does M42 to EOS mean? Well they are both lens mounts - the M42 is an older screwmount and EOS (or more appropriately Canon EF) is the new Canon autofocus lens mount. I just got an adaptor so I can use the M42 Screwmount type lenses on my Canon EOS camera bodies (Elan 7N, 20D, and XT).

Why? Why not? I (somewhat) recently got an inexpensive screwmount camera and lens. The lens is a Russion Zenit Helios-44-2 58mm f/2. I got some nice photos on the film camera - and thought it would be fun to mount the Helios on my 20D.

Well I took the combo out with me to the park with the kids - I got a few photos of leaves as they are beginning to turn.






So far I like this combination. The photos were in the f/2-f/4 range - and ISO 400. The only post processing I did was to correct the colour balance, and exposure. There was also a minimal amount of sharpening.

Blurry Trees!

I really like blurry trees, but have never tried my own images - until recently. I am inspired to practice more. Here is my favourite from a walk with the kids. I took about 30 shots - this one stood out. I present it here in sepia and in colour - I can't decide which I like better.



Details: Canon Digital Rebel XT, Canon EF 85mm f1.8 Lens @ f/22, ISO 100, 0.6 Sec. exposure, -.3 EC. Panning up and down.

Photosensitive Cancer Connections

Last year I sumbitted a photo to this organization who was using photography to bring awareness to cancer.

If you go here and click Images and then Niece - the third image down on the left is of my aunt Geraldine holding my neice Aylish.

Incidentally, my mother died from colon cancer when I was 25...just about 11 years ago now.

Before my mother died - I didn't know anyone with cancer. After she died, you talk to people, and realize that everyone knows someone who has/had it. Amazing.

Speaking of the trip...

Here are 2 shots from my recent trip that don't fit the snapshot category....

The first was taken out the plane window sometime around 6am on my flight out. Details: Canon DRebel XT, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 @ 17mm & f/4, ISO 1600, 1/40th sec. Straightened and noise reduced in post processing.

The first day we were at a park by the Lake Ontario, in Port Credit (west of Toronto), here is a shot of some boats in the marina. Details: Canon DRebel XT, Canon 70-210mm f3.5-4.5 @ 200mm & f/8, ISO 100, 1/320th sec. Converted to BW, and added contrast in post processing.

Found - Again?

I was putting up a small personal web site of photos from a recent trip, and found a lost website of mine! What times we live in, eh? I have 3 e-mail addresses that I use, and probably 2-3 more I don't, if I really looked for them. I have a Business based website, and a family based blog, and a hobby based blog (this one) and about 5 small 'photo' page websites to share photos I have taken at various events. No wonder I lost one!

It is an unfinished project to scan a whole box of negatives my grandfather gave me - I have about 2/3 (I think) done here: http://oldphotos.50webs.com/

Not a pretty layout by any means, but you can get to the photos! I don't know the negative size but I would guess the closest would be about a 6x9 cm format, although they are a little wider than 120 film.

Henna is her Passion

My wonderful wife Larissa is an accomplished Henna Artist. I get many requests to photograph her work for her portfolio. I think our skills compliment each other....



Details: Canon EOS 20D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens at 40mm, and f/8. 1/200th sec., and ISO 400. 580ex flash bounced on a steep angle off the wall to the right. In the b/w conversion I heavily weighted the red channel (2/3) to give it the high contrast look, I also added some sharpening for the stark crisp look. The background was a dark blue, which during b/w conversion went darker due to the use of the red channel.

Lily pads and clouds

While heading up to Dunbar Falls, I passed this pond of lily pads in bloom. I made a note and returned with a friend for some shooting time. It was raining off and on - so we chatted in the car when the rain increased, and shot when it let up.

This was shot on Canon 20D, Canon EF 70-200mm f3.5-f4.5 lens + Tamron 1.4x Teleconverter, ISO 800, f/5.6, 1/500th sec., -1 exposure compensation, at 200mm (well 200 x 1.4TC x 1.6 crop factor = 448mm effective field of view), and a circular polarizing filter.

We also had some dramatic cloud formations in front of the house a few weeks ago - I couldn't resist!

This one was taken with my Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens at 33mm, ISO 100, f/16, and 1/100th sec., +1/3 exposure compensation.

Dunbar Falls

I think you will be seeing a lot of Dunbar falls. It is close and a nice walk - with lot of interesting things to look at and photograph. This is from my first trip out. I went with a friend of mine - John. I was shooting my Canon Elan 7N with Canon EF 28-105mm f3.5-f4.5mm lens. These were mostly multisecond exposures - with the aid of a ND filter. I also brought along my Mamiyaflex C TLR (but have not posted any shots so far from this camera on this trip). I loaded the camera with Ilford PanF+, 50 speed film, which I developed in HC-110 for about 4 min.

Here is a shot of John...

Some of the `steps` leading up to the main falls.

Getting closer

Dunbar falls

Details

Ideas

I figured I would post (out in the open) some ideas for self-assignments. Maybe I will actually do them - then I can post the results here. One can hope....

Double Exposures, Reflections, Multiple exposures,

Pinhole, University Campus, Shapes and Patterns,

Silhouettes, Motion, People, Abstract,

Details, Long exposures, Night-time photos,

Star trails, Waterfalls, 'Along the path',

Doors, Steps, High or Low Perspective

Dixon Falls, Fundy National Park

Short, easy hike. Amazing photo opportunities. I will go back with my tripod. I NEED to go back with my tripod.

Shot on my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT with Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens. Settings: 17mm, f/11, 0.5 seconds, ISO 100. I steadied the camera on the railing of the boardwalk to get the slow shutter speed, and thus the soft water effect. Also, I set the camera to -1.3 exposure compensation, as the forest was dark, and a normal setting would have blown out the highlights of the water.

Here is another image - Hope found this fern at the side of the trail for me. Settings: Canon Digital Rebel XT, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 lens at f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO 400, -0.7 exposure compensation, 50mm focal length.

I love this photo.

My daughter at my cousins' wedding.

Canon Elan 7N, Canon EF 85mm f1.8

Ilford HP5+ @ E.I. 800

HC-110 Dilution B for 7.5 min. @ 20 degrees C

Convert.

Well here we go - a new start. Last year I decided to throw out the traditional Website for our family happenings, in favour of the much easier to manage BLOG.

Time to do the same for my photography interests. I had decided to make the Family Blog a hybrid Photo/Family site, but that is not fair to the family ;)

Here is a link to the website I started: http://photoshare.50webs.com/

I may move the info here - or I may not...we'll see.

I look forward to sharing in a more conducive spot!