World Pinhole Day

This year, again, fewer pictures to enjoy.
Promises, people shouting they would and you should - and then they didn't.

Is World Pinhole Day dying ?

Pinhole Day

 Yes, of course I pinholed today, or better: this week.
First, small pic left, some practicing on my last sheet of 1949 Ansco.
Then my photo-comrad and I prepared some canisters for his trip to China so he could make a few pinholes over there, and today I too shot a little view from the front window, pic below . Number 25 in the pinhole-gallery.
http://www.pinholeday.org/index.php?id=25

Pinhole Day 2015

The cameras, the films (+Fomapan200), the developers (+RO9), the results.
The honey&nutcake, the fun.

World Pinhole Day

Put a hole in my Lubitel-box, Hasselblad lenscap, Agfa tin or a piece of cardboard and made a picture. Nothing sophisticated, just photography. 

Pinhole Night 2013: Малевич

Last year: Mondrian, but this year of course a Russian artist.
Malevich.
Even 10 mins exposure and 20 mins in "Rodinal" were not enough to produce a "proper" photograph.

Reflecting April 16

Well, I think that pinhole reflection problem is solved. It was not the logo on the lens holder, but on the bed!

One down, one to go: the shadow on my mother's back... (HB Sonnar 150mm)

Pinhole Mondrian

Piet Mondriaan did like the Dutch mills, so I thought, today, a "homage"...
Well, in fact I forgot to turn over the sheet holder, of course.
But I like it, and more Dutch than this you can't get.

With the pinhole-Linhof (see below). And have a peek at the gallery of pinhole day, (you have to google that, my blog doesn't do links...) pinpics from over the whole world. (Hole world?)

This is the "Old Mill" in Wijchen.

Pinhole !

This time no error: pinhole. And again (why didn't I see that in the picture post Kern Aarau below? ) the "Linhof" logo clearly visible. I used my hand as shutter, this will be the reflection of that logo, very strange but possible. But if anyone has a better explanation I'm very interested!



PS  This mill is called "SeldomRest".
(And look at flickr photostream erwinruys for the better, right explanation...)

Kern Aarau

I almost couldn't believe it: was this my pinhole? Soo sharp, and it would be even better when I wouldn't overexpose 8 times and kept on moving in the decades old Ansco Vividol developer. 
How come? I didn't make a sloppy hole as usual: carefully, with a hot needle in nice black paper and some finishing. Wow. Worked, I thought.
BUT THEN I SAW THE DATE: FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH. I KNÈW: THIS CANNOT BE TRUE. AND IT WASN'T. LOOK ABOVE, MONDAY 16 APRIL. FOR SOME STRANGE FACTS.
What happened: I had taken two pictures, and misjudged. The very overexposed was 1/25 at F8, the 5 secs pinhole was correct! Look at the small picture.

PS Yes, I'm Dutch, windmills all over the place. The one below ("another time machine") is the Anna, this one is called Johannus.
My grandfather was miller; my father's name was Johannes, my mother's Anna. Well well well...

29 April...

And do not forget this:
 APRIL 29 IS PINHOLE DAY.

Don't plan it, don't promise, just do it.
This year mine will be "a big one" of course (seen the "easter lecture" below?) but a box, a lenscap, whatever, will do.

Through the Pinhole

Tradition: the first day of the year, early morning, I visit this little chapel. So I put a sheet of 1972 Plus-X in my pinholeHB and walked through an empty, rainy world. Calm, refreshing, Herons, Geese, Crows, Tits. The 4147 didn't perform very well, but nevertheless: Happy New Year!

btw: April 29 is this year World Pinhole Day

Pinhole Day

...and a very Happy Easter, schöne Ostertage, prettige paasdagen, Christos anèsti, Buona Pasqua!

The technique: I had a F 128 hole in my Hasselblad-bodycap, on sixties Agepe FF;
Jeroen had at least F 256 and < 1965 Plus-X in his HB.

Filtered Pinhole

Isn't that interesting? Mandee filters, time ± 0.5 sec at f1024 on (look at the sky!) Fomapan400
PS the light background of the numbers is dark yellow.

Distapin

Killing the romance

Drilled a hole in the body-cover, sheet film holder on the back and there she is: the pinhole Hasselbald. Next time with roll film, because this test-sheet is overdeveloped. Easy, portable but lacking that feeling...

Testing...

...my 1964 Russian cardboard Lubitel box for next week: April 25 is Pinhole-day. Hoping for good weather: 60 secs in the sun, subject: our famous Waalbrug.
(Yes, that's me again, reflected in the door.)