Topic: Weekend December 14 -16 2018

[Kai-san]

From the local train station where the line ends ...... and this is where the weekend starts. 

Hasselblad 501 C/M / Zeiss Planar 80mm f2.8 / Kodak T-max 100 in Xtol

[Jeff Warden]

Here's my son, learning to drive. December 2003. Later in the day he crashed my cart. (I might be partially to blame.)

:-)


It's been too long and I don't remember the film, but that year the only film camera I had was a Contax G2. Those were the days!

[MiguelCampano]

I like the start of this! Here's my contribution from last weekend in San Francisco, during a work trip. Both shot on Ilford HP5 at 400 with the Fuji GS645s.


Ropa Vieja by Miguel Campano, on Flickr


Carretera by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

Take care!

[EarlJam]

I loaded the Konica C35 with a roll of Fomapan 100, earlier in the week, with all good intentions . . . 2 exposures down, 34 or so to go. So, a seasonally-applicable shot from the archive, Christmas 1974 at Rockefeller Center. Fujica ST701, 55/1.8, and (I think) Agfachrome, which has held up remarkably well over the years.

[grit]

Miguel, that is a very San Francisco-looking rooftop and some very San Francisco-looking clothes! Really nice capture!

I went to the Redwood Grove this week:


Old and young redwood

[AJShepherd]

So I shot these getting on for a month ago, but today I got my first set of slides on lovely new Kodak Ektachrome back from AG Photo Lab, so had to share straight off the scanner...

Starting in Brussels, on the first day in the grand place
Pondere et Mensura by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

Second day was a bit misty, but happened across this statue.

Jacques Brel by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

The tower in the mist

Looking back, tower in the mist by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

Didn't manage to finish the film off in Brussels, so finished it walking the south bank in London as darkness drew closer

ektachrome-036 by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

I like this Ektachrome stuff, look forward to shooting lots more of it in the new year!

[Bryan]

So Jeff, now that your son is old enough to drive legally is he still crashing much? 

This is my annual Rotating Christmas Tree Polaroid.  Polaroid 250 Land Camera with Fujifilm FP-100c.

[kentish cob]

From my home-made pinhole.
Tmax 100 dev'd in Fomadon RO9.

[Jeff Warden]

So Jeff, now that your son is old enough to drive legally is he still crashing much? 

This is my annual Rotating Christmas Tree Polaroid.  Polaroid 250 Land Camera with Fujifilm FP-100c.

Haha who said I'm letting him drive? 

He does have the fever to drive now though, so his driving test will come soon. A rite of passage! Something tells me I should take a pic of my jeep to remember it as it was. :-)

[Jeff Warden]

From my home-made pinhole.
Tmax 100 dev'd in Fomadon RO9.

This image is pretty amazing. Is there a way to accurately compose on your home made pinhole? the subject seems so perfectly placed!

[cs1]

From my home-made pinhole.
Tmax 100 dev'd in Fomadon RO9.

I'm very impressed with this photo. As Jeff pointed out, the composition is brilliant.

Great contributions this weekend.

[kentish cob]

This image is pretty amazing. Is there a way to accurately compose on your home made pinhole? the subject seems so perfectly placed!

I'm very impressed with this photo. As Jeff pointed out, the composition is brilliant.

Thanks both for your very kind comments.
This was only my second pinhole outing, so still feel I have a lot to learn. Composition therefor benefits from a healthy dose of luck. I like the uneven edges I'm getting, so have made a conscious decision to only present "full frame" pinholes, so the line leading straight into the bottom right corner is especially gratifying.

As you can see from this link, I've scratched some guidelines into the top and side of the box to aid composition, but it's no more than "ball-park" accuracy...
http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=9580.msg129345#msg129345

[Francois]

I must say that when it comes to pinholes, when you manage to get the framing right it really feels like a win.
But for the framing, I have a few ideas. You could make a viewfinder like I did on my mighty 45. It's just a vegetable juice can to which I made a lid with a viewing hole using wood and a window on the other side that has the same proportion as the film gate. I adjusted the view by adjusting the depth of the viewfinder so I get the same angle of view.

The other way could be to put long screws on the front to make it an it like a rugby goal. Just center your eye and aim for the center. But that would be fragile since you're using MDF...