Our annual balloon festival took place these past few days. The weather was windy and a bit wet, making any inflating and flying a real challenge for the balloonists. Carefully and tentatively though, a few balloons went up at a time.
I was a complete camera freak. I had the DSLR slung on my back, and in a collapsible cooler- the paint can pinhole, pumpkincam pinhole, Holga pinhole, Holga lensed camera, and the Brownie with the flipped lens. Son took the Holga, and Daughter took the Brownie. Husband had our little point and shoot. We were media maniacs. A long-time friend and fellow faithful balloon-goer peered at all the cameras, and while examining the pumpkin cam, pronounced that I have gone completely crazy.
It was lots of fun, yet hectic metering shots, timing exposures, changing film, and getting in some shots with the SLR. SO today, I didn't take *any* pictures at all.
Here are a few shots. A small festival it was this year, but fun all the same.....
Double exposure with the Holga 120N (the lensed Holga)
Triple exposure with the lensed Holga
A double exposure, about 30 minutes total, of balloon inflating with the pumpkincam pinhole camera, paper negative
We had a beautiful and very brief balloon glow, before the high winds started...
There is much more footage on film- I will get around to developing those rolls soon......
The Pinhole Camera a practical how-to manual for making pinhole cameras and images by Brian J. Krummel
A thorough resource for anyone wanting to explore pinhole photography at any level!
Brian takes you from the intrigue of these images through all the information you need to make your own camera, (either homemade, or modifying a camera) selecting photographic materials, how to set up a darkroom, and the featuring of many pinhole photographers and their work. You can explore and order the book here, at thepinholecamera.com.
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Check out the blog at The Pinhole Camera website, where Brian is featuring a different pinhole photographer each week. The "Take 5" interview asks each photographer the same 5 questions. Each new feature comes out on Friday.
paint can pinhole camera, 21-sec exposure, paper negative (plus digital embellishments)
Texas Canyon is in Cochise County,Arizona, between Benson and Willcox. It is a magical place of giant granite boulders and hoodoo formations. I always look out for Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner to come tearing around the corner while there. The famous Chiricahua Apache, Cochise, made his last stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains near here in the 1870s. The Butterfield Overland stage came through here also, till the Civil War.
We were in Texas Canyon last weekend, and I climbed up on a hillside (carefully..and looking out for rattlesnakes as I went) and made this image with the paint can pinhole camera. Yesterday I added a digital sky and sepia toning in photoshop.
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