I want to follow-up on the pinhole camera assignment.. I finished it. I developed eight 4x5 negatives from the pinhole camera!! FIRST, I developed 2 negatives at home, in my "bathroom" darkroom. This was extraordinarily difficult because I had to develop each negative separately in its own tray. But worthwhile..! It was only agonizingly slow. (And everyone knows I have trouble with S-L-O-W.) SECOND, I developed the rest of the negatives in a special 4x5 holder that is extraordinarily difficult to load. -AND- Two of the negatives got stuck together because the slats are so close together. Yikes! But excellent learning experience. I feel much more experienced at loading this holder and know I will only risk loading it with four 4x5 negatives from this point forward. THIRD, the shoot above was at the downtown Portland's Central Library. I love the first photo because it shows the ghosts of people walk across the street. The pinhole camera has to expose for a much longer time than a normal point and shoot camera (as many of you may use). I exposed these for 8 seconds each. You can also see a car movement blur in the second photo above. FOURTH - The photos of myself, above, were attempted self portraits...WALKING into the photos. I had to expose for 50 seconds each. Inside, no matter if there is total window light, there needs to be added light or VERY long exposure times. Thus, the softness in some of them. I had to blink, and I definitely moved. The two beneath those self-portrait experiments were one of the local liquor store and the local park. In the park photo, there is a ghost of a child playing. FIFTH - The last two photos, above, are of a cloudy skyline off the deck. The contrast in the cloudy shadows was pushed as far as possible in processing -and- still didn't meet my hopeful expectations. This was still a highly interesting experiment in shooting clouds. I want more of this! Yes PLEASE!
SHOOT ON. NEVER STOP SEARCHING. I AM STILL LEARNING TO SEE.
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2/19/2017 03:06:40 am
A Thermal Imaging Camera can be used for a broad range of applications, across a number of different industries.
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9/17/2017 04:33:15 pm
I am not that knowledgeable when it comes to photography terminologies, but I still love taking photos. To be honest, I thought that your photos are just filtered with black and white and I didn’t know that it was much different than that. I agree that your first photo of the Portland’s Central Library is amazing. It is like the photos I see on the internet of haunted images because of the ghost-like people passing through the shot. I love your photos and God bless you.
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4/16/2017 11:36:56 am
I learned about the pinhole camera in my early classes and it is good to find these pictures taken from it. I like that you shared your experience with us here. These experiments are so good for learning purpose.
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10/1/2017 08:41:51 am
Can I just say what a relief to find someone who actually knows what theyre talking about on the internet. You definitely know how to bring an issue to light and make it important. More people need to read this and understand this side of the story. I cant believe youre not more popular because you definitely have the gift.
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I don’t think there is anything more in these pictures than just turning them black and white.
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10/16/2018 11:34:41 am
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10/17/2018 09:51:23 am
Youre so cool! I dont suppose Ive read anything like this before.
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10/18/2018 05:23:38 pm
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1/2/2020 09:57:12 pm
Light functionality is a good option for people who want to hold the Sosun camcorder for long hours without getting tired.
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