Photography – Page 2 – Cameron Young

Double Exposure Part 2

I am continuing to make double exposures using film, but was curious to see what kind of images could be made by different people sharing the camera.

I purchased a simple point and shoot film camera that would be easy to use by someone not familiar with shooting film.

This Harman reusable camera fit the bill and as a bonus, came with two rolls of film. I loaded the camera and gave it to my two daughters. After they had finished the roll, I rewound the film and re-exposed the film.

Here are some of the results:

Double Exposure

I have started making double exposures the old school way with a film camera. Load the film, shoot the entire roll, rewind the film to the beginning and shoot the roll again. I really enjoy the element of chance that comes into play. Not every image is a success, but every roll produces a least a couple of gems.

February Pinhole Camera

This month is a simple build. I constructed the camera from a metal watch box. Placed the pinhole in the lid and used a simple tape shutter. I folded a 7 inch square of photo paper to fit inside the cube.

I was surprised how the image was captured inside the cube, I was expecting more distortion up the sides. Cutting the paper to fit in the cube was a little time consuming. Overall I was overall happy with the results and this could be an interesting start to a larger project.

January Pinhole Camera

Came across this in the Dollar Store and thought it would make an interesting camera. I am going to put a pinhole in each of the sides and a circular core in the center to hold a 3.5 x 6 inch strip of photo paper.

Hole drilled in the bottom for the tripod mount and to attach the central core.

Central core made from a piece cut from a plastic caulking tube.

A piece of wood cut to fit inside the tube. It has a 5/16 in hole drilled to accept the T nut.

The T nut is driven through the bottom of the can and into the hole in the center core.

The interior showing the central core mounted in place.

Painting the interior of the camera black. I used two coats of flat acrylic paint.

Making the pinholes out of a beer can. I calculated the focal length to be 35mm and a .26mm pinhole was required. The camera will be f135.

Mounted a pinhole in each of the 8 sides of the camera.

I am glad that I built the 8 sided camera but it is not something I will use regularly. The camera is really fiddly to load and I don’t find the resulting images all that exciting.

2023 Project – Camera a Month

I often re-read Erin Renner’s book Pinhole Photography or go through past issues of the Pinhole Journal. I find that this provides inspiration and makes me consider the camera as object. For a project this year, I will build a different pinhole camera each month. I will document the build and show example images from the camera.

Stay tuned.

Cuprotype

I was interested in trying the cuprotype process and finally got around to it. I used the information I found on darkroomdoc. I printed a couple of pinhole images that I had shot on Arista lith film. I am quite pleased with the results and will be working with this process more.

Nettar Pinhole

I had been looking for a wider option than my Zero Image 2000 camera, and looked at a couple of commercial options, but in the end, decided to make my own. I had a Nettar body that I had used for another project so I converted it to a 18mm pinhole camera. I initially had quite a few problems with light leaks so I used a lot of black caulking in the interior – not pretty, but effective. I am very pleased with the results from the first roll.

Kodak Tourist

The Kodak Tourist is a folding 6×9 camera that takes 620 film. This example is an original Tourist that was made between 1948 and 1951 and was replaced by the Tourist II which was produced until 1958.

I bought this back in 2005 but for some reason, never got around to using it. I respooled some llford FP4 120 onto a 620 reel using these instructions.

It has an Anaston F4.5 150mm lens with zone focusing.

I was very happy with the results.

Photograph taken with a Kodak Tourist on Ilford FP4

Urban Geometry

Small Journeys

I was interested in exploring the world by sending pinhole cameras through the mail, and having them record their small journeys.

I built pinhole cameras and loaded them with photo paper. I took them to various post offices in the area, opened the shutter and then mailed them to myself. They would generally arrive back within 2 to 10 days.

After the camera returned home, I developed the photo paper to reveal a record of the camera’s journey. I then rewrapped the camera with brown paper, and then sent it out on another journey. The camera pictured below, was reused 9 times.

I conceived of this project before the pandemic, but as things progressed, the idea of sending something out to explore the world, became more relevant.