I have been printing some of the images from the “Quiet Light” series as gum bichromate prints. Printed on pre-shrunk and sized Fabriano Artistico watercolour paper using potassium dichromate as the sensitizer. I usually print a weak layer of ivory black followed by a layer of burnt umber and finished with another layer of ivory black.
I had a desire to work with circular images so I created a camera out of a tea tin and cut photo paper with a circle cutter to fit. In the end it proved to be more work than it was worth.
This anamorphic pinhole camera is made from a metal can with the pinhole at one end. I had the shutter 3d printed. The camera takes half a sheet of 8×10 photographic paper to produce the negative.
Images from the ongoing series “Monoliths”.
The Easy 35 was the second 3d printed camera that I had printed for me. The open source files can be found at: http://pinholeprinted.com/order/easy35/. I use it primarily with expired color slide film.
The Holga 120WPC is a panoramic pinhole camera that takes 6, 6×12 images on a roll of 120 film. Standard cheap plastic construction typical of Holga cameras. A good idea to tape the camera shut with duct tape. Many of these cameras have a problem with excessive vignetting which can usually be solved by widening the opening around the pinhole. The camera is capable of producing surprisingly good images.
The following images are from an ongoing series entitled “Quiet Light”.
The Zero Image 2000 was the first commercially produced camera that I purchased. Using 120 film and made of teak and brass, it is still my favourite camera. The 25 mm focal length matches my way of seeing and the images it produces are very sharp. It is a little fiddly to load and in certain light conditions, it can be hard to see the frame numbers through the red window, but all in all, a great camera.
Was a guest on the Lensless Podcast last week. Had a great time talking to Cory and Andrew
https://anchor.fm/thelenslesspodcast/episodes/Show-59-Cameron-Young-e49o8e.
I am starting a new series called Monoliths. I am drawn to singular rocks in the landscape such a glacier erratics and buffalo rubbing stones. Here are a couple of images from Split Rock.
