Re: Weird Flare Effects

At 07:49 PM 9/19/00, Tom Miller wrote:
>Hi Jeff,
>
>The flare in your photos is from having the sun striking the pinhole
>directly, which bends or flares the intense light onto the film. As a
>rule, try to not have the sun hitting the pinhole when making an
>exposure.

For some reason, I've always viewed flare as a result of internal
reflections in lenses, or at least that it was exacerbated by internal
reflections, but this is the most intense flare I have ever had.

>Throwing out the rules... the sun causes the flare; but why follow
>rules?

I agree. But then pinhole photography seems to break the rules by its
nature, things like images must be sharp, images must be undistorted, etc etc.

>Your images are beautiful with the flare, maybe especially
>because of it. I think is works wonderfully in the photo of the old
>buildings; and the placement of the sun and subsequent flare
>accentuates the subjects in all three photos.

Thanks Tom...I'd agree that it is the effect that makes these photos
interesting. Guess I'll be shooting directly into the sun next time I go
out...

Jeff Spirer
Photos: http://www.spirer.com
One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
Received on Tue Sep 19 23:02:07 2000