Re: Motivations

I don't think pinholers are in any way crazy. They just play better than
lens photographers. To play is good.
----- Original Message -----
From: B. Roddy <bproddy@acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Motivations

>
>
> Guy wrote:
> > One of the things I really like about this group -as opposed to other
groups
> > I've been involved with- is the underlying "crazyness" of many of its
members
> > when it comes to experimenting with pinhole photography and breaking the
> > rules... Each week seems to bring a new crazy idea and this is very
stimulating,
> > indeed! -:))
>
> I agree! There's a wonderful lack of pretension here! This is hard to
> find in such a knowledgeable and creative group.
>
> > Perhaps we could start a thread on the most crazy thing which pinhole
> > photography got us to do...
> >
>
> To make my pinhole movie I had to hunch over my cardboard camera in a park
> for hours every morning and dusk for a week. Freezing the fingers that
> advance the film wasn't as bad as all the stares I got from dog walkers
> and residents. Even drew the suspicion of the Park Service marshall.
>
> Bernie
>
>
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Received on Fri Dec 29 11:34:03 2000