Re: Pinhole nude question (was another question)

Hi Colin,

Thank you SO much.

The image:

http://www.sonic.net/~talcroft/PinholeSite/Inabanude.html

is exactly the feel I want my images to have.

I hear what you are saying about the fatigue factor. I
may have to do some experimenting with both 4x5 and
pinhole images, using 400 speed film to quicken the
process although it's within the breathing process
that the fabulous blur/soft look is captured.

I love your work and appreciate the website you sent
to me. I'll have to go back and review it at length!

Thanks!
Catherine
--- Colin Talcroft <ctalcroft@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Catherine,
>
> I've done a fair amount of nude work with pinholes,
> zone plates, and lenses. In fact, I began using zone
> plates to deal with the biggest problem I was having
> in this area--the long exposures were really hard on
> the model (it didn't help much). This may be a
> problem
> especially if your interested in a dreamy look that
> may require low light situations. For what it's
> worth,
> the zone plate exposures weren't that much faster
> than
> the pinhole exposures. They were still so long that
> only the most intrepid models are capable of holding
> them--blurred effects that result can be
> interesting,
> of course.
>
> One method that did help was to find an interestig
> pose that had possibilities from a number of angles
> and then to use multiple cameras to get two or three
> pinhole shots out of a single long pose, but the
> wide
> angle of most pinhole and zone plate cameras means
> you
> often have to set up very carefully to avoid getting
> one of the other cameras in the picture!
>
> You might find (dare I suggest it) that traditional
> photographer tricks like gauze or vaseline on a
> filter
> using a lens may achieve the effect you are looking
> for with far less hassle than pinhole or zone plate.
> I
> am assuming here that the result is more important
> to
> you than the process (which may not be true).
> Anyway,
> the biggest frustration has been model fatigue. That
> can be compounded by the fact that you may be paying
> for a model's time and it's expensive to pay $20 an
> hour or so and only shoot two negatives! Very fast
> films may help too, if you don't mind the grain.
>
> There are at least three pinhole nudes on my
> websites.
> If you are interested, go to:
>
> http://www.sonic.net/~talcroft/camerawork/
>
> That will take you to my lens site, but it has links
> to my pinhole site and to my nude photography site
> at
> the bottom.
>
> Hopes this helps.
>
>
>
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Received on Sun Oct 27 17:22:59 2002