Re: Pinhole nude question

Catherine,

I've spent a good bit of time battling the lone exposure times of
pinhole using a lot of pinholes in the f128 to f150 range with fast film
but I've also been able to get interesting effects with lenses without
resorting to filters.

One method to create pinhole type effects while reducing exposure times
is to use a lens either focused past infinity (ie closer to the film
plane than infinity) or to move a lens into the macro focus area. In
35mm I use a focusing extension tube (by Zorkendorfer) with enlarging
lenses for this. Stopping all the way down increases the "detail" and if
the lens makes a circular aperture the effect can be quite pleasing.
I've also shot landscapes with a 55mm macro lens focused at 9 inches and
stopped all the way down. Lately I've been putting a Russian 28mm leica
thread lens on my nikons. Actual point of focus is about 3 inches from
the front of the lens. I've also shot portraits by holding a loupe or
other simple lens in front of the camera.

Very easy with a 4x5 camera, or any camera with bellows, of course and
you have more information to play with on the negative. Hope this helps
a little. I'm a tireless experimenter.

Howard Wells

Catherine Just wrote:
>
> I was wondering about the lighting! Thanks for the
> info. I'm printing it out for a reference!
>
> Sounds like I'm better off doing a long exposure -
> inside - with controlled lighting - with a regular
> lens camera...
>
> Catherine
> --- Colin Talcroft <ctalcroft@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi Catherine,
> >
> > Thanks for saying you like my work, and I'm glad to
> > hear that looking at it was of help. Thought you and
> > anyone else interested might find it useful to know
> > that those three nudes (including the one you
> > mention
> > specifically) were all done indoors usually with one
> >
> > 500 Watt light. The film was T-Max 100. Exposures
> > with
> > a lens were usually 4 to 16 seconds at f=16 if I
> > remember correctly. The pinhole exposures usually
> > were
> > about 20 minutes at the least, often more like 30,
> > and
> > sometimes as long as 40 minutes. It's not a
> > coincidence that the pinhole poses are mostly
> > reclining. That's about the only way to stay still
> > for
> > that length of time. Often the model would fall
> > asleep! I can remeber a session or two during which
> > I
> > set up the pinholes, let them go, spent 10 or
> > fifteen
> > minutes doing lens photos, and still had time to get
> > out a sketchbook and do some drawings before
> > finishing
> > the pinhole exposures and setting up a new pose!
> >
> > Colin
> >
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Received on Mon Oct 28 07:04:18 2002