Re: Re: pinhole-discussion-digest V1 #23

Hi Washington, I've just turned a studio, at dimbola lodge Museum (the home
of Julia Margaret Cameron) into a Camera Obscure.
it over looks the side of the garden were Jimmy Hendricks bronze statue
stands
Im also making a small one for Children to look at and draw the picture
they see (as some of the artist used in the early days)
----- Original Message -----
From: <IBigbee@aol.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:51 AM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Re: pinhole-discussion-digest V1 #23

> Cheers from Washington DC and hello pinholers! I was very interested to
> read
> the discussion of turning a room into a camera obscura.
>
> The newsletter's mention of metal tea containers reminded me of the
> Smithsonian Museum pinhole workshop my husband and I enjoyed. We
> constructed pinhole
> cameras from round tins available at The Container Store--a chain whose
> stores span the US, in case anyone is interested. We had the museum's
> gardens to
> shoot, and had a good time nestling the cameras in grassy spots or
> concrete
> perches to make exposures. Our paper was sort of panoramic, as it was cut
> to
> fit around the can's interior of course. Very much fun!
> I also warmed at the mention of alternative photography overtaking the
> practice of pinholing.
> Fellow subscriber Malin Fabbri founded the amazing site
> _www.alternativephotography.com_ (http://www.alternativephotography.com)
> and has edited and
> published some exquisite editions. Anyone who works in an alternative
> process
> (pinholing included, I think), needs to explore the massive resources of
> her
> site, as she has provided hundreds of photographers with their own
> galleries,
> and the how-to sections are of themselves authoritative and well worth a
> look-see.
> Ivy Bigbee
>
>
>
> **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money &
> Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)
> _______________________________________________
> Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
> pinhole-discussion mailing list
> pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
> FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html
_______________________________________________
Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML
pinhole-discussion mailing list
pinhole-discussion@spitbite.org
FAQ at http://spitbite.org/pinhole-discussion/list.html
Received on Tue Mar 4 03:37:51 2008