Rio Chama

This picture was taken along the Chama river near the Christ in the Desert Monastery in Northern New Mexico.  The pinhole camera was placed on a wooden beam that supports the bridge railing.  My friend Iain kept track of the exposure time as I supported the camera (I was afraid of it falling off to the river below) and operated the shutter (a piece of tape).

The wood grain from the support beam is the foreground - only inches from the pinhole.

Rio Chama

Homemade pinhole camera, taken near Abiquiu, New Mexico Aug. 2012

Ilford RC paper, approx 30sec exposure

negative scanned, cropped and processed in Lightroom 3.6

thanks to my friend Dan who helped me scan all my film and photopaper pinhole images!

Totem and Sun

This pinhole was taken with the Holga attached to a Manfrotto tripod.  This particular tripod lets you get the camera no more than 6 inches off the ground by rotating the central column 90 degrees horizontal and then have the legs spred nearly flat.

In this orientation I tilted the camera nearly straight up and brought the body within 6 inches of the bottom of the totem.  The depth of field of the pinhole is remarkable.

This is a carving of a Saint (Francis?).  Might be 12 feet tall.

I like how the full sun is diffracted by the pinhole.  Who says you can't take pictures of stars with a pinhole camera!

Totem and Sun

Holga 120-WPC pinhole camera, taken near Abiquiu, New Mexico Aug. 2012

120 film, approx 3.5 sec exposure (manual Bulb - I estimated by counting)

negative scanned and processed in Lightroom 3.6

thanks to my friend Dan who helped me scan all my film and photopaper pinhole images!

Lone Tree and Chimney

Along the road to the house that Georgia O'Keeffe stayed in when she lived at Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, New Mexico.  The iconic Chimney Rock can be seen in the background left of center.

Holga 120-WPC pinhole camera, taken near Abiquiu, New Mexico Aug. 2012

120 film, approx 6 sec exposure (manual Bulb - I estimated by counting)

negative scanned and processed in Lightroom 3.6