Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

My local camera shop, Looking Glass, held a pinhole photography workshop today in honor of the WPPD. For $5 (five bucks!) you could come with a suitable pinhole camera body (tea tin, oats box, empty can of snuff, whatever), and they'd help you drill a pinhole into it, "load" it with film, give you tips on shooting, and then -- let you use their on-site darkroom to see your masterpiece. Cool!

Cha Levias was on hand (some IVRPA members may remember her from the 2007 IVRPA Conference), and loaned me her machined body cap cum pinhole made especially for the Canon 5D. Fun! You can now see my own masterpiece at the WPPD site.

After shooting that, I parked myself and camera near where all the activity was, and shot a series of "pinhole portraits" of participants, holding their just made cameras. You might or might not find them coming soon to a Web site near you... I have to admit I was a pinhole virgin, and this was fun -- but I think the digital pinhole shots somehow just don't have the mystique and ambience that a Quaker Oats box and some B/W paper do...

One thing I did not do was shoot a pinhole panorama... but, oh, how I wanted to. ;-)

Cheers,

Patrick