New cameras, old traditions
There is a somewhat unspoken tradition at my work that whenever you get a new camera the first photo you make with it should be a self-portrait. I don't know where or how this got started and I do not particularly follow it, but I also don't disagree with it. It is the start of a new relationship, hopefully one that will last a while and be more full of adventure than misadventure (though a little bit of misadventure can be a good thing).
To my surprise a new pinhole arrived in the mail during spring break, a Reality So Subtle 6x6. Most of you know me, so you know I use a pinhole camera here and there... so I was pretty excited to get out with this guy. It is thinner than my Zero Image 2000 so it is a lot wider. It also has an off-set pinhole for rise. Perspective controlled pinhole, nifty.
But anyway, this was not the first image I made with this camera. It did not even come on the first roll through this camera. But second roll is not that much different than first roll. It was a late evening and I was winding down with a good book (Canticle for Leibowitz, excellent, powerful and thought-provoking by the way) and few activities mesh better with reading than long pinhole exposures. So a self-portrait happened after all. Much of the next images you see from this camera will be more landscapey in terms of subject matter. But I snuck in for this photo at least.
Reality So Subtle 6x6 / Kodak Ektar 100 / 10 minute exposure
New cameras, old traditions
There is a somewhat unspoken tradition at my work that whenever you get a new camera the first photo you make with it should be a self-portrait. I don't know where or how this got started and I do not particularly follow it, but I also don't disagree with it. It is the start of a new relationship, hopefully one that will last a while and be more full of adventure than misadventure (though a little bit of misadventure can be a good thing).
To my surprise a new pinhole arrived in the mail during spring break, a Reality So Subtle 6x6. Most of you know me, so you know I use a pinhole camera here and there... so I was pretty excited to get out with this guy. It is thinner than my Zero Image 2000 so it is a lot wider. It also has an off-set pinhole for rise. Perspective controlled pinhole, nifty.
But anyway, this was not the first image I made with this camera. It did not even come on the first roll through this camera. But second roll is not that much different than first roll. It was a late evening and I was winding down with a good book (Canticle for Leibowitz, excellent, powerful and thought-provoking by the way) and few activities mesh better with reading than long pinhole exposures. So a self-portrait happened after all. Much of the next images you see from this camera will be more landscapey in terms of subject matter. But I snuck in for this photo at least.
Reality So Subtle 6x6 / Kodak Ektar 100 / 10 minute exposure