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Inspiration week of 9/19

Forth-bridge
[singlepic id=487 w=600]Forth Bridge, ©Rudi Neumaier 2016[/singlepic]

Rudi Neumaier is a talented and prolific photographer that used his Reality So Subtle camera to make this photo of Forth Bridge, which is 9 miles west of Edinburgh City Centre. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it’s just over 125 years old. Rudi has a lot of work available online, between his Flickr site and his personal website – I highly recommend a look.[spacer height=”20px”]

Beach
[singlepic id=485 w=600]Beach, ©Fitt Tamás 2016[/singlepic]

We previously featured a photo from Fitt Tamás back in the week of 7/18. As before, he used his Natasha 612 to make the capture, but this time on Delta 100 film. The photo was taken at the Lake of Balaton, the largest lake in Hungary, as people walked in and out of the water. People’s unfamiliarity with pinhole cameras allowed him to photograph the scene without interrupting the people there. Tamás has some amazing work on his Flickr profile that is definitely worth looking at.[spacer height=”20px”]

Eighty Minutes Of The Night
[singlepic id=486 w=600]Eighty Minutes of the Night, ©Eric K.F. Li 2016[/singlepic]

Eric Li made this excellent capture over the course of 80 minutes, as the title suggests, using his Ondu 6×12 and TMAX 100. It’s a stunning example of what can be done with pinhole at night with a little patience. Coincidentally, Eric was also previously featured on the 7/18 weekly post! He’s an extremely talented photographer – with or without lens – and you should check out his Flickr profile to see what he’s been up to since we last featured him.[spacer height=”20px”]

Pinhole Pittsburgh 1
[singlepic id=488 w=600]Pinhole Pittsburgh 1, ©Dennis Salizzoni 2016[/singlepic]

Dennis Salizzoni made this moody image of the Roberto Clemente bridge in Pittsburgh, PA with his ZeroImage 6×9 loaded with Acros 100. Dennis has a very stylistic trend in his Flickr profile, with great lensed and lensless work to be seen.

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Olle Pursiainen – Finland

Last year we were honored to bring you a sample of Olle Pursiainen’s work. He is a photographer who has a solid track record of producing dramatic imagery from his native Finland. As his Flickr and Lomography galleries show, he’s become very skilled at finding great images to collect in his own neighborhood. As we’ve seen before, Finland works very well in the pinhole format.  

Olle started his photographic journey while studying Statistics and Mathematics at University in the 1970’s. He learned to develop film and work a darkroom on his own, and continued analog until the early 2000’s. After a brief stint with digital, he went back to analog – preferring to stick with his roots. He’s often lugging several of his many many pinhole cameras – from small format to 4×5 – as well as point and shoots and SLR’s. I have the same problem – so long as there’s room in my pack, I’ll stuff it with another camera.

He is drawn to pinhole because of the “freedom to control everything and nothing.” Indeed, this is one of the largest attractions of pinhole, and has been mentioned by other photographers as well. In addition, Olle is drawn to the pinhole format by the “wide angles and warped perspectives,” which offer a degree of creative outlet unrivaled by any other photographic format.

After enjoying the scenes from Olle’s work below, you can find a lot more at his Flickr page and on his Lomography home.

 

Pack Ice
[singlepic id=329 w=600]Pack Ice, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

Brändö Sund
[singlepic id=325 w=600]Brändö Sund, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

Double Sun
[singlepic id=326 w=600]Double Sun, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

 

Sandö
[singlepic id=330 w=600]Sandö, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

Self Sufficiency
[singlepic id=331 w=600]Self Sufficiency, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

The Southern Customs
[singlepic id=333 w=600]The Southern Customs, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

Korsholm Church
[singlepic id=327 w=600]Korsholm Church, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

Observation Towers
[singlepic id=328 w=600]Observation Towers, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

 

Vaasa Mill
[singlepic id=334 w=600]Vaasa Mill, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

Silos
[singlepic id=332 w=600]Silos, ©Olle Pursiainen[/singlepic]

 

 

Eddie Erdmann – Alaskan Pinholes

Eddie Erdmann has traveled to many places since he left his home in Turnerville, Alabama. And while he has enjoyed seeing the world; nothing has enlightened him in the way that Alaska has. Alaska has been well known for its captivating beauty and overt, untamed landscapes. To Eddie, Alaska spoke clearly and drew out the photographer that he had hiding inside. We at f/D have an immense gratitude towards Alaska for cultivating the deep curiosity and creativity that is Eddie Erdmann.

Spend some time taking note of the great scenery, from the vast highway to the creamy water flow falling through the woods. Alaska likes to show her legs and they are beautiful.

[singlepic id=183 w=600]Rails to Girdwood[/singlepic]
Taken on the Alaska Railroad tracks just north of Girdwood, with Mount Alyeska in the distance.

[singlepic id=180 w=600]Alyeska[/singlepic]
From the first roll of film put through Eddie’s Reality So Subtle 6×17, Eddie took this in August 2014 while showing his visiting mother around Alaska.

[singlepic id=182 w=600]Matanuska Glacier 2[/singlepic]
Taken on an exploration of the Matanuska Glacier in August 2014.

[singlepic id=184 w=600]Virgin Creek Falls[/singlepic]
In Girdwood, Alaska, soon after the Alyeska Ski Resort photo was taken.

[singlepic id=181 w=600]Ghost Spruce Forest[/singlepic]
A subject that pulls at Eddie every time he sees it, these spruce trees died after the earth subsided during the 1964 Alaskan Earthquake, which was the strongest ever recorded in North America (magnitude 9.2). The salt water of Cook Inlet preserved the trees, and their corpses still stand to this day. 

[singlepic id=179 w=600]Alaska Highway Yukon[/singlepic]
Taken in the Yukon, Canada last winter. The highway is largely deserted at that time of year, allowing for some long exposures without interruption.

More of Eddie’s work can be found on Flickr and his personal portfolio site.

 

Get Inspired – Bull Island

Editor’s note: The daily pinhole photos are curated and shared to inspire and elevate the pinhole photography artform. Do you have a photo you’d like considered? Tell us about it.

Today’s featured pinhole photo is a gentle view on a sunny day.

Bull Island
[singlepic id=168 w=600]Bull Island, Reality So Subtle, Kodak Ektar, ©Fran Morrin 2015[/singlepic]

Using a Reality So Subtle wide angle camera pointed at the sun, Fran Morrin captured this warm scene on Bull Island. It’s an image that stirs memories of perfect summer days with nothing to worry about.

More of Fran’s work can be found on Flickr.

 

Get Inspired – Paessaggio

Today we feature a scene so serene we could stare at it all day..

Paesaggio
[singlepic id=88 w=600]Paesaggio, Reality So Subtle 4×5, TMax 100, ©Vittorio Silingardi[/singlepic]

Vittorio Silingardi made this wonderful capture in the countryside of Europe. The title, Paesaggio, refers to the European sense of landscape, and the way that the individual observation is the uniqueness of the experience. We love this photo for the way that Vittorio framed the foreground and the sweep of the land such that it feels like one could walk into the scene.

More of Vittorio’s work can be found on his website and Flickr.

 

A Survey of Cameras

By this point we may have inspired you to dream of making your own wonderful pinhole photos and explore how this technique might help all of your photographic endeavors. One of the first decisions to make is exactly how you might go about doing that. Never fear! While in olden times some of us had to scratch and scrape together a hodgepodge of a camera, nowadays there are very high quality cameras available for very reasonable prices. Continue reading A Survey of Cameras

Get Inspired – Sunrise on Biloxi Bay

Today’s pinhole inspiration is provided by Eddie Erdmann’s amazing capture of a spectacular sunrise on Biloxi Bay.

Sunrise on Biloxi Bay
[singlepic id=3]Sunrise on Biloxi Bay, Reality So Subtle 6×17 pinhole camera, Fuji Velvia 50, ©Eddie Erdmann[/singlepic]

For this image, Eddie used his Reality So Subtle 6×17 camera with Fuji Velvia film. Eddie captured this stunning scene while standing at the top of the Biloxi Bay Bridge, which connects Ocean Springs and Biloxi, Mississippi.

We chose Eddie’s image for this piece of inspiration because it is a fantastic example of the unique movement and color that can be captured with a pinhole camera. The subject matter also plays perfectly into his choice of an ultra-wide format camera.

Eddie can be found on Twitter, Flickr, and his website.