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Many of the images I create are done with the intention of the viewer using what they see as the starting or middle point of a story. This was the intention with this particular image. This was created using a pinhole sieve on 4X5″ film.
I have posted images about the Baltimore Aquarium before. This is the sort of place where one can lose themselves for a day just having fun roaming throughout the building. This is the bridge that connects two buildings of the site.
If you ever come to Baltimore then one of the places to spend a large amount of time is the Baltimore Aquarium. (Hint: go to the website and reserve a time to enter.) Not only are the contents of the building interesting enough to spend at least a full day exploring and learning, but the building itself is a piece of art.
This 4X5″ pinhole sieve image takes its vantage point near the main entrance, looking up, through, and past.
If you want a real challenge, try street photography with a pinhole camera. Impossible you say? Well, for the most part that is correct. However, there are some circumstances where it can work.
This image was taken at the Baltimore Harbor and I had spent most of the day shooting with other ideas in mind. However, I came to realize that although I stood out amongst the crowd (not many people carrying pinhole cameras on a tripod), I was about to blend in when necessary.
These people were watching something that was going on alongside the water, so I quickly set up my camera and was able to capture this image.
I don’t often offer an image without an explanation, but this is one of those cases. This image was created via pinhole sieve.
This image was taken at the Baltimore Harbor a few weeks ago, when the weather cleared up enough to offer a perfect day. The image was captured via 4X5″ pinhole sieve.
My final and favorite color Pinhole Sieve image is at the same location as the previous two images offered. This view looks out from the dock where a couple of larger boats are anchored. If you examine this image you will see a strangeness in that trees are shown in the background that, were they to exist as such, would be hundreds of feet high. This is not a double exposure, as they can also be seen reflected in the water. I have no idea how they got there, but am glad for their presence.
The second pinhole sieve image I am offering this week was simply taken on the other side of the dock as that shown yesterday. I decided to make this image more about the tie point than the boat itself, so I reduced the color to accommodate.
Since I will be spending the latter half of this week at Syracuse Cinefest (a four day orgy of silent movies and obscure films from the 1930′s), I decided to offer three images that were shot in the same location, focusing on different subjects and processed individually. All three are color pinhole sieve images, shot in my 4X5″ camera.
This first image I decided to retain much of the color in the scene. This is a small dingy that is used as transportation to the owner’s boat, probably somewhere on Spa Creek, which feeds into the Chesapeake Bay. If the image is viewed in its large size, the effects of the pinhole sieve can be seen better.
This is another in my series of pinhole sieve images. This one is of a house that sits alongside a quiet stream that meanders through the woods.
