Are you on my one of my rosters? I’ll pop for 11×14 or 16×20 paper if you make a pinhole camera big enough to use it.
“Bokeh” is Another Name for “Kickstarter.”
Partway through the first day of a one-month campaign, funding for a project to re-create excellent 19th century optics is already thrice the goal. (Update, before posting: four times the goal!)
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lomography/the-lomography-petzval-portrait-lens
The Word “Daguerreotype” *Can* Be Spelled Correctly
This really puts a lot of issues and concerns into perspective:
Tim Rudman Reports
“I saw that the Ilford stand at the ‘Focus on Imaging’ show in the UK this month was a buzz of activity once again. Film sales are up and although sales of RC papers are down, sales of fibre-based papers are up – possibly because more people are making contact proofs on their scanners but are becoming more quality conscious and switching to fibre for print making. Excellent news.
“Pinhole camera sales are apparently very buoyant too. Supplies of the 4×5 exceeded supply in 2012 and the Titan 8×10 looks set to be equally popular – along with B&W single use cameras and a new Obscura pinhole camera.”
No kidding.
This is from Pring’s Photographer’s Miscellany: Stories, Techniques, Tips & Trivia (page… um… 88).
Klipper Tumblr
My fbf Stuart Klipper has been around the world with his 6×17 camera. Recently, he traveled from Minnesota to Chicago, to visit with Mr. Travis and to tour the (mostly) South Side.
Consider these links as contact sheets. Mr. Klipper is a role model for his voracious shooting; that attitude for no-film shooting is at least as apropos as it it is for film.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unclestinky/sets/72157632954459509/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unclestinky/sets/72157632958790848/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/unclestinky/sets/72157632959628288/
Resolutions
Click on images.
“Convenience has always won out over ultimate quality throughout the history of photography.”
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/filmdig.htm
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new-years-resolutions
Creative Camerawork 