Date: Saturday
18th September 2010 |
Time: 9.30 am to 5.00 pm |
Place: 700 James Lane Trentham East Victoria |
Cost: $250.00 All materials supplied - includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea |
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NB:
Classes limited to 6
ABOUT PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY
The early concept of pinhole lens-less cameras were known as camera obscura. These were 1st mentioned by Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and continued to develop over the centuries. The attraction still today is the ability of the pinhole to capture an enormous depth of field. Images can be as sharp or soft as the photographers chooses, depending on the size of the actual pinhole. Although most see this type of camera as low tech there are many photographers, such as David Tatnall, who use them as highly technical cameras.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
This fun and exciting workshop will give a broad overview of pinhole photography. Participants will make a simple pinhole camera from a supplied metal tin and learn how to make a correct sized pinhole.
Participants will also get to use supplied 4x5 and 8x10 pinhole cameras and using film begin to make pinhole photographs.
Topics covered include:
- Making a simple camera from a one litre tin
- How to make the correct size pinhole
- How to ‘compose’ a pinhole photograph
- How to expose the pinhole negative
- How to deal with reciprocity failure with long exposures
- Types of film
- Processing options
- Types of commercial pinhole cameras available
- Roll film pinhole cameras
Included in this workshop is sheet film and Polaroid instant peel apart film.
After the success of the Pinhole Gathering in 2009, gold street studios will be running another two day get together of pinhole photographs on the 8th and 9th Oct 2010 MORE INFO
ABOUT DAVID
TATNALL
David Tatnall is a fine art photographer living in Melbourne. He has recently had two solo exhibitions of pinhole photographs. His pinhole photographs have also been exhibited in group shows in Melbourne, Canberra, Florence, Rovereto & Buenos Aires.
A pinhole photograph of his from the series Transience was short listed in the 2007 Monash Gallery of Art’s Bowness Prize.
“David Tatnall is probably best know as a wilderness photographer, but he’s also a champion of new ways of seeing using old technology”.
Amanda Smith ABC Radio National.
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