JPG Magazine: Photos: "Pinhole Drawbridge" by Paul Lavallee

Pinhole Drawbridge

By Paul Lavallee

On 27 April 2008

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I just realized that the last 8 photos I loaded to JPG are from digital cameras. Shame on me! So, for Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, I am loading an image captured using my Diana+ with the Pinhole feature.

For extra credit, I used 20 year expired AGFA RS100 slide film and I had the lab cross process it with C41 chemicals. My new lab is Renaissance Creative Imaging and I highly recommend them if you are in the RI area.

Since this is a pinhole shot, I had to keep the shutter open for 3 seconds. Amber captured me using this makeshift monopod to keep the plastic camera steady.

This drawbridge over the Seekonk River has been stuck in the "up" position for as long as I care to remember. I guess it's appropriate that the East Side of Providence has a "stuck up" bridge (a little RI humor).

You can purchase selected photos of mine at mylatehope.imagekind.com.

Created using my Diana+ using the pinhole feature with expired AGFA RS100 slide film, cross processed with C41. Negative scanned with my Epson v700 Perfection scanner. No digital manipulation used!

12 Responses

On 27 April 2008 Nick Hakamaki gave props:
Making me wish I had a pinhole camera!!
On 27 April 2008 Daniel Go gave props:
Wow!! How do you calculate the exposure time?
On 27 April 2008 Matt Forbes gave props:
Brilliant, great photo.
On 27 April 2008 Nicole Gesmondi gave props:
I like your cute little light leak!
On 28 April 2008 Mauricio Ximenez De La Croix said:
I love "controlled" imperfections in photography such as this. You're one cool dude, love your pics.
On 28 April 2008 Mika Shamoto Hill gave props:
Great capture.
On 29 April 2008 Rachel McKinnie gave props:
Dude!!!
On 30 April 2008 Torild Hoyland said:
Hard and metallic, yet made soft enough...and awesome colours: all the blues and greens blend and the light transparent pink veil covering it all.... sublime...
Torild
On 13 May 2008 Jennifer Spelman gave props:
Well done! /
On 2 June 2008 Katy Powell gave props:
I love photos of bridges! Nice work!
On 25 June 2008 rory cobbe gave props:
bowing...kneeling..still bowing
On 25 June 2008 penny nannini said:
as always, I love the color. very strong yet soft image.