I have been a big fan of pinhole photography since the early 90s when I built my first camera in art school from an oatmeal canister. I went to the marina and photo of a boat. I had a great conversation with the sailboats owner and told me if a good picture came out that he would like a copy.
After I exposed the first print I went straight to the darkroom at school and processed the paper and made my first print. I kept my word and brought the print a couple of hours later and the guy handed me a twenty-dollar bill. I tried to refuse. but he wouldn’t take no for answer. My first sale! Sadly, I no longer have the picture of the boat. =(

World Pinhole Photo Day is on 29 April 2012. I own a custom-built 4×5 pinhole camera, but this year I will shoot with a modified Koni-Omega. Here are some pictures of what I did.

This is pretty much a hacking together scenario.. That just makes it more fun though.

Check out my pinhole gallery here.

You could see this crazy contraption at the Tap Room of the New Belgium Brewing Company in sunny Ft Collins, CO.

I photographed this series on a Canon Powershot G3 and converted to B&W in GIMP for Ubuntu.

Sadly, I do not take part every year, but this year I will be out for this glorious day.

www.pinholeday.org

29 April 2012

These were shot with my Samsung Galaxy Ace mobile phone and with minor adjustments in G.I.M.P.