I can't wait to use the camera more often and to get into the darkroom to print these.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Panorama Camera
I spent a week at the cabin and this year where it was within 6 degrees of 0 rather than -30, so the photography was more prolific this time round. I did a lot of shooting with a cheap plastic camera with a binary output of N or P and loved both the process and the product of shooting with this camera. In the past year I have noticed that I seem most drawn to the images I have made with the simplest of cameras, almost as though electricity becomes a confounded factor in the gather of light. I had never really shot with this negative format before and I was really interested to see how it would impact the negative and inform on the sense of the image. I enjoy the more expansive horizon without the peripheral distortion of the wide angle lens and I found it was a great format to really sweep me into an image. I also enjoyed how the aspect ratio did tend to add some dynamism into otherwise boring subjects. The other thing I found really interesting after viewing the images is that I think these dimensions seem to create a more visually realistic image than any focal length I have ever used. I am going to track down other Pan users to get their thoughts on this matter. Here are some images from this trip.
I can't wait to use the camera more often and to get into the darkroom to print these.
I can't wait to use the camera more often and to get into the darkroom to print these.
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