long exposure

Pinhole handheld – ICM (intentional camera movement)

Seeing a lot ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) shots in the net I got inspired to try it with the Skink Pinhole Pancake. To shoot ICM, you need is to slow down your camera to 1/10 seconds to 1 second. Then, while pressing the shutter, move your camera to produce an unsharp image intentionally. Depending on your skills and luck, you might get that painterly impressionist piece of fine art photograph. Using pinhole with ICM has the big advantage that you need not focus for image sharpness and you can easily work with slow exposure times by adjusting your ISO settings to a lower value. The following experimental pictures are just the beginning of more fun to come.


 

Kamera: Sony NEX, Olympus Pen and Pentax Q

Objektiv: Skink Pinhole Pancake

Exposure Times: 1/10 sec to 1 second

Tanjung Bidara boulders – Skink Pinhole Pancake

Felsen am Strand von Tanjung Bidara

Wir sind wieder in Tanjung Bidara, in einem freundlichen kleinen Fischerdorf an der Strasse von Malakka. Sicherlich waren kreative Urkräfte am Werk als einst eine “handvoll” runder Steinbrocken an diesem einst tektonisch aktivem Küstenabschnitt verteilt wurden. Die Riesenfelsen haben wir früher schon oft fotografiert und mithilfe von Graufiltern von dem Hintergrund der bewegten See herausgestellt. Heute haben wir die mysteriösen Felsen von Tanjung Bidara gleich mit dem Lochkameraobjektiv fotografiert. Je nach Tageslicht und gewünschtem Effekt können die zwischen einer Sekunde und einer Minute variierenden Belichtungszeiten kreativ genutzt werden um das Spiel der Meereswellen aufzuzeichnen oder auch ganz auszublenden. Leider ist die schönste Zeit, vor und nach dem Sonnenuntergang viel zu kurz um alle möglichen Perspektiven auszuprobieren – ein Grund mehr, wiederzukommen.


Boulders on the beach of Tanjung Bidara

Again we are visiting Tanjung Bidara, a small friendly fishing village on the Straits of Malacca. Certainly, there were some creative primal forces at work, when a “handful” of round boulders were placed on this once tectonically active stretch of the coast. We have taken photos of those huge boulders before and, with the help of ND filters, managed to isolate them from the background of the moving waters of the sea. Today we used a pinhole lens right away to photograph the mysterious rocks of Tanjung Bidara. Depending on the intensity of light and desired effect, the exposure times vary between one second and one minute, which can be explored creatively to record the flow of the waves or hide them altogether. Unfortunately the time of the golden light, when the sun is setting, is far too short to try all possible perspectives – another reason to return.

 

 

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinho(1)

Tanjung Bidara boulders - Skink Pinhole Pancake

rose – pinhole lightpainting (Ilford Pan F Pro 50)

You have tried light-painting, you have tried pinhole photography. Have you ever used pinhole to do light-painting? Yes, it can be done. Instead of a torch light try a normal flash. For this image of a rose, a flashlight (guide 18 strength) was fired 30 times from a 20 cm distance. Be aware of the direction of the light to emphasize contours and highlights as you would do in light-painting.

Camera: Chamaeleon Panorama 6×12 / 6×6 – Serial #122 with Skink Pinhole Pancake insert
Light source: pinhole flash light painting
Flash: guide 18
Film: Ilford PAN F Plus

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