New Long Exposure Pinholes from Willapa Bay AiR

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I have never taken long exposure pinholes all that seriously. I think they are serious photographs and I love the way they look but for once I am finding them to be not only fun but creative too. I made about ten multi hole pinhole cameras and about twenty altoid tin cameras. It rained so much of the month I was in the Willapa Bay area. I knew some of the pinholes were getting wet but I had not reckoned with the tide and the high mark the tide would come to on the Bay and make my pinhole cameras soaked. I made plenty though and I let go of my perfectionist streak and went with the errors and problems inherent in this type of photography. I give you some here. Two of these images are by Jeff McMahon the operations manager and Cyndy Haywood, the director of the Willapa Bay AiR. All of these images were exposed for an entire month. Enjoy the images and take the time to join the Pinhole Project (www.thepinholeproject.org) and get a camera exposing for yourself.

KID PICTURES 1990-2006

KID PICTURES 1990-2006

I photographed my daughter from birth until she moved away to go to college at age 18.  At first the images were casual portraits, made when the moment arose.  Gradually I realized that I was not photographing the events in her life such birthday parties, Christmas...

SELF PORTRAITS 1978-2012

SELF PORTRAITS 1978-2012

I don't know why I have taken so many self-portraits or what meaning they might have as photographs. But I have been taking them steadily since I first started out as a photographer in 1978.  Many of them were/are reactions to conscious or unconscious stimuli, moments...

ITALY 1998

ITALY 1998

I went to Italy in 1998 for seven weeks.  I photographed daily and made about 4000 images on film with 35mm and medium format cameras.  We lived in a small village in northern Tuscany up in the hills with beautiful light, great food and long days of exploring, napping...