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Stourhead, Wiltshire  Kodak Ektachrome Elite 400 1/4sec 

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Some of my pinholes will be included in the Rural exhibition at Studio 53 in February 2018. Opening times are as follows:

Open evening - Friday 16th Feb 6pm - 9pm

Sat and Sun 17th and 18th Feb 11am to 5pm

Sat and Sun 24th and 25th Feb 11am to 5pm

For more information visit: https://www.studio53space.co.uk/exhibition-2016

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Canopy, Hampshire  Ilford FP4+ 1/2sec

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Sunflowers 1  Agfa APX 100 Multiple Exposures

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Low Branches  Ilford FP5+ 15secs

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Salisbury Cathedral  Agfa APX100 2 secs

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Salisbury Cathedral gates  Agfa APX100 22 secs

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River Bourne at Winterbourne Earls  Agfa APX100 3 secs

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Wildflowers, Old Sarum, Wiltshire Agfa APX100 Multiple exposures between 2 and 3 secs

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Tree roots, Old Sarum, Wiltshire Agfa APX100 12sec

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2x self-portraits at Dunstable Ponds, Pitton, Wiltshire  Ilford FP5+ 1sec each

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Fields near Pitton, Wiltshire  Ilford FP5+ 2sec

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Windmill at Dunstable Ponds, Pitton, Wiltshire  Ilford FP5+ 1/2sec

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Road at Winterslow Ilford FP5+ 1/4sec

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Woodland, Grassland (Multiple Exposure) Ilford FP5+

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Lichen: Ondu Pinhole Camera Ilford FP4+ 5secs

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Adventures in Pinhole Photography

In early 2015 I felt the urge to re-engage with photography in its most basic form. My grand plan was to build a pinhole camera with which I could capture light and form. From this initial idea I drew up numerous sketches and designs for cameras, toying with the idea of working in a panoramic format. At this point I hit the internet to see what already existed and I came across the Ondu 135 panoramic pinhole, a beautiful little camera which can work in 35mm format or, with a quick reconfiguration, switch to a panoramic format producing images 72mm wide.

Two years on and I’m having such fun working with this beautiful camera, I thought I’d set up this tumblr as an outlet for my images. I'd still like to attempt to make my own one day as a possible side project but for now I'm happy to let the Ondu do the hard work for me as I reconnect with a simpler way of working.

This first image is the first frame captured on the first test roll of film through the camera. The roll isn’t perfect as I came to terms with exposure and overlapping frames but, as a whole, I was happy with the results. Captured on a 15 year old roll of Ilford FP4+ and developed at a local lab, the image shows a couple on a picnic blanket enjoying a game of cricket played at Avebury, Wiltshire in the summer of 2015.

Cricket at Avebury: Ondu Pinhole Camera Ilford FP4+ 1/4sec