Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Through the pinhole mailing list, I'm reading an article from the October 1890 Photographic Quarterly, Artistic Focus and the Suppression of the Lens, by Alfred Maskell. This artcle examining the usefulness of the pinhole in pictorialist photography naturally led to a search for more information on the group Maskell was instrumental in forming, the Linked Ring Brotherhood. The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television offers a short piece on a past exhibition examining the art of photogrpahy around the turn of the century, A Matter of Focus.
Hope to slip off to the darkroom tonight to get started on a bit of enlarged neg making from the nymph series with Xenia and to start on some more recent shots.
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Monday, October 25, 2004
Saturday saw some wanderings to new ground, a too short photo shoot at the Forest Glen Seminary. There wasn't much time for exploring the grounds and seeing all the architectural follies as the model was on a tight schedule. We did manage a 
pinhole shot or four in the woods and a couple more near the main buildings as well as a roll of IR film. Some very cool statues and completely insane buildings on the grounds, including a windmill, castle and a pagoda.
There will be a return trip, you can bet on that. It may even be the base for a snow shoot this winter. One model already lined up and eagerly awaiting the first flakes.
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