may 2, 2006
the worldwide pinhole photography day in sendai
a handcraft pinhole camera workshop, together with shooting trials under the guidance of katsuo kuroda, professional photographer, were held on the 2nd day of smt open café "virid tea room," which happened to be worldwide pinhole photography day.
the weather was great and the participants went outside to jozenji-dori, using the cameras they just made to shoot photos against a background of fresh green zelkova trees. the required exposure time was about 15 to 20 seconds. cars running, people walking by, branches swinging in the wind, clouds moving in the sky, etc, resulted in leaving overlapping rays of light, some of them lost, from the time that a single photograph had been shot in. this brought a number of amazing photographs that can never be taken using digital cameras. works by the participants are going to be uploaded to the website managed by the worldwide pinhole photography day organization.
translator: kaz arikura, smt guide volunteer
- smt open café "virid tea room"
http://www.smt.jp/opencafe/2006/chaseki/ - the worldwide pinhole photography day website
http://www.pinholeday.org/?setlang=en - works uploaded to the worldwide pinhole photography day website (added as needed)
http://www.pinholeday.org/gallery/2006/index.php?formType=list&f_action=refresh&Country=Japan&Province=miyagi&City=sendai&setlang=en
make your own pinhole camera
first, let's explain the procedures
kozo sato teaching how to shoot
"zelkova," from works by a participant
"stay still for 20 seconds,"
taking a commemorative photo
with cameras in hands
katsuo kuroda, lecturer
registering works with worldwide
pinhole photography day organization
"road of ants," from works by a participant