Third shoot

The third shoot went well. The participant was really keen to learn about the pinhole box camera and how to work it.

I spent time explaining and answering questions and we did a test run of how to operate the camera. Afterwards I photographed the home. It was smaller than the two previous homes as it was a two-bed flat situated over a ground floor of a house. The home owners were around but left me space to do my work. There was also a large black dog to contend with, but he was good around my tripod and ended up being in one of the images.

I do not yet have the results from the participant and their pinhole. However, I have developed the images I took with direct positive paper in the back of my medium format camera.

My medium format direct paper print images:

Contact sheet:

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I have chosen to include the shot with the dog in the edit. Though I did not want people in the images, I feel the dog is an important part of the domestic space and he was part of the shoot. I did not want to alter the home by removing the dog, as he is often there when the owners are not and I try not to move or change anything in the homes I photograph.

I believe the images I have chosen work well to give an overall sense of the home whilst also highlighting features and smaller elements that add to the character of the place.

The participant is currently making pinhole images and I hope to have them within the next two weeks.