This was taken with a Canon 5D in February in National Park, New Zealand.
The manipulations are my first real attempt at making a photo inspired by the mood and style of the photography of Mark Tucker in Nashville.
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Archive for August, 2007
Railway Crossing: Mark Tucker inspired
Thursday, August 30th, 2007Non-Photography: I can’t stop. Seriously.
Thursday, August 30th, 2007What is non-photography you ask? Well, it’s some of the coolest photography out there. According to Nitsa, it requires:
no special gear (too heavy).
no instruction books (too boring).
no calculations (too calculated)
I’ve had this site open in my browser for over a week now. I can’t stop exploring it in search of more. The photos, the writings. Do yourself a favor and check out what Nitsa has going.
Meteor Shower coming Saturday Sept. 1
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007For anybody out here in the “far west” get your alarm clocks and cameras ready:
Far-western states favored
On Saturday morning, September 1st, in the hour centered on about 11:37 UT, Earth should encounter the trail of dust released from Comet Kiess.
That moment (4:37 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time) favors the far-western parts of the United States, where the constellation Auriga will be about two-thirds up in the northeast sky around the time morning twilight begins. If you live in Portland, San Francisco or Los Angeles, you’ll be in perfect position to view the meteors.
More info/history here.
We’ve Reached Our Destination: Holga square
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Copyright 2007 Mac Martine
This scene was found on my walk to lunch in NE Portland on the sidewalk in front of someone’s yard. Taken with a Holga.
Lunar Eclipse photos
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007A couple of nights ago we had the second lunar eclipse of the year. I threatened the following work day to stay up until 5a.m. to see it and to photograph it but I don’t have a lens that would have captured it well from where I am. Of course I didn’t get a lot of sleep because I wanted to make sure I saw it. I’m glad I drank tons of iced tea before bed so I had to get up and pee a lot throughout the night. I regret not just putting a pinhole, Holga and 5D on the roof when I saw the eclipse at about 2:35a.m. It was so beautiful. At the time it was just a sliver. When I saw it about an hour later the whole thing was orange. A little while later it was all black with the exception of the top left portion which was bright as can be.
Having not captured these views, I’m glad that Jan Klier did. Check out his great shots.
Overboard: Pinhole black and white
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Here’s a shot taken on a a very cool old boat called the Hummingbird outside of Watch Hill, RI. This was taken with the Zero Image 6×9 taken in square in black and white.
Copyright 2007 Mac Martine
My favorite camera shop in the whole world, Blue Moon Camera and Machine have asked to include this in their customer show in December (in Portland, OR.) I got back 19 rolls of film all from Holgas & pinhole cameras that day so it was interesting knowing which one really stood out.
Lost Key: Abandonment
Monday, August 27th, 2007Fridge and piano in an abandoned house in Taumarunui, New Zealand. 2007.
Copyright 2007 Mac Martine
Love affair with a Zero Image 6×9 Multi-Format
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Isn’t it beautiful? She made me get out of bed at 6:30am this morning and take it for a walk. Having gotten one earlier this month I’ve average over a roll a day with it. A love it when a camera not only captures the world in an emotional way, and is built like a rock, but is also fun to hold, look at and use. It can take 6×4, 6×6, 6×7 or 6×9. I’ve been doing some color 6×9′s but mostly b&w squares. I can’t believe this is my first pinhole. I can’t remember how I first heard of it, but once I did I keep staring at them on their website. Finally during one of my trips to Blue Moon Camera and Machine I asked about them. I asked the right person. Autumn told me she got one recently and has been shooting with it everyday since. She said everybody in their shop uses one. There was no going back at that point; I knew I had to get one. I’ve been into night photography for a long time, and I love it for many reasons and one of them is what you can capture with a long exposure. The effect and the mood it has. It preserves not only one moment in time, but a period of time into one frame. Each teeny tiny moment is squished into one long moment. Pinholes bring that to the daytime. I’ll definitely be exploring more pinholes but I have a feeling I’ll never stop carrying this one around.
Woodlyn Park: Waitomo, New Zealand
Friday, August 24th, 2007
Copyright 2007 Mac Martine
Pro-wing
Photo of a military plane with two hotel rooms in it. One in the cockpit and one in there rear. There is also a yacht, train car, and Hobbit caves made into hotel rooms.