Archive for April, 2008
Pinhole Photo: Brooding Cloud
So here we are at camp feasting on Wasa crackers, spreadable cheese, and watermelon. This evening we had to exercise our main source of power out here in the bush, the battery on the truck. With the inverter plugged in charging the laptop, we set out for an evening drive along the east side [...]
Pinhole Photo: Diptych Panorama
This photo was made at Sunset from our campsite near Mt. Whitney. Jim was out shooting with my pinhole camera while I was busy digesting dinner. He frantically kept tossing prints at me and finally I came out to have a look. Clouds! I quickly wrestled the pinhole away from him and unknowingly made my [...]
WPPD Photo: Keeler Railroad Station, Keeler, CA
Here’s my Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day photo:
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Keeler Railroad Station, Keeler, CAPinhole Photo: Joshua Tree, Highway 190, and Wildflowers
We’re back in Owens Valley after a week in Jerome. We returned to find thick smog and haze in the valley. The first day we were back, we thought the wind was causing the haze. However, a thick brown smog has filled the valley even on calm windless days. I think [...]
Pinhole Photo: Near Saline Valley Rd, Death Valley
Hello from Arizona. I’m here for a week picking up my printer and view camera which are in storage here. I was hoping to turn around and head back to the Eastern Sierra in a few days, but the compressor on my truck’s AC unit began to collapse in the Mojave so the [...]
Pinhole Photo: Truck Formerly Owned by Charles Manson
I visited Ballarat today a semi-ghost town in the Panamint Valley. Ballarat is in the area where Charles Manson and his followers fled after the Los Angeles murders. The truck that I photographed was supposedly owned by Charles Manson according to some. However, it was in the hands of Charles Tex Watson before he met [...]
Pinhole Photo: Ghost Town Church
This was recorded yesterday in the little ghost town of Randsburg, CA. The town is located about 90 miles south of Lone Pine. I was hoping to find more to photograph there but unfortunately, many of the old buildings look too touristy for my photographic taste.
Santa Barbara Church, Randsburg, CA.Camp Pinhole: The Mystery of the Moving Soap
I think we have a ghost at camp pinhole. Our camp is located in the foothills of Mt. Whitney which only seems to encourage the wind. Yesterday, a ghost blew in with the wind and moved our bar of Burt’s Bees biodegradable soap. When we left for the day, the soap was [...]
Pinhole Photo: Ghost Town Muse
Here’s a fun one for you. Today there was wind, wind, and cold wind. Thank goodness the subject of my photo was plastic or her skirt would be blowing in the wind.
Pinhole Photo: Death Valley, CA
I have four new photos to post. They were made in Death Valley over the weekend. Normally I post larger images here but WordPress is acting up today. The photos are linked to my Flickr page which shows a larger image. Here we are…
Skidoo Ghost Town, Death ValleyLeaning Palms, Death [...]
Shoshone, Cal