Author: Moni

  • Strangers On A Train

    When I scanned some black and white 4×5 a few weeks ago I remembered that I’d shot a couple of sheets of large format pinhole at the Chehalis train station during the SCOPES meetup. Here is the one that I liked from the two. Geeky bits: Camera: Zero 45 (25mm configuration) Exposure Time: ? Probably…

  • On not being a Grinch (AKA who is this person?!?)

    Yesterday was kind of weird. Having moved into this new, strange stage where I’m not automatically feeling depressed about everything, I all of a sudden have found some Christmas spirit. I lost my Christmas spirit about 7 years ago when my Stepfather died and it never really returned. Until now. Over the weekend I bought…

  • Pinhole on a train

    Here are the last of my Ondu shots from the Scopes meetup at the Chehalis Train museum. Velvia was used for all of these shots. After shooting several rolls through the Ondu my feeling is that, while I love using this camera, I am not super thrilled with the softness of the images. I can…

  • On a more personal note…

    I’ve been pretty open about my struggles with depression and anxiety on this blog so I thought I would share something positive with you. A month ago I wrote a blog post about being depressed and anxious about the election. My mom read the post and sent me a text suggesting I go get my…

  • I hear the train a comin,’ It’s rolling round the bend, And I ain’t seen the sunshine since I don’t know when

    My next series of pinhole shots come from a meetup of the Seattle Camera Obscura Photography Enthusiasts Society in Chehalis at the train museum. I took a crazy amount of shots that day: three rolls of film! That is a lot for me. Here are a few from the roll of Acros 100. I used…