March 2021

This month we have been discussing :

The Hexham Photography Group have Doug Chinnery giving an online talk this month.

Stereo camera conversations continue – the Sputnik and two hacked Lubitels on trial. Reminiscing over old Stereo Realist cameras and Viewmaster reels.

Sputnik Stereo Camera

110 cameras with some lovely examples on Chris Osborne’s site https://cjo.info/classic-cameras/pentax-auto-110/

Some surreal moments on flash bulbs!

1890’s spy camera and early street photography article.

Cyanotyping on maps and speed formulas for in camera cyanotype processes.

How minature can collodion plates go?

Chromatography.

chemical hand photogram - Ali Miller
LoFi Members Resource Directory now set up

Our next online meetings are April 13th from 6:30pm, April 25th for pinhole day activities (10am virtual coffee, 11am socially distanced sakura photowalk and 6pm virtual wrap up and competition results) and April 28th from 10:30am. Send us an email or DM on Social Media to get added to our virtual world.

Member Spotlight – Olive Dean

Award winning photographer, Olive Dean finds creative insights in her beautifully tended garden. Working with natural UV from the sun she creates lumenographs, cyanotypes, cyanolumens and chemigrams.

Chemigram 1 photo by O.Dean
Chemigram by O.Dean
Sea and Sand Splash by O.Dean chemigram photo
Sea and Sand Splash, Chemigram
Chemigram 2 photo by O.Dean
Chemigram by O.Dean
Looping the loop a lumenograph by O.Dean
Looping the loop, lumenograph by O.Dean