Film and stuff.
Day 3. Where has all the music gone? by Olive Dean. A set of pinhole photographs of the Saughton Bandstand lead the ever present shadow of the viewer towards the empty stucture. Nostalgic and a little eerie, the works explore the newly restored pavillion.
THE GALLERY IS OPEN (Click to enter)
Day 2 brings us the work of Donald Tainsh – Timescapes .
Donald takes the pinhole camera on excursion – an adapted 35mm film camera is mounted on a bicycle and operated remotely by cable release.
THE GALLERY IS OPEN (Click to enter)
THE GALLERY IS OPEN (Click to enter)
As we celebrate all things pinhole photography in the month leading up to Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day on the Sunday the 26th of April our exhibition opens online! New work will be added each day.
Let There Be Light is inspired by the motto carved above Edinburgh Central Library‘s main doors. Carnegie insisted this was placed above the entrance to every library he funded and the motto is as suitable for illumination through learning as it is for photography, a medium designed to record light.
While we are sad that our photographic prints can not be viewed as physical objects at this time we hope to bring them to you at a later date as Part 2 of this exhibition, which is tentatively scheduled for August 2020.
Day 1 features Graeme Lyall who “tried to take photographs with light when it was dark”, working through the winter wind, rain and sleet, to make beautiful portraits of classical Edinburgh.
As LoFi moves into the HiFi phase of existence , we hope to bring you some more online content.
Our first virtual meeting was held last Wednesday and the main topic of conversation was Tinting.
Johnsons of Hendon Limited manufactured photographic eqipment after WWII (1948 – 1972) although the company had been opperating since 1743 in various guises.
The tinting set was kindly donated to Edinburgh LoFi by Madeline Shepherd
These dye tints require dilute layers to be built up gradually to build up the stain. (See Hand Colouring Photographs)
Further discussion of oil based tints rounded off with the use of Marlene Oil both to remove mistakes and to draw in fine highlights.
All we need now are some lantern slides!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the meeting – all our regular meetings will still take place virtually – LoFi goes HiFi – email or DM on social media to be sent the meeting link and invite. Everyone welcome. Next meet on April 14th.
The results of the end of year double exposure film swaps are beginning to tricle in. bring your results to the next meeting or email them in to be featured!
Brittonie Fletcher is currently teaching the Mordancage process at the Penumbra Foundation, NY.
With a passion for perfecting the chemical mix behind the alluring results of alternative processes, Brittonie Fletcher has introduced most of the group to techniques they had never even thought of trying .
Whilst in New York she has also discovered a gallery showing the Mordancage work of Jean-Pierre Sudre which is well worth enjoying on-line.
Edinburgh LoFi has been meeting for ten years!
To mark our anniversary we are having an exhibition at Printspace Dundee.
Photographer, inventor, and artist – John Beaver is currently teaching at Dalkeith Palace as part of the “Wisconsin in Scotland” initiative of the University of Wisconsin.
… sort-of inventions of what I call cyanonegative photography and ephemeral-process photography
John is the author of The Physics and Art of Photography – a three volume set of books detailing his photographic findings.
We have the opportunity to go out to Dalkeith to visit John on Monday the 22nd of July. The grounds of Dalkeith Palace are the perfect spot for a photowalk and picnic. Please email info@edinburghlofi.com to register interest. We will meet at 11am at Dalkeith Palace.
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.
The Sunday Summer Outings this year will be :-
Each outing will meet at 11am in the main car park.
Lauriston Castle is reached by the LRT Davidson’s Mains Buses: 21, 41
and Silverknowes Terminus Buses: 16, 27, 29, 37
In August and September we will car pool so if you need a lift or a willing to give someone a lift please let us know.
Lunch venue recommendations for these areas are sought!
