Field Trip to Marin Headlands | March 24, 2008
Point Bonita Lighthouse & Self Portraits at Battery Mendell

Point Bonita Lighthouse
Diana+ 100T
C Prints from Gassers

Point Bonita Lighthouse Tunnel
Holga 120 CN - TX 400
double exposure - bulb setting

Self Portraits at Battery Mendell
Diana+ Pinhole
Agfa 100 - f/150
8 second exposure

Diana Pinhole Portraits: Jo Alibob is BACK! I did a few pinholes w/ Jo. The exposures were about 10-13 minutes long. (Below are the digital test shots taken during the pinholes...)

Below are the Diana pinhole portraits of Jo...

He wasn't too pleased, so we will shoot again soon.

Pinhole Jo
2-3 minute exposures
TX-400 | f150

Diana Cat Pinhole Portraits: BEEBZ! Mr. Beebz wanted to be photographed, too... So he sat for about 10 minutes... I am sure he will be a ghost cat, because he was grooming himself for some time...

Beebz Sniffs Christ
(digi test image)

6 O'clock
Diana Pinhole
25 minute exposure
TX-400 | f150

Cat Nap and Diana
(digital test image)

Ghost of Beebz!
Diana Pinhole
25 minute exposure
TX-400 | f150

Diana Still Life (II) Pinhole Images:
After high school, during the Summer of 1986, I was busy painting plaster statues. I have several still at home with my mother. I did a lot of Egyptian and Christian religious statues. Here are two of my favorites - Christ and Moses. I still really enjoy them - with age they have become more beautiful... tragic and sad, too. (I did not paint the St. Cabrini statue, I bought her up on Haight Street in 1995, when I first moved to the city)

Below are the digital test images...

Through the Eyes of Diana

Still Life Shoot Documented

Below are the pinhole images!

Of Teeth & Horns
Diana Pinhole Image
12 minute exposure
TX-400 | f150

From Snakes & Claws
Diana Pinhole Image
2 minute exposure
TX-400 | f150

Campbell gave me an early birthday present... Diana+. I was very excited to know this camera has a pinhole setting... so tonight I did a test roll shooting in B&W 400. I chose a subject matter that would not move. Exposures were from 30 seconds to 4 minutes. I developed the film at work during my lunch break - it was a disaster... 1/2 the roll was damaged due to air bubbles. At least the bird photo came out - so you can see the comparison of (film negative) pinhole vs. digital capture.

Little Birds and Pods | (digital exposure test image)

Little Birds

Diana Pinhole Still Life, No. 1

4 minute exposure,
TX-400 | f/150

Note: These birds were brought into the house by my cat Billy - who is now 15 years old. He is still quite the hunter! Rats, Mice, Humming Birds and etc... were all gifts he would bring home to me. Anyway - these two birds are quite lovely - yes, sad.... but they have been treasured since. meow. ^.^

Midterm Madness

it was a weekend lost in the darkroom,
drowning in coffee...
and haunted by Victorian visions...

The Gingerbread flavored coffee was awful,
but it makes for a nice toned print with a little spice!

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Here are the decorative mixed media pieces
I put together to hang in my hallway...
I could see them for sale at this lovely little shop,
Paris to the Moon

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Mission Dolores, San Francisco
I took 4 rolls of film (PX-125 & TX400) last Sunday...
here are a few I like...

This was another evening spent on the book...

Midterm Assignment: Mission Dolores Cemetery....
Below are my few images from the Cemetery Gardens using my hand-made negative carrier. (My negative carrier actually works pretty well, I'm quite happy with it!) Smiles.

Sunday Afternoon at Dolores
Holga, TX400

Sacred
...with black border
Holga, TX400

Look, a little iMovie of love!

Mision San Francisco de Asis
Made on March 2, 2008 | By: Amberlyn Nelson | Music: "Graveyard" by Forest

I will present my Midterm Assignment in a hand-made book...

~ a Victorian Memorial style book of sorts ~

the fabrication of the book has begun...


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~ Visual Theme and Color Palette for Midterm ~
I am using discontinued wall coverings from my former job at the SF Design Center... along with Holy Cards that I photo copied onto brown construction paper

Check out some links....
Museum of Funeral Customs
Victorian Mourning


For a birthday present (15 years ago) I was given Sleeping Beauty: Memorial Photography in America... (it is full of Victorian vintage photographs). Wow, I can't believe it is selling for $650.00... Thanks, Mike Lester! Smile.