Homemade Camera Podcast

This is an Audio episode that you can watch as a full video episode on youtube here:  https://youtu.be/1Nvr_SrDPVw   Freeman Lin of instagram @watchmemake fame talks to the guys about his camera mods turning 35mm SLR's into panoramic viewfinder cameras. You can find some of Freemans work at www.trastic.com.

In this Episode of the Homemade Camera Podcast, the guys talk to Sam Trachsel of Ars-Imago about his homemade 16x20 camera that he has been using to shoot direct color positives. WATCH THE VIDEO ON YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuVKpjJ1QSI&t=2055s   The Homemade Camera Podcast: https://www.homemadecamera.com   The Homemade Camera Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2282531432013144/   This is Sam Trachsel's blog post about the camera on Ars-Imago's blog: https://www.blog.ars-imago.com/post/shooting-with-big-tuna   Sam's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trachselsam   Joe Van Cleave's videos on the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLoxxwzlAk4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry6ycSgT8g8 CAMERADACTYL's video about the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkcIk8M4KVc  

In this episode the guys talk to John Aldred of DIYPhotography.net and youtube fame.  John is one of those analog (and not so analog) industry figures that Ethan fealt like he should get to know, but he never expected the breadth and depth of Johns knowledge and stories about venomous snakes.  (Hint: there's a great one after the end music).   John writes about trends, products and techniques in the photo and video industry and about technology in general, and is a rare tech writer who will cover smaller and more niche products.  It's a little bit of a different perspective than our usual camera-building guests, which was a good thing.  John has a deep love of tinkering and it really shows.   Check out Johns writing on www.DIYPhotography.net and check out his youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/johnaldred    

In this episode Nick shows Graham and Ethan the camera he has built from a baby speed graphic.     This is our first episode experimenting with recording video.  The video is low quality webcam footage and screen shares, but we thought it might be a good starting point to show what we are talking to eachother about.  If you are listening on a computer, we recommend watching the episode on Youtube instead.     This is the link:  https://youtu.be/cIM8xVzxkKk

It's time for you to submit your camera builds for the Homemade Camera Zine 2020! We are looking for all types of builds, from Matchbox Pinholes to Ultra-Large-Format view cameras and everything in between. Send your entries to: HMCzine2020@gmail.com In the body of the email include the following: Pictures of the camera Pictures taken by the camera Pictures of the build (if you took any) Your name Your social media contacts  A description of the build A description of what it's like to shoot the camera An assessment of what you might change on a future version of the camera Anything else you think is important about this build  

This episode features a conversation with Graham Hufton, otherwise known as Chicken Thumbs (https://www.instagram.com/chickenthumbs/) a Canadian living in Manhattan. We learn about his career in Industrial Design, including office furniture, museum exhibits, deodorant, and other things you will find in Target.    We talk about “gendered” design and how different visual cues are as much a result of the manufacturing process as with the target demographic.    Graham mentions the book Master Shipwright’s Secrets:  https://www.amazon.com/Warship-Tyger-shipwrights-secrets-Restoration/dp/1472838386

In this episode, Graham, Nick and Ethan catch up on some of their projects.  They talk about the new Raspberry Pi Camera and digital camera possibilities; Nicks progress on his 8x10; his experience with the Universal Speed camera, and with the Kracken.   The gang talks about the next issue of the Homemade Camera Zine, and ways to make photographic images without a camera   Gunpowder prints/hybrid gunpowder prints: http://christophercolville.com/ Camera Lucida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugv0XhUd2l4   Dave Allen:  https://davidsallen.com/portfolio-items/pretty-photos/ Flaver D Miro-2C Camera : https://www.flickr.com/photos/17202358@N00/49898532846/

For this episode, we welcome Nicole Small to discuss her homemade cameras, her love of pinhole photography and how she found herself as a (self) portrait artist.  You can find her work in these locations and follow along with the discussions: https://www.nicolesmall.com/tag/art/ https://www.instagram.com/nicolesmall_oneonone/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXbIGe6luBekTIvnKBhYIow/videos She mentions friend Mark Boucier and how he got her into photography. The use of micro drill bits vs. pins for drilling pinholes. Here's a link to some:  (https://smile.amazon.com/XLX-Circuit-Carbide-Tungsten-Jobber/dp/B01LWP84P7/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=micro+drill+bit+set+.10&qid=1588605831&sr=8-2) Nicole works quite a bit with Cyanotype and the variant Cyanotype Rex developed by Terry King: http://www.f295.org/main/archive/index.php/t-898.html https://slykasstuff.tumblr.com/post/155772150296/comparing-different-cyanotype-techniques http://www.viewcamera.com/pdf/2005/king.pdf  Also, direct

We start off the show with a discussion on how to make an enlarger from photographic stuff most photographers have around the house.  Then, there's a talk about a pinhole project Graham is putting together which Nick insists should be called the Kraken 612 Triclops Predator. We also talk about Nicole Small (https://www.instagram.com/nicolesmall_oneonone/) ahead of the next episode when she will be our guest for the whole show.  Chris Peregoy's Pinhole Blender site is mentioned (http://www.pinholeblender.com/) along with the Mr. Pinhole pinhole calculator site (https://www.mrpinhole.com/calcpinh.php) Also talked about is JOE VAN CLEAVE’s Advent Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg3utTjG2ZE&t=477s Nick tries to steal Graham's Canomorpic name for his own project, (though he does write it Can-O-Morphic so it may get past the Trademark police), a whole-roll 360 degree camera. We talk about Perry Ge's work adapting various lenses to his Pentax 6X7 and a special pimp-out accessory for his X-Pan. Last

We start out with a variation on the Desert Island Camera question, a Quarantine Island camera and morph that into talking about cameras we can build with junk you have hanging around the house. Hint: Kites, Rockets, Coconuts, Plasti-Dip and Hardie Board.  Then, we use the Google Random Number Generator to give away several sets of Holga Masks and an early Kraken 612 development model.  Through the end of April you can get 15% off a Kraken 612 using the code RELEASETHEKRAKEN15 at my Etsy Store.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/FrozenPhotonCameraCo  You can see all about the Kraken 612 at http://frozenphoton.com/ We move on to a discussion about what we've been doing in life and in cameras: Nick: Hiding out at home and finishing up some regular work. Finding half-done projects. 8X10 camera build. Ethan:  Crowd-sourced Ventilators.  Formed (joined?) small International group of 8-12 people to work on non-digital ventilators for people who may need lower-tech ventilators that get around the need for expensive a

This episode was recorded during the early stages of the worldwide Coronavirus scare in the Western Hemisphere and we start of with talking about a crowdsourcing project that Ethan is working on.  Facebook group: Opensource Covid-19 medical supplies Multiple crowd-sourced projects: #projectopenair #coventchallenge Designing in OnShape (https://www.onshape.com/) We eventually move on to talk to Dave Walker (https://www.instagram.com/davethewalker80/) and he tells us about how he got into cameras, photography and tinkering and about the atomic nature of his day job. He talks about the Bulldog 4X5 camera (https://www.ephotozine.com/article/bulldog-5x4-self-assembly-camera-large-format-review-7560) which is unfortunately no longer available.  He also talks a bit about a digital camera he built for infrared work in the darkroom using a car back-up camera.  The big reason we wanted to talk to Dave is his work with LCD shutters and their capabilities. They are very cool.  We move on to the Covid Camera Chal

The digital files for the Kraken are available for download right now.  http://frozenphoton.com/kraken/

This week the gang talks to Matt Bechberger, longtime listener and contributor of some excellent cameras to the first Homemade Camera Podcast Zine!  Matt is launching a new kickstarter campaign for Reveni labs, making a shoe mounted light meter.  Check out the project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mattbechberger/reveni-labs-light-meter-tiny-meter-for-your-old-cameras

In this episode the boys talk about their photographic mentors; how many shots in a roll are good, and if that matters; a chicken parade, whatever that is; future builds and what they've been up to this past week, including laser camera triggers; SWAT team device programming, making 3D printed pens, Drawing, and of course, camerabuilding.   Also, on a whim, Ethan made a Zine, check it out here: https://www.cameradactyl.com/buttergrip/camerastickers     Books: Photographic Cameras and Accessories by Paul Hasluck ed.      

This week Nick and Ethan have the pleasure of talking to Sandeha Lynch.  Master Camera Builder and sculptor, Sandeha has some excellent work on his website at http://www.sandehalynch.com/  and is a pretty big fixture on the facebook analog photo community groups.  Check out his website, and follow along with the show!   http://www.sandehalynch.com/ http://instagram.com/sandehalynch

We start our discussion with potential destinations for a dream photographic trip anywhere in the world. Dave and Simon, the DangerBoyz, made a documentary film about shooting a photograph in a huge disused World War II oil storage tank in Scotland. Not only did they shoot the image in the tank, but they also set up a darkroom and developed the film and made a large format print of the tank. They talk about the film, how they met, and why they wanted to tackle this improbable task.  The discussion ranges from rock climbing to trash bag cameras, paper negatives in the dark and bickering with the world’s longest echo. No interview with Si and Dave would be complete without a discussion about their documentary film, One Shot: Inchindown (https://inchindown.com/) and what it took to make a very large print from a negative they exposed in the super huge oil storage tanks in Scotland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchindown_oil_tanks).  Dave and Simon talk about what project they are currently working on (is

We start off by talking about Ethan’s successful Kickstarter, the Brancopan. It’s been made real by you, the listeners along with others. This week our guest is Jeff Perry from 20th Century Camera (https://20thcenturycamera.com/) We learn about Jeff’s real age (he’s nine, folks) and how he got started in photography and then built an automatic Jello Shot machine. We find out that while Jeff likes modifying old cameras, part of his design ethic is to make any modifications reversible so the cameras can be restored to their original operation.  Jeff’s not only a camera modifier but also is a designer of full cameras, shutter systems, and the like. Jeff makes a line of developing “reels” in sizes from 2 by 3 to 8 by 10 for sheet film (listen to the show for the full list or visit https://20thcenturycamera.com/). We get the story of the development (pun!) of these devices. We roll on to our goals for 2020. Graham has purchased but not yet received the book, Build Your Own View Camera!: An Easy and Inexpens

  The guys start off talking about the process of designing any project and then launch into a discussion about the panoramic aspect ratio and the ways to shoot them. Ethan’s Brancopan (back it now on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/416154634/the-cameradactyl-brancopan]) and Graham’s 6Twelve are discussed.  They further discuss business models for getting designs out to the world. Ethan needs a contact at Kodak, so if you know someone, drop him a line. Nick talks a bit about methods of creating self-developing camera systems including a coffee cart that also is a camera. Graham is giving away the alpha version of the 6Twelve and Holga masks. Go to homemadecamera.com/giveaway   Book: The Inventor and the Tycoon by Edward Ball (https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Murderer-Muybridge-Entrepreneur/dp/0767929403)   Lori Brooks:https://www.instagram.com/fashionistalori/ Brendan Barry: https://brendanbarry.co.uk/ Dave Walker: https://www.instagram.com/davethewalker80/

In this Episode Graham and Ethan talk to a man who needs no introduction, Brendan Barry, superstar camera maker.  Brendan makes cameras out of Fruit and vegetables, shipping containers, trailers (or caravans for those listeners in the UK), blocks of cheese, and even a skyscraper.  He may make the worlds most whimsical cameras.  He is an inspiration to us, and will be to you too.     Unless you still have a carphone in a briefcase, you've probably seen Brendan's work before, but just in case, here are some links to his most excellent and inspiring work: https://brendanbarry.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLINj68P16w      

In this episode we talk to Daniel Keating about topics wide ranging from homemade cameras and films to bartering with the soviets over photochemistry.  Daniel is an amazing resource of photographic and photochemical knowledge, and he gives a freight train of an interview that we suppose only scratches the surface of what he knows and has to share.  This is a great one to listen to with a pad and paper, or google opened in your browser.   You can find Daniel on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/daniel.keating.tucson and if you're lucky, you can catch him on the homemade camera podcast facebook group!