4.25.2009

holga in camera panorama.

so i've been working a lot on perfecting the in-camera panorama. it's fun, but no matter what i do the images don't come together as well as i want them too. don't get me wrong, i love the way they are coming out, but i do want the image to be a little tighter. i'm also one of those photographers who is all about the process of doing the work then the actual final piece. i love being out shooting with my hacked up tripod that i got for like a dollar at the local goodwill, and having people seem interested in what i'm doing but not having the time or guts to take to me about it.

anyway, here are the first couple in my panorama/ tiltorama series. i'm trying to figure out how many clicks it takes to get to the next spot i want on the next frame. the most difficult part is where and what to line up in the viewfinder. i've been using objects that are about a seven eighth of the way across the viewfinder (left to right, everything you do with in-camera panoramas need to be left to right), then advancing the film 21 times and lining up the object about an eighth in the view finder (there's got to be an easier way to explain this). i just need to adjust the clicks a little more and i think i may have it.